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Jul 26, 2020 21:45:12   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
This is a very tiny Crane Fly that I found stuck to the fly strip by the dog exercise yard and staged for a focus stacked session. The fly strip is turning out to be a valuable asset for providing specimens as well as catching nuisance flies around the dog yard.


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Jul 26, 2020 22:23:06   #
pmsc70d Loc: Post Falls, Idaho
 
That is impressive. Can you describe your setup?

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Jul 26, 2020 22:30:48   #
Chuck B
 
Trout bait in less than ideal streams. Great picture any brown trout would be thrilled to have for a snack.

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Jul 26, 2020 23:41:45   #
kpmac Loc: Ragley, La
 
You have amassed quite a collection of great macros, sippy.

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Jul 27, 2020 08:21:04   #
docshark Loc: Millersville, PA
 
Not at all what I would have expected of a crane fly. Very cool shot.
-Doc

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Jul 27, 2020 10:04:31   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
pmsc70d wrote:
That is impressive. Can you describe your setup?


I truly enjoy sharing what I do and how I do it and this is how my gear is set up:

The camera is a little Fujifilm X-T20 mirrorless that is mounted on a bellows. The bellows provides a means to increase or decrease the amount of magnification desired. I use a variety of lenses although a reverse mounted 50mm and a reverse mounted 28mm are my most often used. This image was taken with the 28mm.

The camera rig is mounted on a motorized digital focus rail that the distance per step is controlled to take a shot, advance forward, take a shot, advance forward on and on until it reaches the end of the session. Most images average in the 300 images shot per session. All of these individual images are then combined into one final image using a focus stacking software program such as Zerene Stacker.

I also use a variety of methods to diffuse the constant LED lighting such as translucent plastic drink cups, paper towels and packing foam.

I stage my subjects in position in front of the camera by using various adjustable tables, jacks, arms, etc.


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Jul 27, 2020 10:06:05   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
Chuck B wrote:
Trout bait in less than ideal streams. Great picture any brown trout would be thrilled to have for a snack.


Thanks, I enjoy fishing however my style is to cast a baited hook and sit back and enjoy everything around me as I wait...and wait...and wait.

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Jul 27, 2020 10:09:21   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
docshark wrote:
Not at all what I would have expected of a crane fly. Very cool shot.
-Doc


Thanks, Doc. I've done several sessions with them such as this more mature one attached however it was one of the smallest of the lot by far.


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Jul 27, 2020 10:10:18   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
kpmac wrote:
You have amassed quite a collection of great macros, sippy.


Thanks, Kpmac. Just my way of keeping myself occupied.

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Jul 27, 2020 20:50:31   #
merrytexan Loc: georgia
 
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a very tiny Crane Fly that I found stuck to the fly strip by the dog exercise yard and staged for a focus stacked session. The fly strip is turning out to be a valuable asset for providing specimens as well as catching nuisance flies around the dog yard.


i'm gonna have nightmares! that is an awesome shot...the dl and ddl is
amazing.

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Jul 27, 2020 21:33:29   #
Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI
 
👍!

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Jul 27, 2020 21:44:42   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
merrytexan wrote:
i'm gonna have nightmares! that is an awesome shot...the dl and ddl is
amazing.


Thanks, I enjoy seeing and sharing things in ways that I have not seen them before.

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Jul 27, 2020 21:46:07   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
👍!


Thanks, Mark. I've been following your stunning posts on the Photomicroscopy site and they are truly awesome.

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Jul 27, 2020 22:46:39   #
relbugman Loc: MD/FL/CA/SC
 
More mature? Just a FYI. Once insects become adult, there is no 'more mature', though they may need to let their exoskeleton harden for a few minutes or hours, or they may need to let their eggs mature. A small crane fly is a small species, a large one is a large species. Three exceptions I can think of: Mayflies have a winged 'sub-imago' (almost adult) penultimate stage where they even shed the 'skin' of their wings and become full adult. Other than mayflies, bugs with wings are full adult, and those without become full adult, too, just wingless. Some insects 'grow' by eating and getting fatter (mozzies!), but they are fully mature when they shed their last skin and become adult. Some insects get their size determined by how much they eat as juveniles, for example spider wasps that fed on big spiders will be larger adults than ones that fed on small spiders, but little ones don't grow into big ones. Your crane flies are 2 different species, big and small, like Sesame Street.

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Jul 27, 2020 23:07:53   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
relbugman wrote:
More mature? Just a FYI. Once insects become adult, there is no 'more mature', though they may need to let their exoskeleton harden for a few minutes or hours, or they may need to let their eggs mature. A small crane fly is a small species, a large one is a large species. Three exceptions I can think of: Mayflies have a winged 'sub-imago' (almost adult) penultimate stage where they even shed the 'skin' of their wings and become full adult. Other than mayflies, bugs with wings are full adult, and those without become full adult, too, just wingless. Some insects 'grow' by eating and getting fatter (mozzies!), but they are fully mature when they shed their last skin and become adult. Some insects get their size determined by how much they eat as juveniles, for example spider wasps that fed on big spiders will be larger adults than ones that fed on small spiders, but little ones don't grow into big ones. Your crane flies are 2 different species, big and small, like Sesame Street.
More mature? Just a FYI. Once insects become adu... (show quote)


Wow...way cool..! Thanks ever so much for sharing your knowledge for I never realized that aspect about insects. Actually I believe that it's quite special that I found two variants of the species. Yet another reason why UHH is a great place to share and learn.

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