Nice!

I've added this to the setups for high magnification work.

--Rik

but my comments seem more appropriate here. I agree -- no problems at all posting here. By the way, all credit to Pau for initially suggesting Robert for this month. The choice might seem obvious in retrospect. But the timing was only a day after we first heard of Robert's passing, and I for one wa...

This is in fact a dead lacewing, I picked it up on its wings with big flat tweezers, put it on a piece of paper and slightly pushed it against the rough surface until the legs grabbed onto it and positioned themselves somewhat naturally. Aha! So, a dead but fresh specimen being held in midair by tw...

Very nice! I'm curious how this was shot. Aside from the palp stuck to its eye, the subject appears to be in typical live position clinging to a glass sheet that it was photographed through. But I'm having trouble imagining a green lacewing holding still enough to shoot so many frames manually. So, ...

Really nice!

Am I correct in thinking that only the diatoms are SEM images, while the base, back, and shadows are synthetic?

--Rik

Hi, I'm the fellow who wrote Zerene Stacker. I apologize for having overlooked this thread earlier. I load them into Zerene and sort the input files by size, which I take it will also sort them by focus depth. I assume that you're referring to File > "Re-order input files" > "Sort by Scale". With mo...

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

--Rik

The following image represents the winning post for the April 2024 award for Micro. It was originally posted at https://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=46991 . Please discuss in its original thread, with cross-references as needed. Thanks! --Rik Soy Sauce landscape (Saul) https:/...

The following image represents the winning post for the April 2024 award for Macro. It was originally posted at https://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43577 . Please discuss in its original thread, with cross-references as needed. Thanks! --Rik Lens test wafer ( RobertOToole ) https:...

In the Photomacrography Forums, we honor the recently deceased Robert OToole for his long history of technical contributions and personal friendships in this community. The front page image is a lens test wafer, from https://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43577 . In the Photomicrogra...

In the Photomacrography Forums, we honor the recently deceased Robert OToole for his long history of technical contributions and personal friendships in this community. The front page image is a lens test wafer, from https://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43577 . In the Photomicrogra...

In the Photomacrography Forums, we honor the recently deceased Robert OToole for his long history of technical contributions and personal friendships in this community. The front page image is a lens test wafer, from https://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43577 . In the Photomicrogra...

Mitutoyo 5x (notice that here there are more details on the spider's hairs than on the 10x) I downloaded the full resolution pictures from Flickr and did some study. What I see depends on the scale that I look. Here is a screen capture of Photoshop, showing corresponding areas from the 10X HR at 20...

A very pleasing image indeed!

I look forward to hearing the story of the modding of your macro setup.

I also note "tilted back 35-40 degrees", so of course I would love to see stereo. <insert begging puppy emoticon here>

--Rik

I am mystified by the software used here and can not figure out how to move the appropriate 6x image here. If any moderator would care to fix it for me, I would appreciate it. I'll be happy to help, if the problem has not already been solved. At the bottom of the thread I see a "6x adding 26mm tube...