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This is a backswimmer, shot in my pond.
To get more control and for experimenting I bought a small aquarium today to make a wet studio.
A waterstrider was the first subject to be tested.
Water insects
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Edwin Bont
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Water insects
There are so many interesting insects in my pond, a whole new world to discover.
Pictures are clickable
This is a backswimmer, shot in my pond.
To get more control and for experimenting I bought a small aquarium today to make a wet studio.
A waterstrider was the first subject to be tested.
Pictures are clickable
This is a backswimmer, shot in my pond.
To get more control and for experimenting I bought a small aquarium today to make a wet studio.
A waterstrider was the first subject to be tested.
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Charles Krebs
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Edwin... these are great!
Even at microscope magnifications the backswimmer is particularly photogenic, especially the swimming legs.
Even at microscope magnifications the backswimmer is particularly photogenic, especially the swimming legs.
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MikeBinOKlahoma
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These are great! I've wanted to do some shots like this, but never had the energy to drag an aquarium to the water!
Mike Broderick
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"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul.....My mandate includes weird bugs."--Calvin
(reposts on this site of my images for critique or instruction are welcome)
So sharp, as a matter of fact, they look like detailed pin and ink drawings. Absolutely beautiful work Edwin. 
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rjlittlefield
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Edwin, are these shot with that big fluffy diffuser you showed us a while back? I'm starting to think there's something magic about diffuse illumination. Rene explained to us some time back that high NA in a microscope condenser could essentially double the resolution. I wonder if something similar is going on with reflected lighting.
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Edwin Bont
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I used a small softbox for the first shot.
http://members.lycos.nl/eddysign/softbox1.jpg
This backswimmer was on the surface collecting air, so this is not taken underwater.
The two other shots where taken inside an aquarium, shot through the glass.
Lit by a flash on a tripod and shot through a white plastic back that was covering the top of the aquarium.
The quality of light is indeed very important for getting detail.
I always try to "expose to the right" and shoot iso 100.
See: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutor ... ight.shtml
http://members.lycos.nl/eddysign/softbox1.jpg
This backswimmer was on the surface collecting air, so this is not taken underwater.
The two other shots where taken inside an aquarium, shot through the glass.
Lit by a flash on a tripod and shot through a white plastic back that was covering the top of the aquarium.
The quality of light is indeed very important for getting detail.
I always try to "expose to the right" and shoot iso 100.
See: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutor ... ight.shtml