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Hover fly with terminal fungus
Laowa RF 100mm f2.8 2x macro, Godox V860iiC, DIY diffuser
F8.0, Flash at 1/4 power. 34 frames focus stacked, magnification at 2:1
The fly died of an entomopathogenic fungus, visible as a creamy velvet layer over the abdomen. It died stuck to a flower bud which I picked and held in a fly tying vice. I then used a piece of white paper over the top and a little make up mirror underneath. I pointed my flash directly down on the fly using the paper as a diffuser/soft box and using the mirror to light the underneath of the fly. The flash was triggered using a wireless trigger on the camera. The background was left empty and since the light was coming from above and below rather than in front, it cause the background to be almost perfectly black. This was very much a DIY macro studio. Photos were stacked in photoshop.
Hover fly with terminal fungus
Laowa RF 100mm f2.8 2x macro, Godox V860iiC, DIY diffuser
F8.0, Flash at 1/4 power. 34 frames focus stacked, magnification at 2:1
The fly died of an entomopathogenic fungus, visible as a creamy velvet layer over the abdomen. It died stuck to a flower bud which I picked and held in a fly tying vice. I then used a piece of white paper over the top and a little make up mirror underneath. I pointed my flash directly down on the fly using the paper as a diffuser/soft box and using the mirror to light the underneath of the fly. The flash was triggered using a wireless trigger on the camera. The background was left empty and since the light was coming from above and below rather than in front, it cause the background to be almost perfectly black. This was very much a DIY macro studio. Photos were stacked in photoshop.