A Beetle's Foot

georgedingwall · Post by **georgedingwall** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:57 am

Hi all,

Here's a closeup of the right hind foot of a ground beetle.

The distance between the claws is about 1 mm. The image was made from 44 frames, with a 0.02 mm adjustment between exposures.

The image shown here is almost full frame. I made a small crop from the top and left side to better balance the foot in the frame.

D200 with reversed EL-Nikkor 50mm
4 second exposures @ F5.6
Approx 280 mm of extension behind the lens
2 X Tele-extender.
Home made focussing rail
Tungsten lighting.
44 frames @ 0.02mm adjustment, stacked in Helicon Focus
FInished in Photoshop CS2.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:12 am

Looking good! I'll bet this would be cool in stereo...

--Rik

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:37 am

I like the translucent section between the tarsal claws. You can see why most beetles can get a good grip on you with those grappling hooks

Well done George

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:45 am

wow, to think that gap between the two halves is a mere 1mm!
Amazing shot!