Looking Face On: This is my preserved Black Straight Snouted Weevil that I staged for a face-on-view. The one that I posted of the full side view was a Brown and Black variety. I...

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

This is my preserved Black Straight Snouted Weevil that I staged for a face-on-view. The one that I posted of the full side view was a Brown and Black variety. I placed a sample paint swatch behind it to create the background color and I experimented with ping-pong balls placed over fiber optic light heads and overhead diffused LED light overhead for illumination of this session.

This is a focus stacked image at 5X magnification.

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Ourspolair

Beautiful. The lighting is extraordinary. Please stay well and keep on sharing.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Ourspolair wrote:

Beautiful. The lighting is extraordinary. Please stay well and keep on sharing.

Thanks ever so much. The camera and lens are the repeatable mechanical function of the sessions. Illumination is both an art and a science and each session has unique needs in some way. Some colors and textures 'eat the light' and others create highlight blowouts do to their bright colors or shiny surfaces. Of course the temperature of the lighting plays a factor of its own.

It's all of this that makes for an enjoyable and educational journey each time I look through the lens.

Dixiegirl Loc: Alabama gulf coast

Texture looks like black leather. Incredible!!!

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Dixiegirl wrote:

Texture looks like black leather. Incredible!!!

Thanks, Donna. Each session amazes me in some way with their textures or complex details.

merrytexan Loc: georgia

sippyjug104 wrote:

This is my preserved Black Straight Snouted Weevil that I staged for a face-on-view. The one that I posted of the full side view was a Brown and Black variety. I placed a sample paint swatch behind it to create the background color and I experimented with ping-pong balls placed over fiber optic light heads and overhead diffused LED light overhead for illumination of this session.

This is a focus stacked image at 5X magnification.

the lighting and color is beautiful, and of course it's sharp as can be...excellent job sippy.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

merrytexan wrote:

the lighting and color is beautiful, and of course it's sharp as can be...excellent job sippy.

Thanks for stopping by and for the reply.

elliott937 Loc: St. Louis

Donna, that is amazing, to include your technique. As winter weather approaches, I'm beginning to experiment with macro photography, especially using laser pointers and sending them through crystal objects.

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

I always enjoy your posts, but the real treat is roaming your Flickr page. Absolutely, wonderful work!

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

47greyfox wrote:

I always enjoy your posts, but the real treat is roaming your Flickr page. Absolutely, wonderful work!

Thanks ever so much.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

elliott937 wrote:

Donna, that is amazing, to include your technique. As winter weather approaches, I'm beginning to experiment with macro photography, especially using laser pointers and sending them through crystal objects.

Thanks and I think that would make an EXCELLENT subject for macro.

CSand Loc: Fayetteville, Georgia

I know tis great work but I had to scroll away speedily. Gives me willies. I appreciate that you can do this type of work and wish I could. I can get only so close in my viewing. Creatures have amazing design so I miss a lot of beauty.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

CSand wrote:

I know tis great work but I had to scroll away speedily. Gives me willies. I appreciate that you can do this type of work and wish I could. I can get only so close in my viewing. Creatures have amazing design so I miss a lot of beauty.

Thanks for viewing and for the reply. I truly understand that insects are not for everyone...heck, let's face it, not for most people. I know little to nothing about insects other than that the textures, tones and the details of how they are build fascinates me of course it has taken over 300-million years of evolution to appear this way.

I also find viewing them in magnified ways provides me with an entirely new experience for the things that I see simply can not be seen with the unaided eye.

CSand Loc: Fayetteville, Georgia

sippyjug104 wrote:

Thanks for viewing and for the reply. I truly und... (show quote)

I like your last sentence in your reply and will keep (peeping). Be safe!

HOT Texas Loc: From the Heart of Texas

Ourspolair wrote:

Beautiful. The lighting is extraordinary. Please stay well and keep on sharing.

I agree!!!!!