sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

I walked along the vines at sunup this morning in search of finding a specimen and I found two of these common green leafhoppers laying on their side in different areas of the vines. At first I thought that they may be sleeping however it turned out that they had expired which I found to be quite strange especially finding two of them that way.

Oh well, as I say, waste-not - want-not so I brought it in for a focus stacking photo session and I placed a sample paint swatch from the hardware store behind it to create the blue background.

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

This is fascinating and the colors are great! How brilliant to use a paint swatch as simple and effective background. What caused the blur on right upper area of the insect?

I added a link to this topic in the Close-Up Tutorials, Tips etc:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-645057-1.html

If you have other examples of the paint swatch background, let me know

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Thanks, Linda. As you can imagine the choice of colors available at the paint section of a hardware store are vast...and most importantly...they are free.

I am shooting with an 5-X magnification power industrial microscope objective (image of it attached) that is designed for tool making and inspections of items for quality control. They have a flat field of view corner to corner and they have a flat depth of field.

Here's the first image and the last image of the 167 images that make up this stack for the focus stacking process that shows how flat the depth of field is for each of the images.

The reason that there are parts of the subject that are out of focus in the final processed image is due to how deep I want to focus on the subject. Of course a flat surface subject is by far different than one that is posed on an oblique angle such as this and most of my others posted.

Also...the deeper that I go with the lens the more of the subject gets cut out of view as the lens views past those closer areas to look deeper. It is alway a balance between what portion I want to showcase vs. what will be either out of view or out of focus by doing so.

Now...if I were to use a standard macro lens then different depth of field and field of view rules apply.

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Many thanks!

Dixiegirl Loc: Alabama gulf coast

Now that's green! Super shot, Sippy, and the blue background showcases the green beautifully.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Thanks, Donna. I've got a handful of colors and there is a salad of them still at the store so I doubt that I will ever run out.

Chuckwal Loc: Boynton Beach Florida

Out of this world sippy
chuck

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Thanks, Chuck. I enjoy the feedback.

CLF Loc: Raleigh, NC

Sippy, I like it.

Greg

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Thanks, Greg. It was dearly departed when I found it so I didn't want to waste an opportunity behind the lens.