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- Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:11 pm
- Forum: Community Members and Friends
- Topic: Life can be SO boring....(yawn)!!
- Replies: 10
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I am going to have to say that it is not a closeup-close-up like we usually have here. I mean if it wasn`t a beautiful animal photo and was a human head or baby photo, it would not fit as a closeup IMO. Yippee -- I got it right!! :D :lol: What I wrote to Joan was this: About the lion... There's no ...
- Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:01 pm
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Archives
- Topic: Minnow's Nightmare
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1334
Oh, this brings back memories! I loved to rear these things as a child -- I remember they would sit clasping a stick, staring up at the water surface where tasty morsels would often drop onto the water. At least, that's what they did until too many morsels appeared too quickly. Then they would turn ...
- Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:07 am
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Archives
- Topic: Looks like a theatrical mask... (2nd picture added)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12431
- Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:09 am
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Archives
- Topic: Looks like a theatrical mask... (2nd picture added)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12431
Looks like a theatrical mask... (2nd picture added)
...but what is it really?
--Rik
Edit: to change title
- Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:58 am
- Forum: Community Members and Friends
- Topic: Life can be SO boring....(yawn)!!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5525
Interesting textures on a chunk of anatomy we don't see very often! Now that I actually see this one, Joan, I'm inclined to think it's a bit outside our usual bounds for "closeup". But I'm not hard over about that, and it's helpful from time to time to have something that pushes the boundaries just ...
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:02 pm
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Archives
- Topic: The face behind the mask (cricket mandibles)
- Replies: 14
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It looks sharp as a shark's tooth. :shock: It sure does! I did some follow-up study, and I was interested to find that some of that rough and rugged appearance is apparently due to wear. Here is a side-by-side comparison. http://www.janrik.net/MiscSubj/2007/CricketMandibles20071220/CricketMandibles...
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:02 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
- Topic: Solorina saccata, the "common chocolate chip lichen''
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2573
Ralf, thanks for the confirmation. I think you are right, that part of the impression is due to assumption that spores should be very small. (I am gradually learning better, from recent postings & discussion such as here .) Another part is that image #2 is lower contrast and does not have the small ...
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:17 pm
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Archives
- Topic: Spiral cocoons -- need help with ID
- Replies: 14
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Gee, I was hoping that somebody would immediately recognize this unusual form. Apparently I should not be too embarrassed by the fact that I don't either! Caddisflies and spiders can be ruled out by the environment and the form of the bug. I can't rule out hymenoptera, though I also can't recall eve...
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:05 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
- Topic: Solorina saccata, the "common chocolate chip lichen''
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2573
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:52 am
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Archives
- Topic: The most unusual eyes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2796
No need to blush at that mistake, Joan -- the syrphids do an incredible job of imitating bees. I've never seen anybody guess right on first encounter. To learn more, visit syrphidae.com . It's a whole web site dedicated to this one family of flies. There is a gallery of photos of most European speci...
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:10 am
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Archives
- Topic: I though I would try some flowers today
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5916
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:40 am
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
- Topic: Paratomical fission...
- Replies: 4
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- Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:27 am
- Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Effect of polarizing filters on the cricket mandibles photo
- Replies: 11
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If my morning coffee goes cold tomorrow when I spend my time looking at it through a polarizer rather than drinking it, do I get to give you grief. :roll: But of course! Most of my friends need much less excuse than that, to give me grief! :wink: I'm glad you found the explanation helpful. It's alw...
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:07 am
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Archives
- Topic: I though I would try some flowers today
- Replies: 22
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I see that from now on I will have to add in which camera I take the pics with to avoid confusion. :) Joan, I can't recall any recent discussions about the effect of sensor size, so I'll take the opportunity here. If you're going to be switching back and forth between P&S and DSLR, maybe it'll make...
- Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:40 pm
- Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Inverted panoramas
- Replies: 13
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Graham, What you're doing sounds more like what's called an "object movie", even though usually they're interactive. See http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/InsideQT_QTVR/3Chap/chapter_4_section_5.html . The typical movie is only cylindrical, but there are full spherical versions also...