Anaea archidona wing section

[Craig Gerard]

Canon 50D, Nikon 20x M Plan 210/0 ELWD Microscope Objective @210, (stacked in Zerene Stacker)

Some blown highlights and other blobs; but I liked the look of it.


Craig

*edit: adjusted title

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[dmillard]

Thanks Craig -

A very high impact and enjoyable image! What is the butterfly?

Regards,
David

[Craig Gerard]

Thanks David,

I'll need to check on the name of the butterfly. I've had it in storage for some time - but I did not attach any info to the specimen after setting; so will need to check my records and delve into memory.

Craig

[RogelioMoreno]

Beautiful, what kind of illumination did you use?

Rogelio

[Charles Krebs]

Yes. beautiful!

One of my first impressions was that it really reminds me of certain chrysanthemum petals.

... so have we bid "good-bye" to augusthouse and "hello" to Craig...

[Craig Gerard]

Rogelio,

The illumination was a fiber optic ringlight attached to the objective and half a 44mm ping pong ball for a diffuser. Some discussion regarding the ringlight Here. Slices were 6 micron. I did a stack using 2 micron increments but the six step gave a more desirable outcome in this instance.

Craig

[Craig Gerard]

Thanks Charlie!

...yes, I've chosen to post under my name instead of using "augusthouse"

Now, to track down the name of this butterfly.

Craig

[Craig Gerard]

David wrote:

What is the butterfly?

Anaea archidona

I've adjusted the title of the post and added the name.

Craig

[Cyclops]

Lovely shot! And nice to see Canon and nikon getting it together

[anvancy]

Very Beautiful.This is the first time I am seeing the details of the wings of a butterfly.

Anvancy