Curly (ID and new image added)
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Curly (ID and new image added)
Quite striking antennae I thought. It's getting late here so I''l take more shots and attempt an ID tomorrow. FoV is about 6mm wide.
Last edited by Beatsy on Tue May 09, 2017 12:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Thanks guys.
I think this is a Spider-Hunting Wasp - Cryptocheilus comparatus.
Image above is a stack of 120 images taken with a 5x Mitty at about 3.5x onto the sensor (running APS-C crop mode). Two Trond flat-panel LED lamps positioned top and right front with the top one quite a bit further away (just giving a fairly bright fill light). Extra diffusion is provided by a cut-up ping pong ball surrounding the subject - the shape and arrangement of that can be seen reflected in the ocelli (the front of the mitty is visible too).
Picture below is a 300-image stack done with an MP-E 65mm @ 1x, also APS-C mode. I cropped a little off the edges so the FoV of the final image is about 20mm wide. Lighting was similar to the first image, albeit using a larger, cut up dome-diffuser in place of the ping pong ball. Same effect though. The whole thing is staged with the insect held over the piece of wood by an ent pin coming in from the rear. The grass background is a separate image, blurred and (somewhat crudely) dropped in. I should have used a green background for the wasp stack to get a better edge blend (I used black again). Lesson learned.
I think this is a Spider-Hunting Wasp - Cryptocheilus comparatus.
Image above is a stack of 120 images taken with a 5x Mitty at about 3.5x onto the sensor (running APS-C crop mode). Two Trond flat-panel LED lamps positioned top and right front with the top one quite a bit further away (just giving a fairly bright fill light). Extra diffusion is provided by a cut-up ping pong ball surrounding the subject - the shape and arrangement of that can be seen reflected in the ocelli (the front of the mitty is visible too).
Picture below is a 300-image stack done with an MP-E 65mm @ 1x, also APS-C mode. I cropped a little off the edges so the FoV of the final image is about 20mm wide. Lighting was similar to the first image, albeit using a larger, cut up dome-diffuser in place of the ping pong ball. Same effect though. The whole thing is staged with the insect held over the piece of wood by an ent pin coming in from the rear. The grass background is a separate image, blurred and (somewhat crudely) dropped in. I should have used a green background for the wasp stack to get a better edge blend (I used black again). Lesson learned.
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Artistic shot. Love it.
Can you please share or provide photo details of the diffusion setup that you used for this?
I read your reply in some other post that the light should not hit the background in order to achieve natural all black background.
I recently purchased 3 Janso LEDs and am working out the diffusion methods.
Thanks
Can you please share or provide photo details of the diffusion setup that you used for this?
I read your reply in some other post that the light should not hit the background in order to achieve natural all black background.
I recently purchased 3 Janso LEDs and am working out the diffusion methods.
Thanks
Hi Anvay - I replied to your PM on this. There's a couple of diffuser setup pics here.anvancy wrote:Artistic shot. Love it.
Can you please share or provide photo details of the diffusion setup that you used for this?
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=31894
Cheers. Beats.
