Triops 2019

mygale · Post by **mygale** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 1:15 am

After tarantulas and scorpions, I will focus 2019 on an entirely new kind of ancient and overlooked animals: Triops.
This means a ton of new macro images, new posters and a new collaboration… > https://mygale.de/triops-2019/

Beatsy · Post by **Beatsy** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 4:10 am

Stunning!

Could you expand on the "underwater" part. Shot through glass I presume?

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 4:18 am

A spectacular image, Julian.
Can you reveal how you "posed" your model?

RDolz · Post by **RDolz** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 9:04 am

In the surroundings of the Albufera de Valencia, this animal was very abundant. Now it has practically disappeared. Many years ago, I photographed (with my OM2) and filmed (in 16mm) these living fossils, ... but we did not get anything like this.

A SPECTACULAR IMAGE, the quality of the image is surprising, especially considering that it seems to be submerged, .. nothing moves in the whole stack. Perfect lighting, really a fantastic job,

Julian, Congratulations.

Sumguy01 · Post by **Sumguy01** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 8:42 pm

Very nice.
Thanks for sharing.

sushidelic · Post by **sushidelic** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 3:58 am

Cool image!
My guess: It's upside down.

Best regards,
Michael

iconoclastica · Post by **iconoclastica** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 3:13 pm

Wow! Wow! Wow!

And I haven't even able ever to find see one.

JH · Post by JH » Fri Feb 01, 2019 2:56 pm

Interesting and very nice picture!
Best regards
Jörgen Hellberg

mygale · Post by **mygale** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 2:48 am

Beatsy wrote: Shot through glass I presume?

Yes.

sushidelic wrote: My guess: It's upside down.l

No, it was shot like it is, upside down wouldn't work.

Antal · Post by **Antal** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 4:17 pm

And how do you manage to immobilize them?

mygale · Post by **mygale** » Sun Feb 10, 2019 1:41 am

Triops australiensis "Queensland" by mygale, auf Flickr

Troels · Post by **Troels** » Sun Feb 10, 2019 2:20 am

Beautiful, all of them.

Macro_Cosmos · Post by **Macro_Cosmos** » Sun Feb 10, 2019 5:10 am

Wow, absolutely amazing results. These are some scary yet nice looking critters.

Edit: Went to your webpage and saw your workflow, everything seems to me nicely organised unlike my messy studio! What do you use for cleaning and setting specimens?

I can see the following items:
- Ultrasonic cleaner
- Various brushes, tweezers, scissors, needles
- Microscope
- Pins and etc. for setting specimens
- Various liquids

May I have some specifics on the types of liquids you use and your setup with the ultrasonic cleaner? Would the cleaner ruin specimens badly? I was advised against using it to clean minerals since it could cause serious damage, not sure about insects.

mygale · Post by **mygale** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 3:39 am

Macro_Cosmos wrote: May I have some specifics on the types of liquids you use and your setup with the ultrasonic cleaner? Would the cleaner ruin specimens badly? I was advised against using it to clean minerals since it could cause serious damage, not sure about insects.

For the Triops I used nothing for cleaning. The ultrasonic cleaner has regular dishing water in it. So far none of my specimens got damaged by the ultrasonic cleaner, but as I use no special solvents for cleaning I can't say if that would harm them.

davidguitar · Post by **davidguitar** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:25 am

Truly Epic. How did you get ahold of this creatures?