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I posted some of these images over a year ago, but I didn't have the resources to validate my observations. I noticed that the scales of pachyrrhynchus resemble the pristine crystalline structure of SiO2 H2O. That is Opal! In other words, quartz with components of water that allow light to reflect and refract various colors if the molecules are arranged in a certain way.
Is there any chance that someone has analyzed the chemical composition on the scales of this weevil? I would be awfully curious to know. FYI: I used higher powered optics to take the first shot shown above. Take a a look at the scales up close!
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Mark Smith M.S. Geoscientist
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Three individuals of Macroscopic Solutions, LLC captured the images in this database collaboratively.
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Mark Smith M.S. Geoscientist
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Daniel Saftner B.S. Geoscientist and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
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Annette Evans Ph.D. Student at the University of Connecticut
annette@macroscopicsolutions.com
Order: Lepidoptera
Much appreciated any idea about family or species, although there are not too many details that might help for identification
There are dozens such of moths during evening where I live. This one was almost dead when I found it on my kitchen table. I took a closer look and I saw that one of its middle legs was missing.
It was a challenging stack (at least for my limited experience) due to the fine texture given be the moth scales which are basically spread all over its body. The only organs without scales are its eyes from what I noticed.
If I had been a fashion designer I would have been inspired by this moth "cloths" :)
Magnification: 5:1
Stack made out of 71 different exposures (Zerene Stacker-PMAX). The lens used was JML 21mm f/3.5
Light: One Nikon SB-600 diffused through a yogurt plastic bottle + aluminum reflector. I'm not quite happy with the light setup that I used for this image because the flash was not configured properly.
I will add another two images with dorsal and ventral view of this moth.
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Photography information: All of the images in this database were captured with the Macropod.
The Macropod is a rigid, portable photomacrography system, which allows the user to make razor sharp, fully focused photographs of small sized specimens at 18 to 26-megapixel resolution. It overcomes the extreme Depth of Field (DOF) limitations inherent in optics designed to image smaller specimens. Normally, lenses designed for macro will only render a very small fraction of the depth of targeted specimen in sharp focus at any one exposure. The Macropod allows the user to select and make multiple exposures in precise increments along the Z-axis (depth) such that each exposure’s area of sharp focus overlaps with the previous and next exposure. These source images are then transferred to a computer and merged by an image-stacking program. Zerene Stacker is used to find and stitch together only the focused pixels from each exposure into one image. The Macropod integrates industry-leading components in a novel and elegant way to achieve these results.
Contact information:
daniel@macroscopicsolutions.com
724 825 9426
mark@macroscopicsolutions.com
410 258 6144
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Even though this was still before the official release of the lanterns, there was still a lot of them being launched into the sky.
I made this time stack by combining 211 photos into one image. Here's a quick and easy Photoshop tutorial of the process I use. youtu.be/oTfp47jTzWc
Check out the timelapse video here... www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PwS-E7pnFs
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Three individuals of Macroscopic Solutions, LLC captured the images in this database collaboratively.
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Mark Smith M.S. Geoscientist
mark@macroscopicsolutions.com
Daniel Saftner B.S. Geoscientist and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
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Annette Evans Ph.D. Student at the University of Connecticut
annette@macroscopicsolutions.com
This is 579 photos merged into one image using the lighten layer-blending mode in photoshop, automated with this script, advancedstacker.com I also faded in the first 19 photos with 5% increments of the layer opacity.
This shows just under 40 minutes of time in one image.
Photostack 101 pics- Dmap & Pmax -April 22nd 2013 - France, 155m, F. de Mormal - I-1984 - Background HDR taken November 27th 2012
Magnification 5X (133 exposures)
Lens: JML 21mm f/3.5 mounted on Nikon PB-6 bellows
Light: SB-600 diffused through the same yogurt plastic bottle and reflected from behind.
Although PMAX is better than DMAP when it comes to detail retention and transparency (like bristles), I found some time last weekend and I experimented DMAP stacking in my last two pictures and it was nice to notice that if DMAP is configured properly I can get a much better subject isolation and background. The colors are also more natural.
A combination between this two seems to be ideal.
61 pics Photostack Dmap & Pmax - Amsterdam, January 7th 2014 - Romania, Banat - Caras Severin Proveince - Sasca Montana Mt 400 - 13-VI/04-VII - 2013
Star trails over a slightly foggy Highway 15.
I made this time stack by combining 381 photos into one image.
Striped Lynx Spider. Adult Female. 1 cm Diagonal Leg Span. Endemic to many portions of the Southern US and Mexico. Even found in Hawaii. This harmless little spider is great at catching the little pest bugs that buzz around your plants and lights.
Alsobia 'Cygnet' is a cross between Alsobia dianthiflora and Alsobia punctata. I uploaded a picture of a solo flower from this plant recently but I generally think flower pictures are more interesting if I can get an arrangement with more than one flower.
