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bobfriedman

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Another Hornet
« on: November 17, 2015, 13:28:40 »

Nikon D800E ,Mitutoyo M Plan APO 5x NA 0.14 200/0
520 stack iso100, RAYNOX TUBE 168mm bellows extension, 5mm objective extension - aprox 3.8
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Re: Another Hornet
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2015, 16:08:30 »
get the f... out of here!
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Re: Another Hornet
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2015, 16:43:20 »
imagine a 4m high thing like that walks up to you...
beautiful image Bob
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Re: Another Hornet
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2015, 16:44:29 »
Stunning rendition of the head, the antennae and the forelegs.  Are they translucent, or did you use red lightings?
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Re: Another Hornet
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2015, 22:57:35 »
Stunning rendition of the head, the antennae and the forelegs.  Are they translucent, or did you use red lightings?

white light strobes.. but i increased the saturation and contrast.. this insect does have that red look if you close :)
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Re: Another Hornet
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2015, 00:22:51 »
white light strobes.. but i increased the saturation and contrast.. this insect does have that red look if you close :)

Thanks for the detail.  It should look really scary for the insects of smimilar sizes...
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Re: Another Hornet
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2015, 00:34:27 »
actually the strobes are SB-900's
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Re: Another Hornet
« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2015, 10:32:02 »
Very, very impressive. Completely nitpicking: I would prefer to remove the OoF parts, particularly the red/orange around the leg on the bottom right.
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Re: Another Hornet
« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2015, 11:23:25 »
I would prefer to remove the OoF parts, particularly the red/orange around the leg on the bottom right.

slightly different shot but i could do the same with the one i posted as well

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