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house fly

#1 Post by ADi » Fri May 19, 2023 9:40 am

Hi everyone,

1.) Reflected light at various magnifications:

1x
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2x
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3x
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5x
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10x
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20x
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50x
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50x
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80x
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80x
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2.) Transmitted light:
20x , Few hairs
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20x , Proboscis
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Re: house fly

#2 Post by WWWW » Fri May 19, 2023 3:34 pm

Wow, very beautiful photos!

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Re: house fly

#3 Post by Sure Squintsalot » Fri May 19, 2023 5:50 pm

details?

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Re: house fly

#4 Post by Andy Resnick » Fri May 19, 2023 7:08 pm

wow!

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Re: house fly

#5 Post by ADi » Sat May 20, 2023 9:04 am

WWWW wrote:
Fri May 19, 2023 3:34 pm
Wow, very beautiful photos!
Many thanks!

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Re: house fly

#6 Post by ADi » Sat May 20, 2023 9:17 am

Sure Squintsalot wrote:
Fri May 19, 2023 5:50 pm
details?
Hi,

1.) For the reflected light I use the Mitutoyo M Plan Apo 2x, 5x, 10x, 20x, 50x
with tube lenses 200mm or 100mm.
In many cases stacked with the internal focus bracketing of the Canon EOS M6 Mark II.


2.) For the transmitted light I mostly use Nikon Plan Apo 20x / 0.75 / 0.17,
Lomo Apo 40/0.95/0.10-0.20 and Leitz Apo 63/0.95/0.11-0.23.
But sometimes I also use lenses that are not corrected to the cover glass.

Best, ADi
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Re: house fly

#7 Post by Hobbyst46 » Sat May 20, 2023 9:19 am

Superb depiction of the insect!
I suppose that your 2.) above refers to the transmitted light ?

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Re: house fly

#8 Post by ADi » Sat May 20, 2023 9:58 am

Andy Resnick wrote:
Fri May 19, 2023 7:08 pm
wow!
Thanks a lot!

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Re: house fly

#9 Post by ADi » Sat May 20, 2023 10:00 am

Hobbyst46 wrote:
Sat May 20, 2023 9:19 am
Superb depiction of the insect!
I suppose that your 2.) above refers to the transmitted light ?
Thank you very much!
Yes, of course transmitted light, thanks for the hint!
I have just corrected.

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Re: house fly

#10 Post by FredH » Sat May 20, 2023 3:25 pm

Beautiful images! Some of them should be enlarged, framed, and hung on the wall. Makes me reluctant to ever swat one of these intricately engineered beautiful creatures again.

Question: in the first image I see a fair amount of dust on the fly, but in the subsequent images everything looks pristine, even at the highest magnifications. How did you accomplish this?

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Re: house fly

#11 Post by ADi » Sat May 20, 2023 5:14 pm

FredH wrote:
Sat May 20, 2023 3:25 pm
Beautiful images! Some of them should be enlarged, framed, and hung on the wall. Makes me reluctant to ever swat one of these intricately engineered beautiful creatures again.
Question: in the first image I see a fair amount of dust on the fly, but in the subsequent images everything looks pristine, even at the highest magnifications. How did you accomplish this?
Hi,
In the first photo the fly was still unwashed.
Then it was bathed in the ultrasonic device and then blow dried :-)
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Re: house fly

#12 Post by Phill Brown » Sat May 20, 2023 6:51 pm

Excellent.
As reference pictures and a good idea of what is possible your results are right up there.

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Re: house fly

#13 Post by Sure Squintsalot » Sat May 20, 2023 10:31 pm

ADi wrote:
Sat May 20, 2023 9:17 am
Sure Squintsalot wrote:
Fri May 19, 2023 5:50 pm
details?
1.) For the reflected light I use the Mitutoyo M Plan Apo 2x, 5x, 10x, 20x, 50x
with tube lenses 200mm or 100mm.
In many cases stacked with the internal focus bracketing of the Canon EOS M6 Mark II.

2.) For the transmitted light I mostly use Nikon Plan Apo 20x / 0.75 / 0.17,
Lomo Apo 40/0.95/0.10-0.20 and Leitz Apo 63/0.95/0.11-0.23.
But sometimes I also use lenses that are not corrected to the cover glass.
Thanks for that info. I wonder if Canon's internal focus stacking does a better job than Photoshop's.

By the way, those are all finite objectives? and, what's a "tube lens"?

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Re: house fly

#14 Post by ADi » Sun May 21, 2023 8:42 am

Sure Squintsalot wrote: Thanks for that info. I wonder if Canon's internal focus stacking does a better job than Photoshop's.
By the way, those are all finite objectives? and, what's a "tube lens"?

Hi Squintsalot,

For stacking anything is better than Photoshop :-)
I don't use focus stacking but the internal focus bracketing of M6M2.
The created images are stacked with Zerene Stacker (TIFF 16 bit, of course).

No, all Mitutoyo M Plan and Nikon Plan Apo Apo are corrected to infinity.
Focus bracketing is only possible with microscope lenses corrected to infinity.
But for the focus bracketing you have to use the photo lens with AF as tube lens.

Enclosed some information about the tube lens:
https://www.microscopyu.com/microscopy- ... al-systems

Best, ADi
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Re: house fly

#15 Post by ADi » Sun May 21, 2023 8:44 am

Phill Brown wrote:
Sat May 20, 2023 6:51 pm
Excellent.
As reference pictures and a good idea of what is possible your results are right up there.
Hello Phill,
Thank you very much!
I am very happy that you like my pictures.
Best, ADi

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Re: house fly

#16 Post by ADi » Tue May 23, 2023 10:17 am

Hello everybody,

Enclosed you will find a few more photos of the housefly in reflected light.

2,5x
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2x (drop of water on the tongue)
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20x (drop of water on the tongue)
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10x (wing)
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10x (Ocelli)
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20x (water drop on compound eye)
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50x (water drop on compound eye)
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Re: house fly

#17 Post by shutterbug » Tue May 23, 2023 10:29 am

ADi, your photos are really great! Technically superb and very much an inspiration to everyone who wants to get into extreme-macro stuff!

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Re: house fly

#18 Post by ADi » Tue May 23, 2023 7:47 pm

shutterbug wrote:
Tue May 23, 2023 10:29 am
ADi, your photos are really great! Technically superb and very much an inspiration to everyone who wants to get into extreme-macro stuff!
Many thanks!

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Re: house fly

#19 Post by Phill Brown » Tue May 23, 2023 8:41 pm

Completely excellent.

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Re: house fly

#20 Post by ADi » Thu May 25, 2023 6:16 pm

Phill Brown wrote:
Tue May 23, 2023 8:41 pm
Completely excellent.
Thank you Phill !

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Re: house fly

#21 Post by ADi » Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:12 am

Hello everyone,
Head and mouth parts (4K on click)
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Re: house fly

#22 Post by osterport » Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:33 am

This is the best picture of Fly I've ever seen, and it's the first time I can see the individual eye of it.

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

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Re: house fly

#23 Post by ADi » Sat Nov 25, 2023 1:15 pm

osterport wrote:
Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:33 am
This is the best picture of Fly I've ever seen, and it's the first time I can see the individual eye of it.

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
Many thanks !

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