Muscina stabulans

[Ozelot]

Hallo all together,

This my first post would like to I you pleased and briefly introduce myself.
Apologize my bad English.

My name is Michael and I am 44 years old. I have since end of 2012 with Fokusstacking. Since 2010, I'm with the nature macro photography. I hope you like my first picture here in the forum and I already appreciate your constructive criticism.

Best regards
Michael

Focusstack with 291 Images
5D Mark II, Nikon BD Plan 10 0,25 210 / 0
Step wide 0,0075 mm

[canonian]

Welcome Michael, your english is fine.
I noticed that new members are starting off with immediate good results lately. You're one of them.

Focusstack with 291 Images

Wow, that's a lot of stack frames !
Nice light and a very good first post.

.. I already appreciate your constructive criticism.

Nice choice of background but I see some traces of cloning out of pixeltrails(?!) has been done in PP.
If you use Zerene the halo's around the hairs in front of the left eye can be easily cloned out in Retouching.

The hairs makes me think you cleaned the specimen. Did you and if so, how? and what did you use on lighting the fly?
I am always interested in what members use for mechanical focus stepping, either the camera or the subject, horizontal or vertical, etc.
Any chance of a shot of your setup?

[Ozelot]

Welcome Michael, your english is fine.
I noticed that new members are starting off with immediate good results lately. You're one of them.

Focusstack with 291 Images

Wow, that's a lot of stack frames !
But the result is very good. Nice light.
Clean background but I see some cloning has been done in PP.
The hairs makes me think you cleaned the specimen.
Did you and if so, how? and what did you use on lighting the fly?

I am always interested in what members mechanically use for focus stepping, either the camera or the subject, horizontal or vertical, etc.
Any chance of a shot of your setup?

Hallo Fred,

Thank you.
The camera is firmly mounted on a carriage.
It is only for adjustment before and moves back.
The insect moves with a stackshot to the camera.
The Stackshot can still sideways with a Macrorail to be moved.
Illumination is provided by 6 LED lamp with diffuser.
Camera and Stackshot drive in a lighting tunnels consist of two sewage pipes with a diameter of 160 mm, connected with greaseproof paper.
Outside, the LED lamps are then arranged.
Cleaned I have the fly carefully with water and a brush.
Stackingsoftware is Helicon Focus Mode C.

The Exposure Time is 291 * 0,6 sek, ISO 160.
Scale ca. 10:1.
I hope that helps.


Greetings
Michael

[canonian]

Ah , while you were answering I was still editing...Please reread.
Nice heap of hardware you have there.
On paper it seems a strange setup but a picture tells a thousand words
I would love to see how you deploy a sewage pipe in your setup.

[NikonUser]

Hi Michael, these big flies are quite sturdy. They can be cleaned easily in a sonic water bath.
I cleaned one a few days age, same as your fly which is not a Muscina but a Pollenia sp.
Image and method here

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... 2&start=15

[Ozelot]

Hi Michael, these big flies are quite sturdy. They can be cleaned easily in a sonic water bath.
I cleaned one a few days age, same as your fly which is not a Muscina but a Pollenia sp.
Image and method here

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... 2&start=15

Hi NU,

it´s a very good idea, the insect clean with an sonic bath. Thank´s.

Michael

[canonian]

They can be cleaned easily in a sonic water bath.

NikonUser: I've seen some posts of your sonic bath coming by.
Can you perhaps supply me with a brand, type of ebay item-number?

[NikonUser]

This is the one I bought from Amazon

http://www.amazon.ca/DB-Tech-17-ounce-S ... 972&sr=8-3

[canonian]

Thanks NikonUser, It's exactly what I'm lookin for.
Is it variable in speed or intensity?

[Guppy]

Hallo Michael

Herzlich willkommen hier im Forum.
Deine Fliege sieht sehr gut aus.

Gut Stack

Kurt

[Ozelot]

Hallo Kurt,

viele Dank.

Gruß

Michael

[denis]

great stack michael.

[BugEZ]

canonoian wrote

Is it variable in speed or intensity?

I purchased a similar model from Harbor freight tools (a tool supply company) and it looks identical. The one I purchased does not allow the intensity to be adjusted. You can reduce the exposure time by manually stopping it early. I found with some experimentation that the effective intensity could be reduced by placing a barrier in the bath that kept the bug toward the side. I also tired placing the bug in an enclosed container (a thin sided plastic container with a snap on lid) that floated on the bath. That was very effective for reducing the intensity.

http://www.harborfreight.com/ultrasonic ... -3305.html

Keith