Freshwater bryozoan

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 2:07 pm

I was dragging my small plankton net through some light vegetation in one of my favorite fresh-water marshy areas. I thought I had dragged in a small rock, but on examination is was a bryozoan colony about half the size of a golf ball. WOW... what an overwhelming subject to work with! Tricky though. It's real beauty is seen when it is "unconstrained" and moving freely. So far I have only tried shooting with the entire "blob" placed in a small container on the stage, and illuminated (mostly) from above using electronic flash. Stacking is not really an option... constant movement, so DOF is a real challenge. But it can lend itself to some attractive shots if you try to use the in-focus pieces to emphasize the the graceful lines of this subject.

Tom Jones · Post by **Tom Jones** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 6:12 pm

Beautiful!!! Stunning, etc. I'm pretty much out of other words here

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I found a couple of Bryozoans only once. I managed to keep them alive for a week or so under my stereo scope. I never did photograph them, but found them absolutely fascinating to watch.

Tom

zzffnn · Post by **zzffnn** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 7:40 pm

Stunning art!

Saul · Post by **Saul** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 9:20 pm

Incredible . 2nd and 7th are my favorite. Charles, please share background lightning technique .

Thanks,

Troels · Post by **Troels** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 2:19 am

Beautiful!!

Troels

JH · Post by JH » Sun Sep 11, 2016 3:24 am

Inspiring as always.
Regards Jörgen

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 3:39 am

SUPER!!! as usual!

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 5:23 am

Charlie, amazing and beautiful photos !

Marek

Sumguy01 · Post by **Sumguy01** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 6:47 pm

Excellent photos.
Thanks for sharing.

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 10:41 pm

Thanks all for the kind remarks. This is a very photogenic subject!

Saul wrote:please share background lightning technique .
Thanks,

Nothing special here at all. I tried to get "fancy" and played around with some different lighting set-ups, but ultimately the best results were when I simply pointed a direst flash at about 45 degrees onto the subject from a few inches away. The background is just the "blob" under all of the individual zooids.

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 1:46 am

I'm the champion, I salute

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:33 am

Charlie,

Beautiful set, as always!

Rogelio

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:58 am

Beautiful, and those green copepods are a nice bonus.

Mike

KurtM · Post by **KurtM** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:33 pm

beautiful! I just love Bryozoans, and these are easily the finest images of them I have ever treated my eyes to.

fpelectronica · Post by **fpelectronica** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 4:38 am

Very very nice