Tiger beetle head

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Tiger beetle head

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Still testing a 4x Nikon CF N Plan Apochromat objective; on bellows.

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cincindela sexguttata).

221 frames @ 0.01 mm, ZS PMax; slight horizontal cropping.
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Post by lauriek »

Wow, lovely shot, amazing colours. Ferocious mandibles on these beasties!

Bit of a sharp focus transition but at already over 200 images I understand why you didn't go for all in focus...

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Great image! Beautiful.

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Post by PanoGuy »

Very nice! I love the colors.

There seems to be a little false translucency around the mandible end and on a few hairs, but nothing that couldn't easily be fixed.

Mind if I ask how the lighting was set up?

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Simply Amazing!

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Post by sonyalpha »

WOW!....and....Double WOW!!!

That is one of the best insect photographs I have seen in a long time....................what detail and colour:

Those mandibles look so efficient..............makes me pleased that insects, spiders and bugs have remained the sizes they are:

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Post by NikonUser »

"Thank you" everyone.

Laurie: at this angle there is a large gap between the prothorax and the front of the elytra (perhaps another 100 frames of empty space).
I could have cropped behind the prothorax but wanted to keep the antenna, notice how it changes from shiny blue to hairy black; also wanted to keep that muscular leg segment (femur) with those white spiky setae.

PanoGuy: I noticed the translucancies, but I was testing the lens; those features are a software 'glitch' (but I would not consider using anything other than ZS).
For this shot and for almost all my images I use a single flash and a foam cup as a diffuser.
See HERE for an earlier setup, but I am still using the foam diffuser and a single flash
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student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.

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Post by morfa »

Fantastic beetle an most of all amazing photography/stacking NU!

You get some astonishing byproducts out of your lens testing :) I suppose you're quite happy with the 4x PlanApo? By all means don't let that stop you from do some more testing :wink:

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Post by NikonUser »

Thanks John; yes I like this lens but I am also a fan of the NA 0.13 4x achromat.

Incidentally, currently a 4x Apo is listed on ebay. Originally as a B-I_N for $300.00 which was considerably less than the last 2 I saw listed on ebay

But now only as a bidding war and I suspect it will sell for more than $300.00.
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student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.

Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives

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Post by svalley »

Wow! Awesome shot. A little retouch in Zerene should take care of the transparent mouthparts.

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Post by Erland R.N. »

Just visited the site after months of absence, and this stunning picture hits my screen on the front-page. Nearly put me off posting my own "silly" images.

Truly a masterpiece.
And I love Tiger Beetles.

Erland

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