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dragon skin

by Paul Zimski

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted February 13, 2010149 views5 comments
Another shot of a moth wing. I am fascinated with the structure of these. This from the wing of rather unassuming preserved moth. I compressed the wing in a sandwich of glass and left a small portion exposed to capture. The DOF I'm running is well under 1mm in this set up.

D90, bellows, 28mm enlarging lens reversed

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Angela McCain on February 13, 2010 at 11:27 PM
Whatever you are doing--it's really cool!
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Comment posted by Kathy Odiorne on February 14, 2010 at 2:02 AM
Wow! Quite intricate. At first I thought it was feathers. :cool:
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Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on February 14, 2010 at 9:05 AM
Nice details and color throughout! Very interesting subject. Looks like you did a great job getting things in focus, with such a small DOF that's not easy. :toast: :toast:
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Comment posted by Sam Rua on February 14, 2010 at 11:17 PM
Very cool macro shot, Paul. Very nice comp and detail. :toast:
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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on February 18, 2010 at 4:13 PM
Just outstanding. Wonderful detail and color of such an amazing subject.
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