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by Marcepstein
Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:53 pm
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Chromididae Swarms
Replies: 0
Views: 47

Chromididae Swarms

Over the years while near wetlands around dusk, Ive seen Chromididae swarms and tried to capture it with film and digital cameras. Most shot were complete blurs but a few were ... kind of ok. I'll let you be the judge. I list them by camera type with the first two from film (Canon 1V I think) and th...
by Marcepstein
Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:01 pm
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Castor bean tick / Holzbock / Ixodes ricinus
Replies: 4
Views: 134

Re: Castor bean tick / Holzbock / Ixodes ricinus

Really nice and very sharp images ... nice job!
by Marcepstein
Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:58 pm
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: First results focus stacking with an STF lens
Replies: 6
Views: 373

Re: First results focus stacking with an STF lens

The images are very nice. Ive been hesitant about getting another manual lens but images like these make it harder to decide. Nice job.
by Marcepstein
Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:28 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum and Community Announcements
Topic: Loss of Robert OToole
Replies: 48
Views: 2244

Re: Loss of Robert OToole

Offline, some of us on the admin team have discussed reaching out to Tatyana, and I plan to do so. Robert's work is indeed a tremendous resource that we hope will remain. Also, today on Facebook, Tatyana mentioned a video lecture delivered by Robert a few years ago: Photographing Wild Alaska and Ja...
by Marcepstein
Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:15 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum and Community Announcements
Topic: BBC Wildlife Mag: Close-up Winners
Replies: 4
Views: 220

Re: BBC Wildlife Mag: Close-up Winners

I was looking through the criteria for using larger lenses (e.g, telephoto or zoom) to achieve closeup images for this site and didn't really find any. Any thoughts on that might be helpful.

Marc
by Marcepstein
Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum and Community Announcements
Topic: BBC Wildlife Mag: Close-up Winners
Replies: 4
Views: 220

BBC Wildlife Mag: Close-up Winners

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! https://www.discoverwildlife.com/apple-news-ingest/close-up-photographer-of-the-year-challenge-water-winners
by Marcepstein
Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:47 pm
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: A rather 'summerish' spring II
Replies: 6
Views: 278

Re: A rather 'summerish' spring II

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/
by Marcepstein
Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Neottia cordata (Heartleaf twayblade orchid)
Replies: 15
Views: 296

Re: Neottia cordata (Heartleaf twayblade orchid)

Very nice images. The distribution appears to be in colder climates (idigbio mapping). Appreciated the story too, always enhances the images.
by Marcepstein
Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:30 pm
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: A rather 'summerish' spring.
Replies: 11
Views: 307

Re: A rather 'summerish' spring.

A really nice series of images. Thanks for the descriptions. The extra details are nice to know!
by Marcepstein
Thu Apr 04, 2024 3:52 pm
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Bobcat Skull
Replies: 2
Views: 228

Re: Bobcat Skull

Macrero wrote:
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.
by Marcepstein
Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:02 pm
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Bobcat Skull
Replies: 2
Views: 228

Bobcat Skull

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 ( ...
by Marcepstein
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:30 am
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Gray Mold on Pear
Replies: 0
Views: 897

Gray Mold on Pear

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...
by Marcepstein
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:15 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum and Community Announcements
Topic: Loss of Robert OToole
Replies: 48
Views: 2244

Re: Loss of Robert OToole

Very Sad to hear this