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Hi
Some amber insect photos.

Regards Jörgen

Mitutoyo plan apo 5x. flash studio stack.
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Mitutoyo plan apo 20x flash studio stack.
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Mitutoyo plan apo 20x flash studio stack, cropped.
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Nikon M plan 40x 0,5 ELWD, 160 mm tube, 4x PL lens, LED Microscope stack
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Post by Saul »

Impressive ! What kind of amber ?

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Saul wrote:Impressive ! What kind of amber ?
Thanks Saul! It is baltic amber - a flat polished piece.

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Post by BugEZ »

Thanks Jorgen for posting these! The second and third images in particular are of interest as they show the red eye surface under the amber. I don't understand why the golden eye covering appears to be discontinuous (?). Can you explain this?

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Fantastic work!

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Really nice set!

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Post by JH »

Hi
Thanks for the comments!

I have no clue to why there is such differences between the quality of the amber enclosed insects.
This one looks like there is a thin layer of gas/air covering the entire insect body. The other side of the subject is different and very milky.
When I have been in an amber shop my self - this one I bought on the internet - I have tried to choose specimens that are clear and where the insect is as close to the
surface as possible.

Even when the polishing is well done - as in this case - there tend to bee some surface imperfections that can be handeled by submerging the amber in glycerol
or microscope oil. In this case I did not do this becasue it looks like one of the legs has penetrated the surface.

Here is a cropped picture showing the red eye part at 100%

Regards Jörgen

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Forgot to thank Rik and Charles for the information - in this thread; www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29110 that made me realise that a shorter tube length than nominal would help me to make an OK picture of the pollen grain with a NA 0.50 lens.

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I assume this is a depth map generated from the stack, extruded and textured?

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TheLostVertex wrote:I assume this is a depth map generated from the stack, extruded and textured?
Hi and thanks for the question, I answered here in the new thread:
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... 576#204576
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Great shots! Really well done!

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Beautiful stuff. Did you polish down the surface yourself, and how would that be done?
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Very cool. Love the first image.
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