BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Fantastical image of slime mould encased in a raindrop among winners in close-up photography challenge. At least one photo captured with a 300mm lens… beautiful images!

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Nice article and images. I learned something. I guessed that was a legless lizard due to the scale pattern and face. There are 9 spp in the US.
https://wildlifeinformer.com/legless-lizard-species/

Very nice images. The distribution appears to be in colder climates (idigbio mapping). Appreciated the story too, always enhances the images.

A really nice series of images. Thanks for the descriptions. The extra details are nice to know!

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Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:31 am

Interesting and nicely done.

Thanks Macrero, it was a lot of fun putting it together and pleased that they came out well.

Something different ... Rik, please delete if not considered close-up images. This is a throwhback to my vertebrate zool days. I found the Bobcat skull ( Lynx rufus ) years ago and thought it would be interesting to photograph. The images are stacked. It's native to Canada, US and parts of Mexico ( ...

Number 2 is awesome!

I am not familiar with molds but found this one one of our pears. In doing a search online, this is something that looked close - Botrytis blight possibly “gray mold” , fungus Botrytis cinerea . I let it grow out for a few days and did a few stacks. Pear-Mold-5A-2024-03-21.jpg Pear-4-grey-mold-Final...

Very Sad to hear this

Appears to be an old world species. I don’t think I’ve seen this species before but similar to our swallowtails. Thanks for posting it.

Thanks for the comments Mark and Zook! In looking at one of the Jack-in-the=pulpit images (2nd one from the top, center), I noticed a small insect on an upper leaf. As I recall, the mosquitoes were very abundant that day. I’ve enlarged a copy below. Jack-in-Pulpit-4421-Dipteran-spp.jpg This is a lit...

Amazing images - very inspirational work !! I love the diversity and image quality.

I cannot comment about the Noflexar 60mm since I never tested/used/owned one. If it is any help, years ago I did my own digitizing of 36x24 mm color slides with Olympus E-M1 and E-M1 II and the Olympus 60 mm f/2.8 macro. I used a legacy slide duplicator as slide holder (without optics in the duplic...

Thank you for all your valuable comments. I think I feel confident in refining my technique with the SIGMA 70mm. - For light i use Kaiser Plano light. It looks like the light from it is very even and has the right color. - i scan different films. Mostly HP400, tmxa400, kodak pro 320 etc. - to minim...

Hello, I have read this forum from cover to cover. I actually found several threads that talk about reproduction, including flat elements. However, I did not find a single topic that mentioned the recommendation of a lens for film reproduction, either in the 120 or 135 format. I also looked at the ...