Macro & Micro Images of same subject , part 2
Jan 31, 2012 23:25:44 #
2-mm long Flower fly (Ocyptamus lemur).
Shooting really small (and really fast!) insects, can be difficult, not to mention frustrating. Even standard cropping of life-size does not enlarge significantly. Extreme enlarging may exceed pixel integrity, but does provide more detail.
Original captured image (4288 x 2848) / Cropped to (697 x 465) = approx. 37:1 (37x life-size)
Photographed at El Dorado Nature Center, Long Beach CA.
Hand-held Nikon D90 at ISO 400, with Nikkor 105-mm macro lens, 1/200-sec at f/10, full sun and Nikon SB-600 Speedlight with O-Flash 3/4-circle Fresnel prism attachment.
Shooting really small (and really fast!) insects, can be difficult, not to mention frustrating. Even standard cropping of life-size does not enlarge significantly. Extreme enlarging may exceed pixel integrity, but does provide more detail.
Original captured image (4288 x 2848) / Cropped to (697 x 465) = approx. 37:1 (37x life-size)
Photographed at El Dorado Nature Center, Long Beach CA.
Hand-held Nikon D90 at ISO 400, with Nikkor 105-mm macro lens, 1/200-sec at f/10, full sun and Nikon SB-600 Speedlight with O-Flash 3/4-circle Fresnel prism attachment.
As captured: 1:1 (life-size)
Macro: 9:1 (9x life-size)
Micro: 37:1 (37x life-size)
Feb 1, 2012 07:24:14 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
2-mm long Flower fly (Ocyptamus lemur). br br Sh... (show quote)
Nice. You always have such accurate ID of the species. Sources?
Feb 1, 2012 12:44:04 #
Stumptowner wrote:
You always have such accurate ID of the species. Sources?
I am a member of the Lorquin Entomological Society:
http://www.facebook.com/lorquinsociety?ref=ts
I also use http://www.BugGuide.net
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