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by NickM
Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:02 pm
Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
Topic: Coenagrion hastulatum
Replies: 7
Views: 8363

I love damselflies. This is a really pleasing shot with great colors and sharpness. You really captured it all here. Great plane of focus and background.
by NickM
Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:17 pm
Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
Topic: Flash advice for macroscopy
Replies: 7
Views: 21956

Thanks. Polarizers sound great. I'm used to using Canon polarizers for EF lenses. For this setup, I have a Nikon Coolpix 5000. This will require looking into. Not sure if anything'll fit between the UR-E6 and MDC. I like the glass surface idea since the water surface is currently shaped like sand du...
by NickM
Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:58 pm
Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
Topic: How will this underwater city fare?
Replies: 2
Views: 15402

How will this underwater city fare?

Roughly a teaspoon of fresh aquatic moss in a few tablespoons of steam water. It sat for a few hours in a dish, and in warming up, came to life a bit. After an hour or so looking at an interesting variety of critters, I decided not to toss the little ecosystem. A blank cd fit perfectly over the dish...
by NickM
Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:57 pm
Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
Topic: Microscopic photography setup question (basic)
Replies: 2
Views: 14858

Great videos! I loved the caddisfly larva - the video really captures it perfectly. Thanks for sharing the movies. :D
by NickM
Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:50 pm
Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
Topic: Flash advice for macroscopy
Replies: 7
Views: 21956

Thanks for the input. This is helpful. Checked the firmware and it is 1.8 :D I am under the mistaken impression that the diffuser would help stop the reflections. That was my intention. What's the deal? The water is quite shallow, and with moss shoots protruding out - and all the surface tension - t...
by NickM
Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:18 pm
Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
Topic: Flash advice for macroscopy
Replies: 7
Views: 21956

Do you think some sort of diffuser (maybe a dome) is necessary or useful?

Just got the Coolpix but I heard about the double flash problem. Was this ever corrected in a firmware upgrade.

Thanks for your input. :)
by NickM
Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:41 pm
Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
Topic: Flash advice for macroscopy
Replies: 7
Views: 21956

Flash advice for macroscopy

Well it has become glaringly obvious that photographing fast moving aquatic critters at 10 - 30x (copepods and all) isn't going to happen without flash. Having spent a few hours looking into it, I'm hopelessly unsure. My rig includes a Coolpix 5000 sitting atop a leica c-mount, above 3 leica fixed f...
by NickM
Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:07 am
Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
Topic: Aquatic moss in a stereoscope!
Replies: 2
Views: 14649

Aquatic moss in a stereoscope!

I'm completely new to this and am insanely thrilled at what lives there. Under a stereoscope at 30x, some of these creatures are downright monsterous. A soupy sample left to warm for a few hours is a shocking orgy of wriggling, emerging larvae, intense traffic congestion and anything goes gluttony! ...