The book by Kurt Johnson and Steven Coates Nabokov's Blues: The Scientific Odyssey of a Literary Genius, is the benchmark of the important and lasting role that Nabokov has had in science and the study of American Butterflies in particular, and is an important member of my library, and is a delight ...

I have both the adult male and female illustrated here in Australian Moths Online
http://www1.ala.org.au/gallery2/v/Psych ... 1.jpg.html

If you run the family as a Slide show it will give you an idea of the sexual diversity in the Australian Psychidae.
Len

Chris I hope you the opportunity to hear a "evening Chorus" of OZ Cicadas Here is abit more info: Summer is filled with the deafening drone of cicadas that bear exotic names like the black prince, green grocers, yellow Mondays, floury bakers, and red eyes. http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2001...

Thank you Craig and Chris for your enlightenment to me and the practicality of your explanations. The road forward is now obviously 64- bit . Rik, once again your advice is also well taken. “When you upgrade, get 64-bit Windows. 32-bit Windows is too tight for 25 megapixels with Zerene. “ --Rik http...

As” one of our more quiet readers” to paraphrase Craig in an earlier post, I have been musing over the same dilemma for the last few months. Harold in a very important recent post (Tue Apr 26, 2011) Starting From Scratch with a New PC : http://photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13028&highlig...

Good Day Matt. This is indeed a splendid stack , it looks as the click beetle is looking around for the next flower to feed on. Without a voucher specimen it is difficult to id from a head shot. Click Beetles: Genera of the Australian Elateridae (Coleoptera) AA Calder’s book: Click Beetles: Genera o...

Thank you to Riks Santa ,
The procession moves on , looking forward to more on continous lighting,
At least what you see is what you get !

I have noticed that a GIGAmacro Professional Photography System uses Continuous Lighting and this may be of interest. The Complete System that is shown in the link below uses Ultra Bright LED with Color Calibrated Lighting with Active Cooling http://gigamacro.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/rig_v9_ov...

The Mystery of Australian Gum Tree (Eucalypt) Scribbles now Unravelled Here is a summary: http://theconversation.edu.au/unravelling-the-mystery-of-eucalypt-scribbles-11023#comment_96134 “The results are a stunning example of how little we still know about the insects in this country, even the ones w...

Thank you all It is great to see the constructive comments that members are making. My thoughts for my own use are to two setups. 1) Horizontal,and Flash for the 1 to 1 range 2)Vertical,and Continuous lighting for higher magnification and deeper Zerene Stacking. Here is an example of the vertical se...

Rik thanks for checking it out , if the latest CFL lamps are not a satisfactory proposition, I will revert to my old Schott KL 1500 fiber optic set up, even if the bulbs have a short life and are only about 3200 Kelvin and a low lumen yield. So much for progress,

Thank you elf .
That is a great increment, what do you think of the colour temperature of 6500 Kelvin compared to the suggested 5500 on the initial one?

For a long time I have been using Nikon Sb-R200 flashes, and with the current rate of change in lighting technology I have been considering for when focus stacking for use with Zerene Stacker to use some form of continuous lighting. Cree lighting was the first LEDs to draw my attention (they are eve...

White-anting is an Australian term for the process of internal erosion of a foundation. It is often used in reference to groups such as political parties or organisations where information from group insiders is 'leaked' or used to undermine the goals of the group. The Macquarie Dictionary says the ...

Harold, for those people who do not know what Wallace’s line is ,like you and I do here is a definition.: ‘’The Wallace Line (or Wallace's Line) is an imaginary line drawn in 1859 separating the ecozones of Asia and Wallacea, a transitional zone between Asia and Australia. West of the line are found...