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Mosquito wing at 40x

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Nicolas Reusens Nature Photography
13 years ago

Really interesting pattern and colors.....will try to emulate something like this in the future.... Thanx for sharing as usual ! ;)

laurie.knight
13 years ago

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/snic320] Thanks! The colours are apparently interference patterns so the angle of the lights is very important. If you're going to try to shoot these, put the wing under a lens and look at it as you move a light around it to see how it affects the colours...

Newatit1
13 years ago

We miss your great photos!

edgehill
13 years ago

Nice to see at the next level down. I did this at 18x:

zxgirl
13 years ago

Oh wow - I love macro photography, but can only dream of getting this close. Do you shoot through a microscope? This is really beautiful.

laurie.knight
13 years ago

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/zxgirl] Thanks! I use parts of a microscope, a base/focus mechanism for moving the subject for focus slicing and various microscope objective lenses for the high magnification work (mounted on an OM bellows).

Ed...
13 years ago

Impresionanteeeeee!!

Nikon Telezoomer
13 years ago

Excellent work, I wonder if I get a perfect focus with my 60mm macro, and crop it down that I would get a similar result. I have been playing with reflections and moving light in different objects for very futuristic looking shots.

zxgirl
13 years ago

That sounds like a lot of prep work, but it achieves spectacular results. Thanks for the description!

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Taxonomies

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Subphylum

Hexapoda

Class

Insecta

Subclass

Pterygota

Superorder

Endopterygota

Order

Diptera

Suborder

Nematocera

Infraorder

Culicomorpha

Superfamily

Culicoidea

Family

Culicidae

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Mosquito wing at 40x

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Taxonomies

Mosquito

Family : Culicidae

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