I'd love to see this a bit bigger, would that be possible?
Even our forum limits allow it, about 2x if you don't mind cropping some of the black.
Golden tortoise beetle
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ChrisR wrote:I'd love to see this a bit bigger, would that be possible?
Even our forum limits allow it, about 2x if you don't mind cropping some of the black.
Here you go: twice the size, slightly cropped:
Thanks! I still wonder if there is a way to eliminate the reflection of the black flocking, wrapped around the objective.Lou Jost wrote:Very nice. This is a challenging beetle with lots of potential for glare, yet you have no specular reflections at all.
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... and here is a 100% zoom on the dotted pattern above the head. We can also observe the scales on that cool, transparent, tortoise like, protective shield.ChrisR wrote:I'd love to see this a bit bigger, would that be possible?
Even our forum limits allow it, about 2x if you don't mind cropping some of the black.
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Are you looking at the "black hole"? If so, then be aware that's not the flocking, it's the inside of the camera, seen through the front of the lens. The only way to eliminate that is with some sort of axial illumination using a half-silvered mirror or the equivalent. At low magnification, you can get away shooting through a sheet of glass, with illumination bounced off the glass. See for example the illumination system used at http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=15820 .Ultima_Gaina wrote:I still wonder if there is a way to eliminate the reflection of the black flocking, wrapped around the objective.
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This must be its reproductive organ.
I had two of these beetles in a jar. To my surprise, despite being in captivity, I found them in a copulatory position.
I carefully tried to release them from the penis captivus situation, but I'm not sure if the organ really remained intact after extraction.
I had two of these beetles in a jar. To my surprise, despite being in captivity, I found them in a copulatory position.
I carefully tried to release them from the penis captivus situation, but I'm not sure if the organ really remained intact after extraction.
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Thanks Rik, this is very interresting but rather complicated to build. I guess I'll survive with the "black hole", for a whilerjlittlefield wrote:Are you looking at the "black hole"? If so, then be aware that's not the flocking, it's the inside of the camera, seen through the front of the lens. The only way to eliminate that is with some sort of axial illumination using a half-silvered mirror or the equivalent. At low magnification, you can get away shooting through a sheet of glass, with illumination bounced off the glass. See for example the illumination system used at http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=15820 .Ultima_Gaina wrote:I still wonder if there is a way to eliminate the reflection of the black flocking, wrapped around the objective.
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