A few Calyptratae flies I believe

I'm having a lot of fun with this new DIY macro flash setup!


1) Very tight crop on this on. Almost at 100%


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thanks for looking and sharing

Jake,

Amazing! Just how did you get the critters to stay still?

Photograph your setup? BTW, there are two technical trivia here!

Moiré in the eyes and then diffraction degradation at the DOF generous f22.

Asher

Hi Jake,

I too am impressed by these and the jumper images. The lighting is superb.

I too would be interested in seeing your DIY diffuser.

Asher Kelman said:

Jake,

Amazing! Just how did you get the critters to stay still?

Photograph your setup? BTW, there are two technical trivia here!

Moiré in the eyes and then diffraction degradation at the DOF generous f22.

Asher

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I'm not sure about the trivia? Is the diffraction and moire bad in theses?

The technical trivia!

jake klein said:

I'm not sure about the trivia? Is the diffraction and moire bad in theses?

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When one decreases the aperture, the edge of the round hole acts to alter the incoming light, considered as waves, and causes points of light, (coming from different parts of the lens), that would be sharp to land as a series of progressively smaller circles of light, like the ripples from a stone dropped in water. When the size of the pixel, (ie the physical sensel), is small, the point of detail is now spread over a number of pixels.

For this, search on deconvolution software posted by Bart van der Wolf. The new software is said to be remarkable at getting back real sharpness.

Generally, one would want to limit f stop to about f 8.0 to f 11 at the most to avoid this blurring.

Still, despite this, your picture looks super!

Moiré in the eyes is minor. I just look for this! Again there's software. does it show in your larger uncompressed images. If not, don't worry about it!

Asher

Hi, Jake,

jake klein said:

I'm having a lot of fun with this new DIY macro flash setup!

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Lovely work.

Is the moiré in the eyes a result of the downsizing to post here?

Best regards,

Doug

Doug Kerr said:

Hi, Jake,


Lovely work.

Is the moiré in the eyes a result of the downsizing to post here?

Best regards,

Doug

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I'm unaware of the factors that contribute to moire. I really don't see it. You seasoned photogs have a much better eye than me. I would have to see a side by side. One with it and one with it fixed to notice it.

Here is a the large version from flickr.

Hi Jake,

jake klein said:

I'm unaware of the factors that contribute to moire. I really don't see it.

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No, you wouldn't if it was a result of the interaction of your reduced resolution image and the display at the individual viewer's end.

Here is a the large version from flickr.

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Indeed, I don't see any moiré on it. So that's where it came from.

Best regards,

Doug

Hi Jake,


Really cool stuff! Could you share a bit of behind the scenes info? For example, how do you find these subjects in first place?

Regards

Ruben

Really well done. My macro lens has been gathering dust- this will make me try again.

I will try to remember to take a pic of the location. It is right behind my workplace.
There are 3 sets of large concrete walls/barriers. They lay flat on the ground, stacked maybe 3 or four high(36-48inches). They are all hollow so they are filled with creatures! the flies like to hang out on the sides, facing down. I believe they are looking down for potential food. Jumpers all over the place in different shades and colors.




So anyways, here's a few pics and a drawing of the DIY flash diffuser I made up. I plan on making another that splits the sb600 light into two sections on either side of the lens. Similar to the R1C1 kit.



Thanks for looking and sharing

Jake,

Thanks for the info.

Winston Mitchell said:

Jake,

Thanks for the info.

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No problem. I'm going to work on a R1C1 imitation setup this weekend with single sb600.

Hi Jake,

That's a nice diffuser, telling by your photos, it works great. Thanks so much for the detailed info!

Ruben

Ruben Alfu said:

Hi Jake,

That's a nice diffuser, telling by your photos, it works great. Thanks so much for the detailed info!

Ruben

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Thanks
It was the cheapest pop-up flash diffuser I could find at National camera exchanges tent sale! It broke pretty fast and just sat around. I'm just glad I found some use for it.