I found this little beetle at the bottom of a bowl of fruit... The red highlights on the black body are pretty.

Here's a shot I did about a month ago... I suspended the bill by the ends, lit the top with visible light, and shone a high power UV light at the underside of the bill. Not the greatest quality, but I was about a week into photomacrography. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/6233_Five_dol...

Well, I meant to reply here, but my reply ended up as a new thread. Sigh... Danged computers!

I'm selling the following objectives, so that I can get Mitutoyo LWD or ELWD Plan APO objectives. 5/28: I ordered the Mitutoyo objectives today, so I no longer need these. 1. Leitz/Wetzlar HL 20X 0.30 DF model number 569189 Was: $100 Now: $75 2. Leitz/Wetzlar NPL Fluotar 50X 0.85 DF model 569197 Was...

I'm *mostly* sure that the Zeiss objectives are fully corrected, and almost certain that the Leitz objectives would require a Leitz correcting tube lens. The short working distance for most of these objectives makes lighting of the subject difficult. Even the Zeiss 10x 0.30 Epiplan Neofluor (my lowe...

It's interesting how people who are passionate about a hobby will find ways to overcome their disabilities. The OP for a recent topic has glaucoma, someone else chimed in with a different eye issue (macular degeneration), and in another forum section was an individual who is bedridden. While these a...

I'm new to this photomacrography niche, and still learning. And the learning curve is very steep! Recently while cleaning out my garage, I found some Zeiss objectives from a decommissioned machine. Trying to use the 10x objective with my Panasonic GX8 m4/3 camera led me down the rabbit hole of focus...