Moth (Choristoneura Fumiferana) proboscis

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:40 am

Here is a stacked image of the Choristoneura Fumiferana's proboscis (edge view). 119 frames @ 0.3 microns stacked with Zerene Stacker.

Custom motorized Nikon Labophot, Nikon M Plan Apo 40/0.8, direct projection. For the lighting I used a Nikon 0.85 condenser (bright field).

Rogelio

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:54 am

Very nice!

RogelioMoreno wrote:119 frames @ 0.3 microns stacked with Zerene Stacker.

0.3 microns may be a new record for PMN. It's kind of daunting to think that even 119 frames gets us only 0.036 mm in focus!

--Rik

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:40 pm

Rik,

Thank you very much for your comments.

Sorry for my ignorance; but what PMN stand for?

Rogelio

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 4:09 pm

Rogelio,

Have you used any of the 40X M Plans Achromats. If so, I'd be very curious to hear how you think they compare in color correction. (Of course the Apo has a working distance of 0.70mm compared to the much larger working distances of the ELWD and SLWD achromats (10.5mm and 14.9mm) so they really serve different functions).

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 5:10 pm

Charles,

I do not have any of the Nikon 40X M Plans Achromats.

I used the M Plan Apo 40/0.8 to test it, I bought it few months ago.

I was looking for a M Plan 40X ELWD or SLWD and found the Apo for $110 (buy now) and could not resist to buy it.

Rogelio

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 6:17 pm

RogelioMoreno wrote:Sorry for my ignorance; but what PMN stand for?

Sorry, my mistake. I was in a big rush and typed without thinking. Somewhere I had recently read a post where PMN was used as an abbreviation for PhotoMacrography.Net. Apparently it lodged in my brain long enough to come out my fingertips again!

I should have just written that "0.3 microns may be a new record for photomacrography.net".

--Rik

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:30 am

Excellent image, Rogelio

RogelioMoreno wrote:...119 frames @ 0.3 microns stacked with Zerene Stacker.

Custom motorized Nikon Labophot, Nikon M Plan Apo 40/0.8, direct projection. For the lighting I used a Nikon 0.85 condenser (bright field).

If you show us your setup, it would be very interesting

RogelioMoreno wrote:...and found the Apo for $110 (buy now) and could not resist to buy it.

Good bargain! I would did the same

NikonUser · Post by **NikonUser** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:07 pm

Rogelio: I'm curious how someone in Panama would have an Eastern Spruce Budworm to photograph (an eastern Canada forest pest)

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:23 pm

NU,

I do not know how it arrived here; but maybe the following article could help:

http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/specie ... troduction

Rogelio

NikonUser · Post by **NikonUser** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:28 pm

No!
If it is a local species you have then it is not C.fumiferana but it could be a tortricid; many species are very similar.

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:40 pm

NU,

Thank you for the information.

Rogelio

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:25 pm

So either the worm hitched a ride with the Bay-breasted Warbler, the Bay-breasted Warbler packed it in his lunch, or it flew to Panama on an airline to meet up with the Bay-breasted Warbler. I wonder how it got through security?

NikonUser · Post by **NikonUser** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:52 pm

A better argument would be to invoke Occam and his razor

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:08 pm

The image is beautiful. I wonder if surface tension helps draw liquid up that groove? Is the tongue actually hollow, like a straw?

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