Posted by Matt Cole on February 17, 2009 at 3:16 AM
a while ago I posted a shot of a Globular Springtail which I had taken on a thin film of water on top of some green plastic. The green was a bit overpowering and the reflection didn't come out too well. So I had another go with a black background.
The springtail is no more than 2mm long, barely a speck to the naked eye and they take some finding as a result.
LoL the annonymous post is mine... something went wrong with my preferences etc earlier... so once again an impressive and very nice image.......
Posted by Mark Wilson on February 17, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Wow, very impressive and I really like the reflection!
Posted by eric weight on February 17, 2009 at 12:44 PM
Absolutely remarkable. Eric
Posted by Tim Taylor on February 17, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Superb! I've seen image stacking used on these but you've got an excellent DOF for the magnification already. I tried looking for some of these last year and just couldn't find any - do you have any tips?
Tim
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on February 17, 2009 at 1:58 PM
Fascinating,
Bertl
Posted by Matt Cole on February 17, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Many thanks for the comments.
Tim, I've also done some focus stacking of these although this one is a single frame. In terms of finding them, I normally turn over rocks in my garden and there are usually one or two on the underside. But they really are small, they look like a few grains of sand stuck together so you may have simply overlooked them in the past.
Matt
Posted by David Taylor on February 17, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Again well up to your usual high standard, Matt.
With reference to Tim's question this site may help
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14 repliesThe springtail is no more than 2mm long, barely a speck to the naked eye and they take some finding as a result.
A larger version is available HERE.
Canon 30D with MP-E 65 macro lens at around 4:1 magnification.
f9, 1/160, ISO 100, diffused Speedlight on side bracket.
All C+C welcome.
Matt
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Tim
Bertl
Tim, I've also done some focus stacking of these although this one is a single frame. In terms of finding them, I normally turn over rocks in my garden and there are usually one or two on the underside. But they really are small, they look like a few grains of sand stuck together so you may have simply overlooked them in the past.
Matt
With reference to Tim's question this site may help
http://bugguide.net/node/view/212867/bgpage
Incidentally, the Springtail in my photo is Dicyrtomina ornata
Matt