#AlsobiaCygnet #Alsobia #Cygnet #gesneriad #whiteflower #white #flower #CU #CUGreenhouse #UniversityofColorado #botany #botanic #botanicphotography #flora #flower #inflorescence #photostack #macrophotography
195 photos merged into one image using the lighten layer-blending mode in photoshop. It's neat to find out that painters have done this kind of technique long ago. (Late 1800's) Wikipedia says, "Impressionist painting characteristics include relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience, and unusual visual angles"
Euphorbia milii var. splendens. Such a square and rectangular arrangement of flowers (or in this case cyathia) strikes me as unusual in nature.
#Euphorbiamilii #Euphorbia #milii #splendens #cyathia #cyathium #flower #flowerbud #inflorescence #rectangle #rectangular #patternsinnature
#CU #CUGreenhouse #UniversityofColorado #botany #botanic #botanicphotography #flora #macrophotography #photostack
another shot of our neighbor galaxy M31 using 514 light frames (42m50s total exposure time). taken in Cambridge, MA with 70mm F/4.0, cropped 1:3, and processed with 2x drizzle.
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Three individuals of Macroscopic Solutions, LLC captured the images in this database collaboratively.
Contact information:
Mark Smith M.S. Geoscientist
mark@macroscopicsolutions.com
Daniel Saftner B.S. Geoscientist and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
daniel@macroscopicsolutions.com
Annette Evans Ph.D. Student at the University of Connecticut
annette@macroscopicsolutions.com
Out for a paddle on a lake, and I managed to find some nice mushroom groups too. The little Olympus tough did a fabulous job of the photostack (30 images, stacked in camera)
This is a stack of 20 photos taken with the Nikon D850 and 105mm F2.8D micro lens. The stacked photos were taken with Controlmynikon. The images were processed using Zerene Stacker and DXO Photolab 2.
You can download or view Macroscopic Solutions’ images in more detail by selecting any image and clicking the downward facing arrow in the lower-right corner of the image display screen.
Three individuals of Macroscopic Solutions, LLC captured the images in this database collaboratively.
Contact information:
Mark Smith M.S. Geoscientist
mark@macroscopicsolutions.com
Daniel Saftner B.S. Geoscientist and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
daniel@macroscopicsolutions.com
Annette Evans Ph.D. Student at the University of Connecticut
annette@macroscopicsolutions.com
You can download or view Macroscopic Solutions’ images in more detail by selecting any image and clicking the downward facing arrow in the lower-right corner of the image display screen.
Three individuals of Macroscopic Solutions, LLC captured the images in this database collaboratively.
Contact information:
Mark Smith M.S. Geoscientist
mark@macroscopicsolutions.com
Daniel Saftner B.S. Geoscientist and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
daniel@macroscopicsolutions.com
Annette Evans Ph.D. Student at the University of Connecticut
annette@macroscopicsolutions.com
You can download or view Macroscopic Solutions’ images in more detail by selecting any image and clicking the downward facing arrow in the lower-right corner of the image display screen.
Three individuals of Macroscopic Solutions, LLC captured the images in this database collaboratively.
Contact information:
Mark Smith M.S. Geoscientist
mark@macroscopicsolutions.com
Daniel Saftner B.S. Geoscientist and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
daniel@macroscopicsolutions.com
Annette Evans Ph.D. Student at the University of Connecticut
annette@macroscopicsolutions.com
Aerides jarkiana. Usually I'm trying to capture flowers at their peak of "openness" but these unopened buds were so shiny and remind me of little duck heads.
This is image is a stack of 7 images in an attempt to get the flower buds in focus while blurring the background. If you look at the image closely you can see a lot of artifact from the process. In general, it does an amazing job but there are limitations to what it can do. The problem is that in areas where there is a flower bud in the foreground, the in focus image of the flower bud in the background has this blurry blob of the closer bud along its margins.
#CU #CUGreenhouse #UniversityofColorado #Aeridesjackiana #Aerides #jackiana #orchid #flower #flowerbud #bud #purple #violet #magenta #orchid #macro #photostack #photostacking #macroflower #macrophotography
I made this from a timelapse I did a little while ago. (another photo stack) I also threw it in my latest timelapse video... www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oN5xImMQ6s&feature=youtu.be
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Three individuals of Macroscopic Solutions, LLC captured the images in this database collaboratively.
Contact information:
Mark Smith M.S. Geoscientist
mark@macroscopicsolutions.com
Daniel Saftner B.S. Geoscientist and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
daniel@macroscopicsolutions.com
Annette Evans Ph.D. Student at the University of Connecticut
annette@macroscopicsolutions.com
You can download or view Macroscopic Solutions’ images in more detail by selecting any image and clicking the downward facing arrow in the lower-right corner of the image display screen.
