This shot about 2X - 3X life size with Canon MP-E 65, 1/250 f11, stack of 6 images in Helicon.
Thanks,
Tom
Second stack, need more I.D. help please!
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Second stack, need more I.D. help please!
Shot this beetle every-which-way to no avail. Simply too difficult to make eye contact here. Can anyone help with I.D.?
This shot about 2X - 3X life size with Canon MP-E 65, 1/250 f11, stack of 6 images in Helicon.
Thanks,
Tom
This shot about 2X - 3X life size with Canon MP-E 65, 1/250 f11, stack of 6 images in Helicon.
Thanks,
Tom
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Hard to tell from just the face. With those big mandibles and bluish black color, my first impression is ground beetle, order Coleoptera, family Carabidae. http://bugguide.net/node/view/186/bgimage
Can you post an overall body shot, straight down from above?
BTW, with these shiny dark beetles, it takes very broad diffused lighting to show off their features. With a small light source, most of the mirrored surfaces just reflect dark surroundings and go black as a result. Try surrounding your subject with a foam cup or some packaging foam.
--Rik
Edit: to add lighting suggestion.
Can you post an overall body shot, straight down from above?
BTW, with these shiny dark beetles, it takes very broad diffused lighting to show off their features. With a small light source, most of the mirrored surfaces just reflect dark surroundings and go black as a result. Try surrounding your subject with a foam cup or some packaging foam.
--Rik
Edit: to add lighting suggestion.
Last edited by rjlittlefield on Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:26 am, edited 2 times in total.
Beetles are incredibly diverse, would need to see a lot more of this beast to even attempt an ID.
However, the large jaws are suggestive of a Ground Beetle (Family: Carabidae).
However, the large jaws are suggestive of a Ground Beetle (Family: Carabidae).
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Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
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Olympus microscope and objectives
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Once again absolutely amazing response time! Thank you Harry!
Just to be sure, I'll take a full body shot from above and post it.
Rik, I hear you about the lighting! I did have packaging material as a diffuser on the strobes and tyvek over the critter to the point where
f11 at 1/250 was starting to be a bit dark with the MT-24 twin light.
Yes, I agree, more diffuse lighting would have worked better!
Best,
Tom
Just to be sure, I'll take a full body shot from above and post it.
Rik, I hear you about the lighting! I did have packaging material as a diffuser on the strobes and tyvek over the critter to the point where
f11 at 1/250 was starting to be a bit dark with the MT-24 twin light.
Yes, I agree, more diffuse lighting would have worked better!
Best,
Tom