Click Beetle
Jul 15, 2020 17:30:19 #
I found this Click Beetle on the floor while looking at a possible home for my daughter and I put it in my pocket and brought it home where I staged it for a focus stacking session.
It was quite dirty and I washed it in our ultrasonic jewelry cleaner with distilled water and a few drops of Dawn Liquid Dish Soap and it came out quite clean and none the worse for wear.
It was quite dirty and I washed it in our ultrasonic jewelry cleaner with distilled water and a few drops of Dawn Liquid Dish Soap and it came out quite clean and none the worse for wear.
Jul 15, 2020 19:00:39 #
Jul 15, 2020 19:43:26 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
That is beautifully done.
Thanks, Mark. Cleaning it helped a lot and the ultrasonic cleaner did a great job of it however I'd only use it on hardshell specimens.
I believe that I finally came up with a lighting technique that is working for me through what seems like endless experimentation. I'm also using exposure control more often to control bright and hot spots and although each session is a bit different from the next, I'm beginning to get a feel for adjusting it now.
Jul 15, 2020 20:00:40 #
Jul 15, 2020 20:18:33 #
tinusbum wrote:
every hair in focus!
Thanks, Tinusbum. I'm starting to get the hang of this now little by little. For a while there I thought that I was going to be like Mosses and wander around for 40-years and ultimately never make it.
Jul 15, 2020 21:19:21 #
Jul 15, 2020 22:03:45 #
kpmac wrote:
Your best yet, sippy. And that is saying a lot.
Thanks, Kpmac. Thankfully it's a never ending journey and for each one there is the thrill of adventure for I really don't know how they will turn out. This one consists of 309 images with each one having a flat depth of field so all that I see is a blur with only a small point of it in focus. It takes about an hour for the stack to process and I watch as it builds ever so little layer by layer.
Then if its a dud I delete it and do another.
Jul 16, 2020 08:32:48 #
I am thinking that you could make a success of anything you did. Such great attention to detail comes naturally and willingly to you. Well done.
Jul 16, 2020 09:37:02 #
EnglishBrenda wrote:
I am thinking that you could make a success of anything you did. Such great attention to detail comes naturally and willingly to you. Well done.
Thanks, Brenda. All it takes is to have great mentors as those here that provide great advice and great encouragement. The rest comes from persistence, accepting failures as a challenge to try something different and of course a large amount of luck.
Jul 17, 2020 01:17:13 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
I found this Click Beetle on the floor while looking at a possible home for my daughter and I put it in my pocket and brought it home where I staged it for a focus stacking session.
It was quite dirty and I washed it in our ultrasonic jewelry cleaner with distilled water and a few drops of Dawn Liquid Dish Soap and it came out quite clean and none the worse for wear.
It was quite dirty and I washed it in our ultrasonic jewelry cleaner with distilled water and a few drops of Dawn Liquid Dish Soap and it came out quite clean and none the worse for wear.
Well done.
Jul 17, 2020 10:52:47 #
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Jul 17, 2020 10:58:00 #
napabob wrote:
another lovely image
Thanks, Napabob. It's been awhile so I hope all is going well for you in wine country.
Jul 17, 2020 14:50:33 #
Jul 17, 2020 15:57:42 #
Muddyvalley wrote:
Always a pleasure to see your stacks Sippy! Very nice!
Thanks ever so much.
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