This is a type of common weevil found near home.
magnification 4X
Lomo 3,7X microscope lens and 160 mm extension tubes
1/125, ISO 100
Wemacro automated rail, steps 30 um
Stack of 101 images in Helicon Focus.
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For photographer Alison Pollack, strolling through the forest is more than a relaxing pastime. Thanks to her fascination with fungi and Myxomycetes, it's become her open-air photography studio as she cranes her neck to find her next...
I think it's a female (hematophagous) specimen.
Lomo 8X microscope lens and extension tubes.
Stack of 78 images in Helicon Focus.
Flashes, homemade diffuser
I doubt this insect is a fly, but it looks like one.
Testing the Lomo 8X microscope lens.
Stack of 101 images, steps at 20um, automated rail.
Processed in Helicon Focus and Photoshop.
Flashes & homemade diffusers.
This is my first macro shot with my (new) Olympus camera :) and Lomo 3,7X microscope lens + extension tubes.
2 Flashes + homemade diffuser.
1/125 sec.
ISO 200
103 images stacked in Helicon Focus, some retouched in Photoshop.
Wemacro rail, stepsize 35 um.
A crop of a bumblebee image.
Hairs are very problematic as they produce halos in the stacked image. There is a technique to do sub-stacks, but haven't tried yet.
Other issues come from the number of dust particles the insects have, not visible to naked eyes. I haven't tried more advanced...