Fly ("details")

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 1:05 pm

Came across this fly basking in the sun on the side of my house.

Nikon MM-11, Olympus 50/0.50 LMPLFLN

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 1:08 pm

Nice stuff, Charles. That eye detail is remarkable.

Mike

Litonotus · Post by **Litonotus** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 1:29 pm

The eye is really great!

escocat · Post by **escocat** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 3:37 pm

The 1. is great.

The 2. is great.

But the last is.... a Charles Krebs great

vasselle · Post by **vasselle** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 4:17 pm

Very nice
Cordialement seb

GemBro · Post by **GemBro** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 6:23 pm

Superb Charles ... the detail is very sharp ... what was your lighting & diffuser setup? ...

Nice to see quality closeups that doesn't involve a Mitutoyo ... was the Olympus expensive? ...

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 12:55 am

Thanks all!

GemBro...
The diffuser was exactly as shown in the last picture I added to this posting:
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=17656
Except I used two fiber optic light guides for the illumination instead of the Ikea lamps. (The 50X needs a lot more light than lower magnifications).

The "list price" for the Olympus 50/0.50 LMPLFLN is about 10% less than Mitutoyo 50/0.55. (These were older numbers from memory... checking Edmund Optics they are now selling the Olympus for about $220 more than the Mitutoyo . But you can find these pretty regularly used at much lower prices). Also... the results from a 50/0.50 or 50/0.55 objective can look very good on a screen, but in a large print or at 100% pixel peeping don't expect to see the fine detail you will see with something like a 10/0.28 or 10/0.30.

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 2:08 am

Excellent job

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 2:41 am

wow

GemBro · Post by **GemBro** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 2:43 am

Charles Krebs wrote:The "list price" for the Olympus 50/0.50 LMPLFLN is about 10% less than Mitutoyo 50/0.55.

I nearly said bet it's expensive due to the quality of the result ...

Thanks for the info ...

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 6:27 am

Extraordinary!

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 7:23 am

Beautiful, especially the first one. What objective have you used in the first photo ?

Marek

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 7:26 am

Beautiful, especially the first one. What obje ctive have you used in the first photo ?

Marek

Fredlab · Post by **Fredlab** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 7:41 am

Great works... as always...

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 1:43 pm

Very nice, as always!

I especially like the use of selective focus in the first two. But I'm wondering, did you have to use the trick of shooting extra images with a stopped-down aperture to retain enough visible structure in the OOF areas?

--Rik