This was the thing I was trying to figure out how to photograph. I'm assuming it's a plant seed of some kind. It's a deep black that refused any kind of illumination.
Water flea molting and difficult to photograph object.
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Water flea molting and difficult to photograph object.
While trying to photograph something completely different, I spotted a water flea in the act of molting. Unfortunately, by the time I got set up to take its picture, it had mostly shed the exoskeleton.
This was the thing I was trying to figure out how to photograph. I'm assuming it's a plant seed of some kind. It's a deep black that refused any kind of illumination.
This was the thing I was trying to figure out how to photograph. I'm assuming it's a plant seed of some kind. It's a deep black that refused any kind of illumination.
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It was totally a lucky catch, unfortunately I wasn't prepared for it. I wanted to capture as much of the process that I could, but only got that.Mitch640 wrote:I have never caught a bug molting. Nice.
For the seed, I would use reflected light. Or both.
Thanks for the advice, if I can locate it or something like it again, I'll see what reflected light will do.