One of the live specimens from my recent 'ditch dipping' exercise.
Full frame, single frame. Tried stacking multiple frames but this nymph moved its 'tails' between frames plus the gills on the sides of the body never stopped moving.
Note the 4 eyes, with the lower ones developing first as I can see the eye facets.
Anyone recognize the plant (alga?)
Reversed El-Nikkor 63/2.8 enlarging lens @f/8
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” 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.”
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Laurie:
No, flash from the side. White sand on a white background. On left side the sand is not as thick as that on the right. The very light coloured sand is probably reflecting the light upwards giving the impression of a backlit subject.
NU.
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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12oBin: Yes, a photo of a living nymph in a shallow dish of water; flash illumination diffused through half a hollow plastic baseball SEE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE
Larry: Definitely not Spirogyra. I'm convinced that Betty's ID is correct. Spirogyra is a very distinctive filamentous alga with helical chloroplasts. This alga's chloroplasts appear to have no structure - except perhaps suusage-shaped
NU.
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
Brian v wrote "the lighting gives the shot a very flat impression- almost like a fossil"
Showing a bias towards my entomological side rather than my (limited) artistic/photographic side.
Not too surprising that the image is flat, the 1/2 hollow plastic baseball diffuser around the nymph created very even lighting.
That said, I tried another shot (different nymph) with a single flash at a very low angle and no diffuser around the nymph. Image was again flat, an effect that is probably due to a subject in shallow water and on a white sand bottom.
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NU.
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
Looks like a very different kind of nymph -- different eyes, different gills, tail cerci are hairy.
From an aesthetic standpoint, I much prefer the first -- more colors and shapes. That alga especially is a nice touch. Both are excellent for scientific purposes, of course.