Three individuals of Macroscopic Solutions, LLC captured the images in this database collaboratively.
Contact information:
Mark Smith M.S. Geoscientist
mark@macroscopicsolutions.com
Daniel Saftner B.S. Geoscientist and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
daniel@macroscopicsolutions.com
Annette Evans Ph.D. Student at the University of Connecticut
annette@macroscopicsolutions.com
these behave much like mini-robber flies, snatching up smaller flies that inhabit my backyard. In fact its rare I find one without prey! I've always wanted to see a closeup of one, but up until now they were to difficult to get a shot of/catch.
95 images stacked, el nikkor 50mm F/2.8N @ F/5.6 reversed on extension tubes.
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Three individuals of Macroscopic Solutions, LLC captured the images in this database collaboratively.
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Mark Smith M.S. Geoscientist
mark@macroscopicsolutions.com
Daniel Saftner B.S. Geoscientist and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
daniel@macroscopicsolutions.com
Annette Evans Ph.D. Student at the University of Connecticut
annette@macroscopicsolutions.com
Another stack with the same view as the last photo, though this is from a different timelapse. I did 3 timelapses of this sunset, each time adjusting for the dimming light. This one turned out better than expected. Check out the timelapse video (I also posted this link on the previous photo) www.youtube.com/watch?v=en-tmT6_C3E&feature=youtu.be
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Please download and use these open source images for your own purposes. If you do, please reference Macroscopic Solutions.
Photography information: All of the images in this database were captured with the Macropod.
The Macropod is a rigid, portable photomacrography system, which allows the user to make razor sharp, fully focused photographs of small sized specimens at 18 to 26-megapixel resolution. It overcomes the extreme Depth of Field (DOF) limitations inherent in optics designed to image smaller specimens. Normally, lenses designed for macro will only render a very small fraction of the depth of targeted specimen in sharp focus at any one exposure. The Macropod allows the user to select and make multiple exposures in precise increments along the Z-axis (depth) such that each exposure’s area of sharp focus overlaps with the previous and next exposure. These source images are then transferred to a computer and merged by an image-stacking program. Zerene Stacker is used to find and stitch together only the focused pixels from each exposure into one image. The Macropod integrates industry-leading components in a novel and elegant way to achieve these results.
Contact information:
daniel@macroscopicsolutions.com
724 825 9426
mark@macroscopicsolutions.com
410 258 6144
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
You can download or view Macroscopic Solutions’ images in more detail by selecting any image and clicking the downward facing arrow in the lower-right corner of the image display screen.
Three individuals of Macroscopic Solutions, LLC captured the images in this database collaboratively.
Contact information:
Mark Smith M.S. Geoscientist
mark@macroscopicsolutions.com
Daniel Saftner B.S. Geoscientist and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
daniel@macroscopicsolutions.com
Annette Evans Ph.D. Student at the University of Connecticut
annette@macroscopicsolutions.com
Imagine life with an 8 foot tongue, dressed up as a bee, hovering like a humming bird. That's life as a Bee fly, which makes its springtime appearance in the UK during end March/early May. They have the most extraordinary proboscis which sticks out straight in front and makes them look like some "must avoid" predator; in fact they're about as harmless to humans as can be, and very flighty too. They make a buzzing noise in flight, and resemble bumblebees both in appearance and sound. Look for bee flies in sunny spots in parks, gardens, meadows and open fields, especially on slopes, and especially if you notice a bee that just seems too fast for a bee!
You can tell that they're a fly because Flies have only a single pair of functional wings, whereas bees have 2 pairs. Eyes almost touching above, especially in males - which probably makes this a boy if you look carefully. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators, often with spectacularly long proboscises adapted to plants such as Lapeirousia species with very long, narrow floral tubes. While the Bombyliidae include a large number of species in great variety, most species do not often appear in abundance, and for its size this is one of the most poorly known families of insects. There are at least 4,500 described species, and certainly thousands yet to be described.
Technical: the challenge here was to find some way to show off this fella's proboscis, which I found hard! Took me 4(!) attempts to get even half right I'm ashamed to say. The first was a disaster because the very long proboscis gave me all sorts of perspective errors, the second was at the wrong angle, the third was better but the background came out a ghastly orange rather than brown, and this is the 4th. The issue for me was really the problem of getting the right background that would accomodate both its white mane (which needs a dar background to really show well) and its dark proboscis (which needed the opposite, a light background, argh). I tried it first with a Componon 80 but that was the perspective disaster; this is an elnikkor50 f/2.8 reversed which did ok but maybe I've become to used to the super resolution of microscope objectives that this lens now disappoints me! Weird. Other than that 3 flashes with tissue paper diffusion, one either side and one on the bottom, stack of 160 shots.