Extreme macro photography is usually done in a studio and can open one to a new world in macro photography with details that we would not see otherwise.
This is a trick that I’ve seen before but forgot about it until one of my photo friends mentioned about Byran Peterson’s video on how to do this. I thought well I need to give it a try …
Extreme macro photography is usually done in a studio and can open one to a new world in macro photography with details that we would not see otherwise.
Abstract macro photography is a mesmerizing intersection where the minuscule elements of our world are magnified to reveal their hidden beauty, often
The term “macro photography” is used to describe photography of small objects at larger than life sizes, usually five times or more. While many folks stick to insects and flowers (understandably!) macro photography can be applied to almost anything. Buttons, fabric, water drops, eyes… you name it! Here, we’ll look at 10 beautiful macro photos:…
Photographer Thomas Shahan takes close up macro images of the eyes of insects.
Amazing but simple macro photography ideas to realize at home and outdoors.
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Some of the most amazing microscope images ever taken.
These green blobs are chloroplasts - in this instance packed inside the cells of a moss leaf and magnified around 400 times - upon which our collective future depends. Using only energy from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, they produce the oxygen we breathe, control the climate by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and, directly or indirectly via plants and animals, produce all the food we eat. Currently 6.3 billion of us depend on them for our survival. By 2050 9 billion of us will need their services. Maximum respect for plants, then..... and, more precisely (see Psi Wavefunction's comment), chlorophyll, in all of its manefestations, wherever it occurs
Growing tissues in lab petri dishes has been one of science’s most fascinating and ambitious endeavors. The ability to replace malfunctioned or damag
High key portrait of a male long legged fly of the genus Neurigona (Dolichopodidae) (prepared/dead specimen). Magnification: 10X 130 exposures stacked using Zerene stacker. The subject is placed inside a white ping-pong ball acting as a micro light tent. A single Nikon SB-24 fired from above. View larger!
Nature provides the richest source of textures on the planet. From hard, smooth rock walls to lush, green moss, the textures found in natural resources make for excellent components to add to your design arsenal. Below you’ll find 40 photographic natural textures that are perfect for...
This fluorescence micrograph of a soybean stem cross section highlights its cell walls in the parenchyma (yellow) and phloem (blue).
Creativity makes all the difference in abstract photography. Using various techniques, photographers turn ordinary shots into masterpieces.
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Beautiful, strange and occasionally alarming pictures from the shortlist for this year’s Wellcome image awards
In stunning detail not visible to the human eye, the winning entrants in Nikon's Small World photography competition will give you a fresh view of the world
Under a scanning electron microscope, the plants that populate our world look more like alien planets.
the human body up close/magnified provides all the mystery of landscapes you would expect of another/alien world…enjoy! the rest of the images ive included have been created by a scanning ele…
BEE'S EYE VIEW . . . by Mary Anne Watson Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim - see (1) below Bees have been around for millions of years. Cave paintings in Europe show people harvesting honey 8,000 years ago! Bees have an amazing ability to find the best flowers for their food, so no wonder they have been around for so long. Bees see with eyes, just like humans see with eyes, but unlike humans, bees' eyes are compound. That means, inside each compound eye are hundreds of single six-sided eyes arranged next to each other, side by side. Each of these six-sided eyes has its own lens. Each of these lenses is looking in a different direction. Whatever the bee is looking at, each lens adds a piece to the whole image. Think about a puzzle. Initially, there are many pieces that make up the picture. Looking at the pieces, you might see a lot of different shapes and colors. When the pieces are all in place, all put together, you see one complete picture or image. The bee's compound eye works in the same way. Bees can see shapes, but see colors differently than humans. Their vision is pretty sharp or clear for the distance of about three feet. Photo: Ralph Grimm - see (2) below Bees can also see ultraviolet light that the human eye cannot see. The ultraviolet light uncovers colors and patterns in flowers that attract the bee to its source of pollen and nectar. Ultraviolet light makes for content, happy bees because the pollen and nectar give the bees energy to do what they do best - make sweet honey! So, the next time you see one bee, remember: there are a couple hundred eyes looking back at you! ~ Mary Anne Watson ~ Page 2 ~ ABOUT THIS MONTH'S PHOTOGRAPHS: (1) This photograph, "Apis mellifera flying," was taken by Muhammad Mahdi Karim, a Tanzanian student living in Bangalore, India. To see more close-ups of bees and other insects, visit his website at http://www.micro2macro.net/. (Required Note: Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.) (2) This photo, "Eye of a honeybee," is by Ralph Grimm of Jimboomba, Queensland, Australia, and won an Honorable Mention in the 2008 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition. All the entries use light microscopes to capture incredible images from the world of nature. You can read more about the competition and see a slide show of the winning photos for 2008 at the online site for Scientific American: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bioscapes-contest-photos. And here's the link for the 2009 photos: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=illuminating-the-lilliputian-bioscapes-winners. MORE, PLEASE . . . advanced investigations . . . Check out scientist Andy Giger's webpage "B-EYE: See the world through the eyes of a Honey Bee" for some pretty amazing images: http://andygiger.com/science/beye/beyehome.html. Below left and right: Einstein how we see him . . . . and here he is from a bee's eye view - cool! Do bees recognize human faces? Read the article from Science magazine: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2005/12/02-02.html. Do bees see in color? The dandelion on the left is how we see the colors; the one on the right is how a bee sees the same dandelion. "Ultraviolet light, invisible to us, uncovers colours and patterns which draw them to the source of pollen and nectar - all hidden to humans without special equipment. This secret colour world was discovered in the Fifties and scientists realised that these distinct patterns were designed to act as "landing strips" or arrows, guiding the insects to the right spot." Read more about it online: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-473897/A-bees-eye-view-How-insects-flowers-differently-us.html.
You can crudely divide orchids into two groups: ground orchids, rooted in the soil - like Pleione species, for example - and epiphytic orchids like the one below, that often grow on the branches of trees in tropical forests. The dangling roots of the epiphytic types have a dual role, sometimes anchoring the plant and always acting as storage vessels for water that they absorb from mist and sudden tropical downpours. If you cut a section through one of these roots (above) you can see their unique structure, that allows them to absorb and store water. The bright yellow ring of thick-walled cells at the bottom of the image above is the plant's internal plumbing - the pipes (xylem vessels) that conduct water from the roots to the leaves and flowers. Beyond that the thin-walled blue cells are the packing cells that are alive and contain some chloroplasts, like the leaves. Beyond that, sheathing the root and separated by a distinct layer of mostly hexagonal cells is an outer sheath of dead cells called the velamen layer, and their role is to soak up water as the roots dangle in the air, high above the forest floor. They are, in effect, a sponge. The recommended way to water tropical orchids, like Vanda species for example, is simply to stand them in water for a few minutes each day, so their root velamen layer fills up with water, then simply hang the plants up with their roots dangling in space. You can see here what happens when you water an orchid root here. When it's dry (above) the dead velamen layer cells reflect light and the whole root looks silvery-white. Make them wet for just a few seconds (below) and those dead cells fill up with water, become translucent and reveal the green photosynthetic tissue within.
