insect scales
Insect scales come in all sorts of colors and shapes. These are from the elytra of a small weevil I photographed a while back (Curculionidae, see the first comment line).
Extreme macro based on a stack of 198 images (3 µm step); assembled in Zerene Stacker (Pmax). Sony A7Rmk3, 100-400 mm telelens as tube lens (at 265 mm), Mitutoyo Planapo 10x, ISO-50, 1/250s, one diffused flash. Image is ca. 1.2mm wide.
insect scales
Insect scales come in all sorts of colors and shapes. These are from the elytra of a small weevil I photographed a while back (Curculionidae, see the first comment line).
Extreme macro based on a stack of 198 images (3 µm step); assembled in Zerene Stacker (Pmax). Sony A7Rmk3, 100-400 mm telelens as tube lens (at 265 mm), Mitutoyo Planapo 10x, ISO-50, 1/250s, one diffused flash. Image is ca. 1.2mm wide.