What kind of surface did you glue it to and what type of glue did you use? I'm just using a small drop of PVA glue which I smear across the surface of the microscope slide and wait until it gets a bit tacky (so it does not soak the wing), position the wing on the glue film, put a piece of wax paper...

I am reminded that wings can never be completely flat, because the veins are a lot thicker than the membrane. So, another possibility is that you successfully glued the backside of a vein to the flat surface, but the membrane never did get flat on the front surface between veins. --Rik Hello Rik, O...

very nice

Using wax paper or smooth (untextured) baking paper and a microscope slide works really well to flatten delicate subjects like wings without detaching that many scales. It's not perfect but I've not found a better solution so far, even a clean glass plate may end up with a static charge and take aw...

Hello everyone,

In the previous photos you can't see that the wing is strongly bent.
It is also not visible on the stereo image.
But on the 3D model you can see it very clearly: https://skfb.ly/oSYqL

BTW, I actually wanted to mount the wing as flat as possible :-)

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Hello everyone,
Enclosed a stereo pair for crossed eyes:

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Hello Rik, In the case of the surface structure, the 3D models provide additional information, which can be observed very well on your models. The interactive version is not only particularly useful for recognising the structure of the surface but also the overall layout. Very well done, I like them...

Hello James,
The stereo effect is very good.
Perfect for me because I can look directly at it with my glasses for parallel view :-)
I can't cross my eyes
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Hello Rik,
I've had a look at the 3D model in Sketchfab.
In my opinion, the surface structure comes out very well.
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Hello everyone,

Many thanks for your comments!

The two little worms are at the top of the z-axis of the depth map.
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Hello Tim,
Beautiful orchids, great photos!
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Hello Macrero,
Yes, and they change colour and shine depending on the lighting.

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Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:11 am

Wow -- I did not expect there would be that many layers of pink scales!
--Rik

Hello Rik,
In this case, you can look deeper with Rocking Stereo than with the 3D model:

3D: https://skfb.ly/oSOuL
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Hello everyone, The small worms, which are stack artefacts caused by dead pixels or dirty sensor, behave strangely on a rocking stereo. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53647101713_227d4d5772_o.gif They probably end up at a different depth in the stack than the photo subject. Or is there another ...

Hello Rik, OK, your comment may have influenced me. However, the current photo also offers an excellent stereo effect. I think that the combination of these factors, combined with the fine granular surface texture of the ceramic, causes much more of the surface to be in deep shadow with the higher m...