Eristalinus taeniops (?)

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Eristalinus sp - Syrphidae
Lomo 3,7 0,11 Na
Magnification 3,5 :1
Flocked / Bafled tube
Oly Om-10 II - Iso 200 ; 1/15
88 shots
Step 45 micron
2 Jansjo Leds
2 layers Lee diffuser 400 (r3 r6)
Wemacro Rail
Affinity Photo

FB eris02 by antonio caseiro, on Flickr

2019-10-27 17-05-58 (C,Smoothing4) by antonio caseiro, on Flickr

I did many changes lately... the vertical rig, flocked / baffled a tube following the instructions in this thread, https://www.photomacrography.net/forum/ ... 423#120423
did a sleeve in black flannel to wrap the entire tube (cheap adapters MAY leak light.. had problems more than once), the custom rings for Lee diffuse sheet (#400 or 216), and finally a cylinder of Lee sheet around the entire thing (tube , stage, object...) to cut possible interference form the room ambient etc.. I'm getting consistently good results with decent hair definition without halos in the background / subject rim, haze, shines and annoyances like that .. I really don't know what's working and maybe some changes are useless, but I'm much happier than before.

here are the TIFF's unedited only converted to JPG (flicker doesn't accepts TIFF)

Yes.. I shoot upside down...

2019-10-27 19-05-21 (C,Smoothing4) by antonio caseiro, on Flickr

2019-10-27 17-05-58 (C,Smoothing4) by antonio caseiro, on Flickr

2019-10-25 23-59-04 (C,Smoothing4) by antonio caseiro, on Flickr

male ant copy by antonio caseiro, on Flickr

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[Smokedaddy]

Very nice.

[MarkSturtevant]

Excellent. Even upside down.

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Thank you mark and Smoke...

This is the reason why I photograph upside-down ... dead insects tend to bow their heads and antennae .. because they are dead.

By inverting the insect gravity pulls the head and antennae down.

After reversing the end result the insects have a more natural and "alive" look.
It is also easier to align the antennas and other elements with the inverted insect for the same reason .. gravity.

I hate to see pictures (especially of ants) that look like exactly what they are .. dead .. or sleepwalking / "stoned", or as if they had come home after a 16-hour shift

73245956_181536166345322_3274077621557657600_n by antonio caseiro, on Flickr

Here I just posted the inverted TIFF photos coming out of Zerene unedited to show that I didn't have much editing work to get the photos right. The 3D rings I drew and the LEE 216 diffuser are giving me good results like I've never had before. .

[cmagno]

Hi António,

Good results begin to emerge consistently!

Congratulations on your persistence.

Best regards,
Carlos Magno

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Thank you Carlos...