Black Carpenter Ant Mandibles
Feb 9, 2020 09:55:57 #
This is a 10X magnified focus stacked view of my preserved Black Carpenter Ant's mandibles. I staged it for a session while I had the microscope objective and bellows system connected to the camera from the recent leaf and seed sessions that I posted.
This is a 298 image stack taken at 5-micron distance steps between shots. The completed stack of images were then processed in Zerene Stacker. The dark grey background is a result of some of the lighting reflecting due to the close proximity of the subject, lighting and objective before the lighting could fall off to infinity which is how black backgrounds are created.
As always, thanks in advance to all who view and for your comments, suggestions, questions and critique.
This is a 298 image stack taken at 5-micron distance steps between shots. The completed stack of images were then processed in Zerene Stacker. The dark grey background is a result of some of the lighting reflecting due to the close proximity of the subject, lighting and objective before the lighting could fall off to infinity which is how black backgrounds are created.
As always, thanks in advance to all who view and for your comments, suggestions, questions and critique.
Feb 9, 2020 22:52:06 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
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It makes you wonder how a pileated woodpecker could choose it as favorite food, doesn't it?
Feb 9, 2020 23:24:32 #
Swamp-Cork wrote:
It makes you wonder how a pileated woodpecker could choose it as favorite food, doesn't it?
I've been bitten by ants more times than I could ever recall. Some are no big deal and others hurt like the dickens. I made the mistake of moving a piece of wood in late summer that was covering a nest of fire ants and those little SOB's put some nasty welts on my hands. I have no reservations in dispatching biting and stinging insects that are aggressive to me.
Feb 10, 2020 07:56:59 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
I've been bitten by ants more times than I could ever recall. Some are no big deal and others hurt like the dickens. I made the mistake of moving a piece of wood in late summer that was covering a nest of fire ants and those little SOB's put some nasty welts on my hands. I have no reservations in dispatching biting and stinging insects that are aggressive to me.
I am with you on the dispatching part.
After dispatching you then take the most awesome closeup shots of them. These mandibles are so sharp and well defined.Feb 10, 2020 09:14:41 #
Feb 10, 2020 10:01:47 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
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Wow Sippy - it is amazing what you can do with a camera !!
Feb 10, 2020 10:38:47 #
FiddleMaker wrote:
Wow Sippy - it is amazing what you can do with a camera !!
Thanks for viewing and the feedback. I believe that I've broken just about every common micro photography practice simply because I don't know any better so there is nothing that stops me from trying.
Feb 10, 2020 13:22:22 #
Very nicely done as well. I love the micro-texture on the cuticle.
With the intervals of warmer weather, we have lots of these entering the house. The wife hates them with a passion. They don't live long.
With the intervals of warmer weather, we have lots of these entering the house. The wife hates them with a passion. They don't live long.
Feb 10, 2020 13:44:35 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Very nicely done as well. I love the micro-texture on the cuticle.
With the intervals of warmer weather, we have lots of these entering the house. The wife hates them with a passion. They don't live long.
With the intervals of warmer weather, we have lots of these entering the house. The wife hates them with a passion. They don't live long.
Thanks Mark, ants have a tough life for sure. I've heard one say once, "Work, work, work...that's all I ever do is work. Never time for play."
I've live in what was to be my starter-home since 1976 now and we had a colony of "little black ants" in the backyard that would come out of the cracks in the dry earth. Every so often they would push out their excavation dirt and their dead by the shovel-full.
The colony is still their to this day and perhaps will be long after I am gone.
Feb 10, 2020 14:31:47 #
Feb 10, 2020 14:50:07 #
napabob wrote:
like, totally fab..........
Oh Napabob, it's so good to hear from you again. I hope that all is going well with you and your camper project. I miss your awesome posts.
Feb 10, 2020 15:07:40 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Oh Napabob, it's so good to hear from you again. I hope that all is going well with you and your camper project. I miss your awesome posts.
I thank you sir, have a pause in the build waiting for my solar hardware to arrive then, damn the torpedoes full speed ahead...........
Feb 10, 2020 16:59:11 #
napabob wrote:
I thank you sir, have a pause in the build waiting for my solar hardware to arrive then, damn the torpedoes full speed ahead...........
Napabob, after speaking with you awhile back, I checked into the wonderful world of "Stealth Campers". I must say that there is a lot of ingenuity that goes into them and there are some that are quite impressive. One fellow has a utility truck and his daughter has a van that matches. One would never know what they really were unless invited inside.
Feb 10, 2020 17:35:59 #
Feb 10, 2020 17:39:38 #
Mtn.Skipper wrote:
You always do so well with focus stacking. This is super nice!!
Thanks and its warming to hear that you enjoyed seeing it.
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