Focus Stacked Image of a Black Ant
Jan 10, 2023 08:14:38 #
[quote=sippyjug104]This is one of my preserved black carpenter ants that I staged for a focused stacking session using the 5X magnification microscope objective mounted on a bellow as the optic for the camera.
Scary!! But beautiful and amazing photo!
Scary!! But beautiful and amazing photo!
Jan 10, 2023 08:31:39 #
Jan 10, 2023 09:57:03 #
randave2001 wrote:
Another outstanding image. I really like the way you have filled the frame with your subject as well as the intense black background.
Thanks, Randave2001. If you have ever had someone shine a flashlight in your face at night you would notice that all you see is the light and everything in the direction of the light is pitch black. Creating a black background uses the same principle.
If the only thing that reflects light back to the sensor is the subject, then all else is the absence of light, hence black. I direct the light right onto the subject with nothing whatsoever past it other than the wall at the far end of the room which I have a section of black felt cloth hanging on it. All lights are out, no window in the basement room.
Depending on the specimen that I stage there may be parts of it that are softly out of focus or light bounces back so those will show some "fog of color" in areas in addition to the black. This is evident in the spider that I recently posted. The ant's head is wider than its body so by staging it in line with the camera, the body is blocked by the size of its head, thus all we see is its head.
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Jan 10, 2023 12:29:34 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is one of my preserved black carpenter ants t... (show quote)
holy cow!! that is a mean and scary looking ant, sippy, and an ahhhmazing photo!
i can only hope i don't see him in my dreams tonight!!
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Jan 10, 2023 13:10:19 #
thejazzcyclist
Loc: Travelling Australia
Your focus stacked images are always fascinating and your narrative adds extra insight to the process and the subject - thank you.
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I'm so glad they are as small as they are. Can you imagine what we'd have to deal with if they were the size of a dog or larger?
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