Focus Stacked Image of a Lacewing
Mar 17, 2021 20:41:27 #
This is my preserved Green Lacewing which is a lovely and quite delicate little insect. The full bodied image is when I came across it last year so it has been preserved for quite some time now and although it has lost a bit of its color it is still holding up.
I staged the current first image with a reversed 28mm f/4 lens that I purchased on Ebay for $60 and mounted in on an old bellows that I extended out 20mm from the camera's sensor. One not need invest a large sum of money to produce magnified images. I placed a sample paint swatch behind the subject that I get for free at the local hardware store paint department where they have dozens and dozens to choose from.
The full body image below was taken last year with a Laowa 60mm f/2.8 1X-2X macro lens. Both images where taken with a little Fujifilm X-T20 APS-C sensor mirrorless camera so one need not invest in an expensive camera either to do magnified macro photography.
I staged the current first image with a reversed 28mm f/4 lens that I purchased on Ebay for $60 and mounted in on an old bellows that I extended out 20mm from the camera's sensor. One not need invest a large sum of money to produce magnified images. I placed a sample paint swatch behind the subject that I get for free at the local hardware store paint department where they have dozens and dozens to choose from.
The full body image below was taken last year with a Laowa 60mm f/2.8 1X-2X macro lens. Both images where taken with a little Fujifilm X-T20 APS-C sensor mirrorless camera so one need not invest in an expensive camera either to do magnified macro photography.
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UTMike wrote:
That full body shot is beautiful, Gary!
Thanks, UTMike. I like the way that it came out when it was a fresh specimen also.
Mar 17, 2021 21:37:53 #
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Mar 17, 2021 23:51:35 #
The full-body picture is very colorful and beautiful. Seems it's full-body color is light green but in the first picture, it's showing yellow color. Beautiful long antenna and wings.
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Mar 18, 2021 08:06:25 #
You really do a great job with your backgrounds - your subjects really stand out! 
Mar 18, 2021 13:02:39 #
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