Focused Stack Image of a Milkweed Beetle Foot
Dec 2, 2022 18:44:38 #
This is a focused stacked image of the foot of a Milkweed Beetle that I staged at 10X magnification showing different views.
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CindyHouk wrote:
Cool and colorful were my first thoughts too!! Amazing photo's!
Thanks, Cindy. The milkweed beetle is highly metallic in coloration and depending upon how the light strikes it can appear to be shades of green or a deep blue.
Dec 2, 2022 21:36:07 #
UTMike wrote:
Love the colors, Gary!
Thanks, UTMike. Glad that you could drop by.
Dec 2, 2022 22:06:31 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Thanks, Cindy. The milkweed beetle is highly metallic in coloration and depending upon how the light strikes it can appear to be shades of green or a deep blue.
So cool!
Dec 3, 2022 06:00:42 #
Ray D
Loc: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Wow !! Amazing, as usual !! Your specimins always look so very clean. What do you do to prepare your subject for a stacking session? I am thinking that it must involve a considerable amount of time. Do you preserve your subjects before it is time to photograph them? Your dedication to the details of this type of photography is admirable, to say the least. I look forward to all of your posts. ...Ray in Michigan
Dec 3, 2022 06:05:12 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a focused stacked image of the foot of a Milkweed Beetle that I staged at 10X magnification showing different views.
Fantastic set of images!!
Dec 3, 2022 07:41:19 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a focused stacked image of the foot of a Milkweed Beetle that I staged at 10X magnification showing different views.
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Ray D wrote:
Wow !! Amazing, as usual !! Your specimins always look so very clean. What do you do to prepare your subject for a stacking session? I am thinking that it must involve a considerable amount of time. Do you preserve your subjects before it is time to photograph them? Your dedication to the details of this type of photography is admirable, to say the least. I look forward to all of your posts. ...Ray in Michigan
Ray, thanks again for asking. I find most insects to be little trash collectors like the character "Pig Pen" of the Peanuts Comics. I only collect abundantly common specimens and those that are considered to be invasive pests. I dispatch them in a kill jar with M.E.K. Substitute (Klean Strip) as the killing agent. It's very humane and they cross over in a matter of seconds.
I inspect and clean all of the specimens before preservation. I blow them with a puffer, brush them with an artist brush, and pick some curd off with Scotch Tape. Beyond that, I use an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner for the hard-cased specimens with distilled water and a bit of liquid dish soap.
I spray them with bleach water mist to kill any fungus they may have picked up and then I store them in denatured alcohol. The fuzzy specimens are stored in the freezer. Grubs and soft-bodied specimens get a bath in scalding water to kill the bacteria in their gut to keep them from turning black.
Dec 3, 2022 10:33:20 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Fantastic set of images!!
Thanks for viewing, Manglesphoto.
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