Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pipunculidae, Sweden
Posted by morfa on 11-08-2009 08:56
#1
Location: Öland, Sweden
Size: 3mm
Click for larger view!
Further ID possible?
Thanks!
/John
Posted by ChrisR on 11-08-2009 09:03
#2
Great photo - really lovely in high-res :D Not sure about the ID - from my memory wing venation is quite important so more angles might be useful for the experts :)
Posted by morfa on 11-08-2009 09:08
#3
Thank you Chris! If I recall correctly I only got one shot (the flash scared it away) but I'll dig into my archives...
/John
Posted by David Gibbs on 11-08-2009 09:25
#4
Eudorylas close to
Eudorylas obscurus Coe, 1966 would be my guess.
Posted by ChrisR on 11-08-2009 10:10
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morfa wrote:
Thank you Chris! If I recall correctly I only got one shot (the flash scared it away)
Out of interest, what camera/flash/lens combination are you using for these shots? :)
Posted by morfa on 11-08-2009 15:12
#6
Thank you very much David!
Chris> I use a Fujifilm S5pro camera body (same as Nikon D200 but different sensor) and the lenses vary. For this particular one I used an old favorite: Micro-nikkor 105mm f4 AI-s stopped all the way down to f32 . To get this magnification I used the excellent Raynox MSN-202 macro adapter and for lighting I used a Nikon SB-400 with a home-made diffuser mounted on a hydrostatic arm for flexibility. I tag all my images with the equipment used so have a look in my flickr stream if you're interested:
http://flickr.com...
Posted by pwalter on 11-08-2009 18:52
#7
Congratulations! How do You manage to do so many photos of an insect on field to make stack photos? what program do You use?
Posted by morfa on 11-08-2009 22:14
#8
pwalter> For my natural light stacks I almost always go out very early in the morning when the bugs are still relatively inactive. With a sturdy tripod it is usually not so much harder to take a series of shots with different focus rather than just one. I do handheld, flash lit stacks too and these tend to demand a little more work in post processing (i.e. careful pre-alignment of the frames prior to stacking)
For focus stacking I use a free app called CombineZP (Lightroom + Photoshop for the rest).
Posted by pwalter on 12-08-2009 08:09
#9
This photo of Yours should get an award!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnhallmen/2912347853/
I see that You use a polarisation ring also, do You always use that?
Posted by morfa on 12-08-2009 12:36
#10
pwalter> I think you must be referring to the cross-polarization technique I've experimented with in a couple of shots in my stream? I generally don't use polarization filters but cross-polarization is something I play around with sometimes. I've tagged the shots in which I use this with "cross-polarization" so here they are:
http://www.flickr...arization/
