21 mm microfilm reader lens mounted in front of ef 100mm macro 50 images at 5micro spacing iso 100 /50D Pmax with acrylic ring illumination the lighting is not optimum ( the lens has a fat stocky barrel with only 10mm working distance making it difficult to illuminate evenly there are some semi tran...

Andrew wrote:

ps: I don't think you mean "diffraction" do you ?

please replace with "diffusion"

Andrew, i am playing with the same type of lighting and have found good results by roughing up the outside of the cube and polishing the inside hole to be as clear as glass Diffraction takes place at the outside acrylic/air boundary further away from the subject and increase the apparent diffuser si...

....is all i can say !

Great series SA !
You are out doing yourself with every new post !

Thanks Rik, I agree..The white shape is a white background with a green leaf on it that was intended to be the background color
All exited about the stack, never noticed that the leaf slipped out of position till halfway through

Planapo wrote:Lovely!

Mantis or wasp ?

I think neither a mantis nor a wasp, but a member of the family Mantispidae (order: Neuroptera).

--Betty

Thanks Betty Armed with that info, i googled and it looks like a positive for Climaciella brunnea

Very small with a body length of about 11mm and span across the eyes of 1.7mm Taken with small fixed unknown aperture 6 element symmetrical slide copier lens on bellows with 150mm extension , full frame on crop sensor Illumination by single flash tir tunnel 30 image stack Pmax with background retouc...

Rusty, thanks for the photo's of your "rig". You achieve really good results with this setup. I like the way you made the reflective chamber (the collar on the left) Doesn't the red perspex disk on top make your photo's "reddish" by its reflection, and how do you trigger a manual flash? The inside ...

Craig Gerard wrote:Here is some more food for thought.

Lieberkühn Reflector

http://www.alanwood.net/photography/oly ... ctors.html


Craig

Very interesting ! Thanks

Ever tried looking into a shop window when it is brighter outside than inside? all you see is a reflection of the outside world Exactly the experience I had when I put aside my film camera and borrowed my wife's compact digital camera. I found out exactly why they call it a "compact": after those l...

Blame wrote:

Finally why bother when there is already an easy answer? Use a polarized filter on both lens and a flash. Angle them at 90 degrees. There will be no reflection. The beetle will photograph as if it was not shiny.

Darn!.....Think i will go and eat that beetle now !!

Thanks Rik.. I will run the stack again with the above notes in mind

I wonder if you can take some shots of your basic small bench top rig. I'm very interested in gears/setups/constructions and what fellow members use to make the photo's that they post. Sometimes I see the most inventive use of materials, like your curved "catadioptric" flash head, which I still can...

Mitch640 wrote:Well, I think it looks great. Maybe a little bit too dark?

Mitch i agree , strangely the stack came out much darker than any of the individual frames. The posted image has been made lighter in ps but is still too dark
I am probably missing an adjustment somewhere