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by MarkSturtevant
Mon Feb 12, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Halyomorphis halys
Replies: 5
Views: 435

Re: Halyomorphis halys

I will often miss some frames when focus stacking. But that can be fixed later on with a photo editor (like Photoshop or Gimp). The cloning and healing tools will take care of them.
by MarkSturtevant
Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:54 pm
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Miscellaneous creatures
Replies: 6
Views: 1268

Re: Miscellaneous creatures

Very good pictures. I would not have guessed about the first hairstreak picture.
by MarkSturtevant
Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:51 pm
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: waiting for spring
Replies: 1
Views: 476

Re: waiting for spring

Very good!
by MarkSturtevant
Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:51 pm
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Perla Marginata (Stonefly)
Replies: 11
Views: 584

Re: Perla Marginata (Stonefly)

Still, it's beautiful work! That reminds me that I really need to get back to more photography of aquatic insects.
by MarkSturtevant
Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:33 pm
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Guppy
Replies: 10
Views: 2264

Re: Guppy

Interesting! So drawing from recollections about fish anatomy, the solid blue object near the upper part of the first figure would be spinal cord, with a ring of vertebrae just below. Fish gonads are way forward in the body -- near the thoracic region, and I guess those are the large paired blue mas...
by MarkSturtevant
Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:26 pm
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Metallic Woodboring Beetle
Replies: 1
Views: 761

Re: Metallic Woodboring Beetle

Agreed! You can really play around with the lighting on these things and get some nice effects.
by MarkSturtevant
Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:25 pm
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Tropical House Gecko
Replies: 2
Views: 779

Re: Tropical House Gecko

Interesting. Are there scales on the claws, or are the toe pads proximal to the tips of the toes?
by MarkSturtevant
Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:23 pm
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Cicada
Replies: 1
Views: 668

Re: Cicada

Very nice! It looks like a good action shot.
by MarkSturtevant
Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:21 pm
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: first post
Replies: 8
Views: 1054

Re: first post

A fine set! Looking forward to seeing more. I really like that harvestman picture.
by MarkSturtevant
Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:19 pm
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Skimmia Flower bud
Replies: 2
Views: 859

Re: Skimmia Flower bud

Nicely done! I know how you feel. I've been scrounging in the basement for house spiders, and winter has barely started!
by MarkSturtevant
Fri Dec 29, 2023 5:00 pm
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: deformed spider?
Replies: 3
Views: 1512

Re: deformed spider?

I was thinking an injury, resulting in loss of hydraulic pressure, but dehydration seems very reasonable. I can't make out the ID, other than either a running crab spider, or perhaps a huntsman.