Focus Stacked Image of an Ant
May 11, 2022 21:05:07 #
The Better Half "suggested" that I sweep the floor of the Family Room so a sweeping I did go..! As I was sweeping, I noticed something crawling across the floor. To my joy, it was a large flying ant so into the pill bottle it went and when my chore was done, I staged it for a focus stacking session with the 5X microscope objective and diffused LED desk lamp illumination. If all goes well, tomorrow I will do a full-body session.
May 11, 2022 21:09:01 #
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May 11, 2022 21:21:13 #
Very impressive.
--Bob
--Bob
sippyjug104 wrote:
The Better Half "suggested" that I sweep the floor of the Family Room so a sweeping I did go..! As I was sweeping, I noticed something crawling across the floor. To my joy, it was a large flying ant so into the pill bottle it went and when my chore was done, I staged it for a focus stacking session with the 5X microscope objective and diffused LED desk lamp illumination. If all goes well, tomorrow I will do a full-body session.
May 11, 2022 21:36:06 #
May 11, 2022 22:08:37 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
The Better Half "suggested" that I sweep the floor of the Family Room so a sweeping I did go..! As I was sweeping, I noticed something crawling across the floor. To my joy, it was a large flying ant so into the pill bottle it went and when my chore was done, I staged it for a focus stacking session with the 5X microscope objective and diffused LED desk lamp illumination. If all goes well, tomorrow I will do a full-body session.
Maybe you could photograph your setup. I'd be interested in how you and what you use to do this.
May 11, 2022 22:21:49 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
That’s the same look my ex-wife gave me every morning upon waking.
May 11, 2022 22:39:31 #
DanielB wrote:
Maybe you could photograph your setup. I'd be interested in how you and what you use to do this.
DanielB, thanks for asking as I enjoy sharing what I do and how I do it so starting from left to right:
- The camera that I am currently using is a small Fujifilm X-T20 mirrorless 24mp.
- A Fujifilm X mount to Nikon F mount allows me to use a variety of gear.
- A vintage (1960 version) Novoflex bellows provides a convenient way to extend the lenses for varying amounts of magnification. I shoot all of my sessions filling the frame so no cropping is done, just resizing for posting.
- A Nikon F to M42 thread adapter allows me to mount a wide variety of different optics (old and cheap).
- The optic shown, and used for this post, is a Nikon 5X power measuring microscope objective.
- Illumination is provided by vellum tracing paper diffused LED desk lamps.
- The camera rig is mounted on a manual screw drive focus rail to provide rough focus adjustments.
- That is mounted on a motorized digital focus rail that I use to control the camera movement and the number of images taken in a focus stack session.
- The motorized focus rail is mounted on a platform base that can be used in either a horizontal or vertical configuration (I prefer horizontal).
- A sliding worktable (the green thing) moves forward and back, left and right to stage the specimen before the camera as needed.
- A laboratory scissor jack raises and lowers the specimen before the camera as needed.
May 11, 2022 22:43:53 #
May 12, 2022 06:46:42 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
The Better Half "suggested" that I sweep the floor of the Family Room so a sweeping I did go..! As I was sweeping, I noticed something crawling across the floor. To my joy, it was a large flying ant so into the pill bottle it went and when my chore was done, I staged it for a focus stacking session with the 5X microscope objective and diffused LED desk lamp illumination. If all goes well, tomorrow I will do a full-body session.
Fantastic image!!!
Things Nightmares are made of!!
May 12, 2022 06:49:47 #
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May 12, 2022 08:12:57 #
As I said to a lady I met... no I do not play golf, my hobby is photography... she looked puzzled ... how can a man take snapshots. I did not try to explain and moved on.
She would not be able to understand how I would be entertained taking your photo, making the eyes blue, adding rouge to the cheeks and lipstick. Certainly, she would not appreciate your photo nor my distortion thereof!!
Sippy, the sharing of your equipment setup proves innovative evolution, each part simple and purposeful, the whole complex until partwise analyzed.
She would not be able to understand how I would be entertained taking your photo, making the eyes blue, adding rouge to the cheeks and lipstick. Certainly, she would not appreciate your photo nor my distortion thereof!!
Sippy, the sharing of your equipment setup proves innovative evolution, each part simple and purposeful, the whole complex until partwise analyzed.
May 12, 2022 09:15:24 #
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