So nicely done! Your patience really paid off!

Found quite a few interesting critters amongst wild sunflowers in Ft Collins Colorado yesterday. All of the following images are single frames: Camera: Canon 7D MK II Lens: Canon MPE65 1X-5X at 1X Flash: Canon MT-24EX Diffusers: Ian McConnachie's vacuum molded diffusers Bombylius species Bee Fly: 1X...

Wonderful fine and delicate detail. Any idea what the little blue bits are? Looks like residue of some kind. I was able to view the full size image with no issues.

Thanks, Dassi. Yes, detail is a strong part of what attracts me in this field. When I started doing macro photography, over 50 years ago, I dreamed of making pictures like these but had no idea how to do it. Then I learned about the physical limits imposed by diffraction, and I feared that the task...

Thanks Mark, the habits of live ambush type critters is certainly a better fit with stacking than most.

MarkSturtevant wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 01, 2020 11:56 am

These are cool little bugs, with interesting textures. They also tend to sit very still for long periods, and so are good subjects. You can even focus stack a live one, as you show nicely here.

Thank you Rik, it has been awhile since I posted anything, so a bit rusty.

Best Regards,
Brent

rjlittlefield wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:50 am

Nice!

BTW, I admin-edited your post to replace img tags with url , so as to be functional links instead of broken images.

--Rik

Living specimen brought indoors and subsequently released. Canon 7D Mark II Canon MPE-65 1x-5x @ 2X f5.6 10 sec exposures, iso 100 Cognysis Stackshot @ 150 micron spacing 50150076343_41a9c9af3d_c.jpg Full size open in separate window: https://www.flickr.com/photos/brentbristolsr/50150076343/in/datep...

Wow! Just Wow!

This is not as good as physically cleaning the sensor, but there are software options for automating the removal of dust spots from images. I have only used it with canon dpp4, but found that there is a similar capability using the Nikon Capture image processing software (Image Dust Off). https://ww...

Fascinating!

Simultaneously interesting and beautiful!

A great series of images! I especially like the spider with it's prey!

Wow! This is quite beautiful as well as interesting!

LOL, I recently had to encase my outdoor internet cable run in conduit because of rats!

Interesting study. The history of a thing can be more interesting than the thing itself.