Beetle Dorsal View
Dec 14, 2019 10:09:13 #
This is a focus stacked dorsal view of the beetle that Bill (newtoyou) provided for these sessions. A few days ago I posted the facial view of this specimen.
This session was taken with a Laowa 60mm 2X Super Macro set at 2X @f/8, 1/4-sec., with diffused constant multi-directional lighting. This is a 294 image stack processed with Zerene Stacker.
As always, thanks in advance to all who view and for your comments, suggestions, questions and critique.
This session was taken with a Laowa 60mm 2X Super Macro set at 2X @f/8, 1/4-sec., with diffused constant multi-directional lighting. This is a 294 image stack processed with Zerene Stacker.
As always, thanks in advance to all who view and for your comments, suggestions, questions and critique.
Dec 14, 2019 12:10:18 #
Very nicely done! Lots of interesting things to see here on DL.
Dec 14, 2019 12:19:12 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Very nicely done! Lots of interesting things to see here on DL.
Thanks Mark. For what it's worth I received a message from ZYOptics that the Mitakon Creator 85mm f/2.8 1-5X Super Macro had a design flaw in the way that the apparent aperture was calculated in the manufacturing of some segments of the glass which caused the resulting images to be soft and out of focus.
They stopped selling the lens and are making changes in the production. They gave me the option to cancel my order or to ship a newly designed lens after the Chinese New Year to arrive late January or early February. They gave me a link to view images of the output of the corrected lens which of course looked good at the higher magnifications. I opted to stay with my order so time will tell.
Dec 14, 2019 16:57:53 #
Dec 14, 2019 20:40:12 #
Looks to be a Hickory Twig Borer. Anthaxia viridifrons. The species name means green head. Clearly seen in Gary's picture.
Dec 14, 2019 22:00:07 #
newtoyou wrote:
Thanks Bill, it's a pure joy to work with your specimens and I always learn something about their wonders seeing them in magnified detail and from the educational narrative responses.Looks to be a Hickory Twig Borer. Anthaxia viridifrons. The species name means green head. Clearly seen in Gary's picture.
Dec 15, 2019 20:09:27 #
Dec 16, 2019 14:36:38 #
Great detail. Black background makes the subject pop.
Dec 16, 2019 19:54:23 #
That is extraordinary - lighting, color, everything. A beautiful image.
Mike
Mike
Dec 17, 2019 00:23:41 #
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