#reflections

Had fun with the lighting on this specimen. To achieve the dreamy reflection, I placed the specimen on a mirror. Canon 70D, homemade 3D printed Macro lens, 10 stacked photos.

This shot was taken using a 70-300mm telephoto lens. Still thought the details qualifies to that of a macro category. I liked the output more attractive in BW than in Color. What do you think?

Both images had to be cropped to get the reflections visible. The noise for ISO 100 in these images can be seen because of this. I think I could have tried with a better aperture value considering I still had the scope of a higher shutter speed with the natural light available. Should I have...