Personally, when working in a studio environment with stationary or slow moving subjects I much prefer studio strobes. They have considerably more power, consistent recycle rates, and there’s no worry about batteries dying. However, when capturing images of items being destroyed by my air-cannon the...

Very nicely done. Bravo!!!

It takes some looking, but on the far right side of the screen there’s an “X” to turn off the pop-up ad.

Nicely done!

Nicely done Nicolas!

Steve,

A small dab of flat black on a lens (or mirror) flaw will prevent dispersion. I have used this technique many times and it always worked well for me.

Gene

That’s good to know.

Thank you, Steve

Great idea Ray, Come to think of it, I did see images from a 14-24 where the front element was smashed and it was amazing how good the images were Regards, Gary I saw the same article and it was indeed amazing just how good the photos were from a lens with that much damage. With that thought in min...

Rik, you are clearly a gentleman.

I took Rik’s advice (thank you Rik) and bought the finite Nikon. But, if you feel the need to order from this vendor there’s another objective that might work: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-10X-PLAN-Achromatic-OBJECTIVE-Lens-METALLURGICAL-MICROSCOPES-/220913739267?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336f...

I’m lucky to get a single decent photo handheld at 1/60, and a stack isn’t even a possibility. Nicely done!

I use acupuncture needles (mainly because they’re easy to find on ebay.) The most common diameter is .25mm, but a quick look reveals .18 .22 .25 and .3 with lengths from 13mm to 50mm. The ones I have are 50mm long of which 25mm is wrapped with what looks like copper wire for a grip.

I use a bit of glue on the tip of the needle.

Without your explanation I would never have guessed that these were shavings.

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That's a nice photo. I like it very much!

I hope to one day be able to do such an image.

Nicely done!