When NOT to use ping-pong ball lighting!

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 12:54 am

.... jumping spider....

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Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:30 am

WONDERFUL!

Bruce

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:38 am

--Rik

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:36 am

Jumping spider with jumping ping-pong balls.

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:22 am

spider is saying... "awww, c'mon, why can't I have another cup of espresso?"

Anupam Basu · Post by **Anupam Basu** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:31 am

Wonderfully done. I am wondering about the specimens in your photographs. They look alive - so how are you getting them under a microscope and once there - to stay still enough for focus stacks. Thanks - I'd appreciate any insights.

-anupam

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:38 am

Anupam Basu wrote:...They look alive - so how are you getting them under a microscope and once there - to stay still enough for focus stacks. Thanks - I'd appreciate any insights.

-anupam

Anupam, obviously you haven't been here for a while... Charles offered him a whiskey.

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:43 am

Anupam... Welcome!

Unfortunately, with a compound microscope, if you intend to do a "stack" for extended DOF, your subjects need to be perfectly still. This usually means they are either anesthetized (a rather inexact science!), or recently deceased (very exact... but unfortunate). Usually, if I resort to the latter I will do the overall shots first, and then progress to higher magnification images of tiny parts and details, perhaps even making mounted slides.

Anupam Basu · Post by **Anupam Basu** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:30 am

Charles Krebs wrote:Anupam... Welcome!

Unfortunately, with a compound microscope, if you intend to do a "stack" for extended DOF, your subjects need to be perfectly still. This usually means they are either anesthetized (a rather inexact science!), or recently deceased (very exact... but unfortunate). Usually, if I resort to the latter I will do the overall shots first, and then progress to higher magnification images of tiny parts and details, perhaps even making mounted slides.

Thanks for the clarification. I tend to do in the field photography of live critters and even when they are still in the morning, have found it very difficult to do more than a few shots at a reasonably high magnification with reversed enlarger lenses, so I was wondering if there's a trick I am missing.

-Anupam

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:00 pm

Great image Charlie, I have seen truck drivers that look like that sometimes.

Wim van Egmond · Post by **Wim van Egmond** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:35 am

Brilliant and very funny as well! Now I know how they capture prey. They use hypnosis!

Wim

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:26 am

hahahaha very nice

Danny · Post by **Danny** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:14 am

Oh my, this is just amazing Charles

. The eyes are fantastic and ping pong lighting huh

Danny.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:48 am

WOW unbelieveable Charles

omid · Post by **omid** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:53 am

One of the best was for me ... it was wonderful
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