Fly eye
Fly eye
Following the advice and tips from Charles Krebs and other forum members I got this shot from a fly's eye.
Omax, 10x objective, Canon 600D camera, 45 image stack in Photoshop CS6.
External lighting using a table tennis ball to diffuse.
There is still huge room for improvement but I'm happy with the result
Omax, 10x objective, Canon 600D camera, 45 image stack in Photoshop CS6.
External lighting using a table tennis ball to diffuse.
There is still huge room for improvement but I'm happy with the result
- Attachments
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- Subject positioned on slide
- subject_web.jpg (91.87 KiB) Viewed 5289 times
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- Setup - using table tennis ball to diffuse light
- setup_web.jpg (148.34 KiB) Viewed 5289 times
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- Fly eye, 10x
- Final_web.jpg (290.16 KiB) Viewed 5289 times
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Re: Fly eye
Hey, that came out great! Keep it up!
CE
CE
Olympus BH-2 / BHTU
LOMO BIOLAM L-2-2
LOMO POLAM L-213 / BIOLAM L-211 hybrid
LOMO Multiscope (Biolam)
Cameras: Canon T3i, Olympus E-P1 MFT, Amscope 3mp USB
LOMO BIOLAM L-2-2
LOMO POLAM L-213 / BIOLAM L-211 hybrid
LOMO Multiscope (Biolam)
Cameras: Canon T3i, Olympus E-P1 MFT, Amscope 3mp USB
Re: Fly eye
Heck yeah, I'd be pretty happy with that too!
Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas
email: ngc704(at)gmail(dot)com
https://www.flickr.com/photos/67904872@ ... 912223623/
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas
email: ngc704(at)gmail(dot)com
https://www.flickr.com/photos/67904872@ ... 912223623/
Re: Fly eye
YES!!... That is getting close!!....
BillT
BillT
Re: Fly eye
Nice try. How many lights did you use and can you control their brightness?
Zeiss Standard WL (somewhat fashion challenged) & Wild M8
Olympus E-P2 (Micro Four Thirds Camera)
Olympus E-P2 (Micro Four Thirds Camera)
Re: Fly eye
Beautifully done!
There was ample opportunity for the wheels to come off during the capture and processing of a 45 image stack, but you did very well managing all of it.
Can't wait to see what is next.
Rod
There was ample opportunity for the wheels to come off during the capture and processing of a 45 image stack, but you did very well managing all of it.
Can't wait to see what is next.
Rod
Re: Fly eye
Nice.
Is that a single light? Details on the light? Ping pong ball "hollowed" out?
...I want to copy...
Is that a single light? Details on the light? Ping pong ball "hollowed" out?
...I want to copy...
Re: Fly eye
Wow awesome results!! This looks like an excellent technique to illuminate something from the top! Very very interesting!!
I'm with Bill on this one...would love to be a copycat so any other details would be awesome, I assume there's a hole in top of the ping pong ball for the objective to slide through?
Great work
I'm with Bill on this one...would love to be a copycat so any other details would be awesome, I assume there's a hole in top of the ping pong ball for the objective to slide through?
Great work
Karl
AO21 with Canon M3
AO21 with Canon M3
Re: Fly eye
I agree that is very nice.
Rodney
Rodney
Re: Fly eye
Johann, that is an excellent, beautiful image (and not easy to do so well).
Re: Fly eye
Really like the setup, is that a LED lamp shinning on the ball?
Excellent photos.
Rich B
Excellent photos.
Rich B
Re: Fly eye
I hope I don't step on Johann's toes, but here's the technique straight from the master. Enjoy:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3313
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3313
Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas
email: ngc704(at)gmail(dot)com
https://www.flickr.com/photos/67904872@ ... 912223623/
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas
email: ngc704(at)gmail(dot)com
https://www.flickr.com/photos/67904872@ ... 912223623/
Re: Fly eye
Johann,
Nice job! Looks really good.
It is a useful technique for many opaque objects as long as you have a couple objectives with sufficient working distance to let the light work for you.
Nice job! Looks really good.
It is a useful technique for many opaque objects as long as you have a couple objectives with sufficient working distance to let the light work for you.
Re: Fly eye
Thanks for all the feedback everyone.
As Kurt mentioned, this technique was described properly by Charles: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3313
You can also see what the results should look like
In my case I used two LED lights of which I can control the brightness, however, I tend to set it at its brightest and move it further or closer to get the best looking effect.
I tried Zerene stacker but got better results using Photoshop.
I think we must do a little competition to see who gets the best photo using this technique - Charles can be the judge
As Kurt mentioned, this technique was described properly by Charles: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3313
You can also see what the results should look like
In my case I used two LED lights of which I can control the brightness, however, I tend to set it at its brightest and move it further or closer to get the best looking effect.
I tried Zerene stacker but got better results using Photoshop.
I think we must do a little competition to see who gets the best photo using this technique - Charles can be the judge