Playing with gatekeeper ants
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Playing with gatekeeper ants
Camponotus truncatus is relatively common in Hungary, they can be found in dry twigs or in season on dry branches and tree trunks. The species is famous for the unusual headed soldiers which are keeping the small entry holes of the family with their own head. Workers are normal shaped, they are smaller than the soldiers. I've made focus stacks of both versions, they are mounted individuals. Tried different objectives such as Nikon BD Plan 10/0.25 210/0; Nikon CFI60 Plan 10x/0.25 inf./- and Nikon BD Plan 20/0.4 ELWD 210/0. I hope you will accept the high number of photos in one post
Here are the results (you could see them larger by clicking on each one):
EOS 5D; EF 70-200/4L IS at 200mm; Nikon CFI60 Plan 10x inf.; 192 shots stacked in 4 groups.
EOS 5D; Pentax auto bellows at 240mm (from sensor to thread); Nikon BD Plan 10x; 194 shots stacked in 5 groups.
EOS 5D; Pentax auto bellows at 155mm (from sensor to thread); Nikon BD Plan 20x ELWD; 352 shots stacked in 3 groups.
EOS 5D; Pentax auto bellows at 240mm (from sensor to thread); Nikon BD Plan 10x; 63 shots stacked.
Synthetic cross-eye stereo:
The worker:
EOS 5D; Pentax auto bellows at 172mm (from sensor to thread); Nikon BD Plan 20x ELWD; 222 shots stacked in 3 groups
Comments and critiques are welcome!
Here are the results (you could see them larger by clicking on each one):
EOS 5D; EF 70-200/4L IS at 200mm; Nikon CFI60 Plan 10x inf.; 192 shots stacked in 4 groups.
EOS 5D; Pentax auto bellows at 240mm (from sensor to thread); Nikon BD Plan 10x; 194 shots stacked in 5 groups.
EOS 5D; Pentax auto bellows at 155mm (from sensor to thread); Nikon BD Plan 20x ELWD; 352 shots stacked in 3 groups.
EOS 5D; Pentax auto bellows at 240mm (from sensor to thread); Nikon BD Plan 10x; 63 shots stacked.
Synthetic cross-eye stereo:
The worker:
EOS 5D; Pentax auto bellows at 172mm (from sensor to thread); Nikon BD Plan 20x ELWD; 222 shots stacked in 3 groups
Comments and critiques are welcome!
Last edited by eurythyrea on Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:10 am, edited 2 times in total.
Wonderfull set!! I love the lighting of these shots. How do you get those colorfull and bright background? I love them
Nice set of lenses you have. The textures of the head in the 20x shot are amazing.
By groups you mean partial stacks, right?
Regards
Javier
Nice set of lenses you have. The textures of the head in the 20x shot are amazing.
By groups you mean partial stacks, right?
Regards
Javier
Last edited by seta666 on Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Yes, Rik, I did turn the knob manually. The subject was on the microscope stand, I moved it bottom up step by step. In the case of 10x objectives 0,01mm, at 20x 0,005mm.rjlittlefield wrote: Do I understand correctly that you shot these stacks manually, turning the focus knob on a microscope by hand?
Thank you for your words!
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