Thomas Shahan is one of the most popular macro insect photographers on Flickr. His 250+ gallery has garnered hundreds of thousands of views and he has brought a level of detail and beauty toβ¦
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But for amateur bug photographer John Hallmen there is a hidden beauty in seeing these creatures up close and personal.
Like Vyacheslav Mishchenko, who captures whimsical images of snails, Indonesia-based photographer Nordin Seruyan uses photography to unveil a tiny world
Don't know what kind this is yet :)
Last July we found this striking and relatively common Cerambycid beetle expired next to a greenhouse in northern Latvia. Kept it in ethanol (80%) till now. Studio stack based on 108 images taken with an Olympus 4x infinity microscope objective fixed in front of a telezoom (300mm). Camera and lens set at f5.6, 1/200sec, ISO100 and wb on flash. Slightly cropped image because of vignetting, now approx 4.3mm high.
Hello! Bored panda is here again to kill your boredom. Are you ready to look into the second most complex organs besides brains? Are your ready to look at the mirror of the soul so close, maybe even close enough to see the soul? Beware! After seeing these photos, you will never look at the human eyes the same way, nor at the fly eyes. Still want to see them?
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Unknown Leaf Cutter Ant alate (Atta sp.) from Isla Colon, Panama
Photos: A deep dive into what the human eye cannot see and the microscope can, the photomicrography competition celebrates hidden beauty.
Some of the winning and honored imagesΒ from the 2018 Small World Photomicrography Competition
Save the bees. Have you ever stopped whatβs so important about those little insects? Other than honey, though thatβs a good one -- the world needs bees...
Did you too have that eerie desire to look up random things (and not just the onions) under a microscope and speculate what it really looks like? So get ready to see your world in a whole new light! For better or worse, get reacquainted with everyday objects like you've never seen them before with these cool microscope images!
How close-up diopter lens filters or reverse coupled lenses can be used for close-up and macro photography with any camera, not just DSLRs.
Family: Cerambycidae Size: 6.8 mm Location: Philippines, Samar-Isl, Borangan. det. Breuning 1964, Type, Coll. Dresden Museum reconstructed: right front tarsi, left middle leg, right hind leg without tarsi, right antennal segment 7 to 11, left antennal segment 5-11 Photo: U.Schmidt, 2011
Stack from 130 exposures, taken with MPE65mm at 2,5x. Light strongly diffused with tissue all around the specimen. Light from 2 DIY power leds (5200Β°K) + 1 janso led at a distance.
The eye of a 45-million-year-old fly can increase the power output of a solar panel by 10 per cent. Dr Karl is inspired by how an ancient insect helped solve a modern problem.
