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75-image stack using my Nikon Z6II using Focus Shift and the Z105mm Macro lens. Stacked in Zerene and edited in Lightroom and Photoshop!
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Paratasis elegans green Nike weevil beetle
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That's fantastic!
Woody Meristem
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Beautiful photo. Does that weevil not have eyes?
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Yep...black 0nes.
By the way, zoom in on his “shoes”
By the way, zoom in on his “shoes”
Now that's neat and beautifully done, like the bug is floating in the air.
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Did you find the reason for calling it a Nike Weevil?
tomfranic
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Wait...this is not photoshoped? WoW
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The Nike swoosh logo was a photoshop add. The little shoe shapes on the antennas are real. When I first saw the bug online I hatched the plan for the logo!!
Bloody hell it's great - Wish I could do that!
That is a lot of work! Amazing result!
It's great
I hope my question isn’t stupid, but how do you get an animal this clean? (Not a trace on the body, not a dust,...)
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First, 30 seconds in a sonic cleaner, then I used a soft art brush with Dawn detergent rubbed on the dirty spots very carefully and then another sonic bath. Then 4 hours in the relaxing chamber (50/50 water and isopropyl alcohol). Then pinned to arrange the legs and antennas on a block of foam. I examine it under a microscope and again clean any bad spots with the soft brush and dawn, washing that off with water from a medicine dropper. It dries under a paper to avoid dust and dog hair!
I mount an insect pin under the backside of bug using gel crazy glue, and after it sets I put on the mount. I then use a lens blower.
That bug was about as clean as it could be! But, there is always something, that gets fixed with spot healing in LR or PS.
Thanks for asking!
I mount an insect pin under the backside of bug using gel crazy glue, and after it sets I put on the mount. I then use a lens blower.
That bug was about as clean as it could be! But, there is always something, that gets fixed with spot healing in LR or PS.
Thanks for asking!
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Many thanks for your detailed answer. This is really interesting. What a preparation
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I’d say, not a good candidate for eye tracking!!
