Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale

marc · Post by **marc** » Sun May 02, 2010 9:53 am

Hello,

I found this little bug in a nearby forest. It was already killed by some other insects, so the antennas are missing. Hope you like it.

Regards,
Marc

Canon 550D, Nikon M Plan 5/0.1, 50 exposures in 50µm steps, ZS PMax

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Sun May 02, 2010 10:01 am

Very cool! And i love that name, Acanthosoma-spiny mouth!

Joaquim F. · Post by **Joaquim F.** » Sun May 02, 2010 4:52 pm

Very clean and detailed image and great stack!

best regards

Joaquim

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Sun May 02, 2010 11:38 pm

What a nice image...!
How was the lighting?

Kind regards,
Barry

marc · Post by **marc** » Mon May 03, 2010 8:57 am

Thank you for the comments.

Barry, the lighting was done with a fiber optics light source (http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... php?t=9243).
As diffusor I used a ping pong ball which I cut into two halves. I drilled a hole in one halve which had the same diameter as the front lens and attached it to the objective. Then I lit the ball form behind with the three goosenecks to obtain a smooth lighting.

rovebeetle · Post by **rovebeetle** » Tue May 04, 2010 1:24 am

Yes, that's very nice. I like the almost abstract composition.

Cyclops wrote:Very cool! And i love that name, Acanthosoma-spiny mouth!

Actually, Acanthosoma means "spiny body", spiny mouth would be Acanthostoma.

Cheers

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Tue May 04, 2010 1:43 am

rovebeetle wrote: Actually, Acanthosoma means "spiny body", spiny mouth would be Acanthostoma.

Cheers

Ah yea of course,thanks for the correction Harry!
Now any idea what a scurrria is, as in Acanthoscurria?