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Odontotaenius disjunctus with mites around the base of the horn - Odontotaenius disjunctus
Copyright © 2009 william fisher

Odontotaenius disjunctus with mites around the base of the horn - Odontotaenius disjunctus
Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
June 12, 2009
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Contributed by william fisher on 21 June, 2009 - 3:34pm
Last updated 11 July, 2009 - 1:45am

Thanks for the comments. Thi
Thanks for the comments. This was taken with a Leica S8 APO microscope at about 10x. The camera is an Infinity x32 from Lumenera along with their software. The contrast between the black beetle and the whitish mites and the reflections off the beetle was high, so I shot in relatively low light and added some fill light in Lightroom.
To get the depth of field I used Helicon Focus and a z-stack of some 140 frames.
… william fisher, 22 June, 2009 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

Wow, what a fantastic shot. I
Wow, what a fantastic shot. I second the request for divulging the specs of what took this shot!
… Costa N. Galazios, 22 June, 2009 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

Odontotaenius disjunctus with mites
extraordinary photo, may I ask what lens you used?
… B.Stephens, 21 June, 2009 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

great photo
That's a great shot! Fantastic macro.
… Andrew Williams, 21 June, 2009 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

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