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I managed to get out for a while this weekend and see what I could find among the frosty leaf litter. Lots of collembola around and plenty of this first species.
I think the colder weather is slowing them down as I managed a 39 image stack of the first one:
Dicyrtomina ornata by Tim.Garlick, on Flickr
I'm failry happy with it, but it seems to have a "glow" around some of the fine detail. I'm not sure if this is due to diffraction and I need to switch to a wider aperture .. Alternatively I could be because I was using an extender and the additional glass is causing refraction issues. Not sure, but at least it will give me a nice little project to try and figure it out!
This one came out better I feel, although it's at a lower magnification and smaller aperture, so a lot less detail, but looks fine when viewed small on the web:
Isotoma viridis by Tim.Garlick, on Flickr
I was pleased it was on a dark, but alien looking background (some decaying pond weed) which contrasts nicely with the green of the subject:
This was more of an "arty" one; single shot.
The Climb by Tim.Garlick, on Flickr
Couldn't get this video out of my head when I was processing it though...
I managed to get some more stacks, but they take a while to process and I have run out of time this weekend. Hopefully I get chance to visit them this week.
I think the colder weather is slowing them down as I managed a 39 image stack of the first one:
Dicyrtomina ornata by Tim.Garlick, on Flickr
I'm failry happy with it, but it seems to have a "glow" around some of the fine detail. I'm not sure if this is due to diffraction and I need to switch to a wider aperture .. Alternatively I could be because I was using an extender and the additional glass is causing refraction issues. Not sure, but at least it will give me a nice little project to try and figure it out!
This one came out better I feel, although it's at a lower magnification and smaller aperture, so a lot less detail, but looks fine when viewed small on the web:
Isotoma viridis by Tim.Garlick, on Flickr
I was pleased it was on a dark, but alien looking background (some decaying pond weed) which contrasts nicely with the green of the subject:
This was more of an "arty" one; single shot.
The Climb by Tim.Garlick, on Flickr
Couldn't get this video out of my head when I was processing it though...
I managed to get some more stacks, but they take a while to process and I have run out of time this weekend. Hopefully I get chance to visit them this week.
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