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lauriek
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 Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:06 pm Post subject: Urania riphaeus wing scales |
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After seeing Charlie's and then dmillard's shots of this amazing moth some time ago I couldn't resist picking one up when the chance presented itself.
I've been trying to shoot it for the last couple of days and boy is it a challenge to light properly! These are my best attempts so far...
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dmillard
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:45 pm Post subject: Re: Urania riphaeus wing scales |
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| lauriek wrote: |
I've been trying to shoot it for the last couple of days and boy is it a challenge to light properly! These are my best attempts so far...
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Very nice Laurie!
The second image looks exceptionally opulent (I rarely have the opportunity to use that word  ).
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Cyclops
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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Good grief they look like man made fibres like you might find on a sofa cushion or similar
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Fascinating!
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Tom Stack
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Wow, really impressive and well done. Love the golden tones.
Lens, lighting, number of images in stack?
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Aynia
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They look lovely and soft.  |
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lauriek
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Thanks all!
Tom, it was the Nikon 10x CF objective, Olympus macro twinflash (Still in the market for a fibre optic rig!), from memory the 10x images were 40-50 images per stack.. Sorry I don't know how I forgot to mention any technical details!
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Tom Stack
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Laurie,
Thanks for the technical feedback info. Amazing results w/o fibre optics!
WTG
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Tom Stack
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Laurie,
By The Way, absolutely love your new website and blog. First class and packed with valuable information and images! Thank you for sharing this
knowledge: http://www.laurieknight.net/
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