Here are a few of my latest stacks showing some nice tachinid head close-ups. Most were all taken using the Nikkor EL 50mm f2.8 lens reversed on bellows 🙂
Allophorocera ferruginea (male, x2.3)
Beskia aelops (x3.5, French Guiana)
Billaea kolomyetzi (male, x2.3)
Bithia demotica (male, x2.3)
Bithia demotica (male, x2.3)
Borgmeiermyia sp (male, x4 – using a Schneider Componon 35mm f5.6)
Chrysocosmius aurata (male, x4 – using a Schneider Componon 35mm f4)
Chrysotachina sp. (x3.5, French Guiana)
Gymnocheta viridis (female, x4 – using a Schneider Componon 35mm f5.6)
Linnaemya vulpina (male, x3.7 – using a Schneider Componon 35mm f4 at 75mm)
Pelecotheca (Cryptocladocera) (male, x3.7 – using a Schneider Componon 35mm f4 at 75mm)
Phyllomya volvulus (male, x3)
Prosena siberita (female, x3)
Telothyria sp. (male, French Guiana, x4 – using a Schneider Componon 35mm f5.6)
Excellent detail and lighting – I reckon you are well below 5 microns per pixel. Remember the wavelength of light is not far off at half a micron! The tiny hair scales which make up the pubescence are probably at that dimension, which is probably why they reflect so well.
Excellent detail and lighting – I reckon you are well below 5 microns per pixel. Remember the wavelength of light is not far off at half a micron! The tiny hair scales which make up the pubescence are probably at that dimension, which is probably why they reflect so well.
Steve