From my Secret Stash, Pt. 2 - _TNY_5455S3
When I am at my mother's summer house at Saltarö in the inner Stockholm archipelago and can't find anything interesting to shoot, I have discovered that she keeps a nice stash outside the house. It turns out that several species of chafers - like this marbled rose chafer (Protaetia marmorata) - manage to pick up the faint smell of decomposing fruit and vegetables and find their way inside.
This means I can (often) just pop the lid and pick one up for a little photo session. The beetle pictured here was unusually docile and after placing it on a piece of wood it stayed still and allowed me to complete this three exposure focus stack at 2.2:1 magnification.
For a six exposure stack at 1:1 showing the entire beetle, go here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50157971993/
From my Secret Stash, Pt. 2 - _TNY_5455S3
When I am at my mother's summer house at Saltarö in the inner Stockholm archipelago and can't find anything interesting to shoot, I have discovered that she keeps a nice stash outside the house. It turns out that several species of chafers - like this marbled rose chafer (Protaetia marmorata) - manage to pick up the faint smell of decomposing fruit and vegetables and find their way inside.
This means I can (often) just pop the lid and pick one up for a little photo session. The beetle pictured here was unusually docile and after placing it on a piece of wood it stayed still and allowed me to complete this three exposure focus stack at 2.2:1 magnification.
For a six exposure stack at 1:1 showing the entire beetle, go here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50157971993/