2nd place
silver star award
Adalbert Mojrzisch
germany 
title
magic eyes
2.) Eye of the ladybird 20x
3.) Head of the blow fly 3x
4.) Eye of the ant 10x
5.) Head of the green bottle fly 2x
Most of my photographic subjects are found dead on a windowsill, in the cellar or in the garage.
At first glance the insects look grey and dirty, but after careful cleaning
and under high magnification interesting structures and beautiful colours appear.
They are dead and dirty, so they must be cleaned carefully but gently because they are very fragile.
First, they are bathed in sidolin for a long time in the ultrasonic device.
Then they are briefly bathed in lab benzine and isopropanol.
Finally, they are dried with a bellows.
The compound eyes and wing scales appear particularly interesting at high magnifications.
I have been taking photographs with microscope lenses corrected to infinity like the Mitutoyo M Plan Apo and Olympus UMPlanFl.
Due to the small depth of field (DOF) of the microscope lenses, images must be stacked.
So, I designed and assembled a macro rail, its controller and the photo setup myself.
I also developed the software for the Arduino controller and assembled the powerful computer for the stack calculation.
My photo setup is based on the standard M42 macro rings and clamps for Harley Davidson :-)
I stack either with the rail or with the internal focus bracketing of the EOS M6 Mark II.
My images are taken in RAW, developed and converted to TIFF in LR, calculated with Zerene Stacker,
retouched with PS, downscaled with WEB-sharpener and finally sharpened with Topaz.
I have been taking photographs with microscope lenses corrected to infinity like the Mitutoyo M Plan Apo, Nikon Lu Plan or Olympus UMPlanFl.
Due to the small depth of field (DOF) of the microscope lenses, images must be stacked.
So, I designed and assembled a macro rail, its controller and the photo setup myself. I also developed the software for the Arduino controller and assembled the powerful computer for the stack calculation.
My photo setup is based on the standard M42 macro rings and clamps for Harley Davidson :-)
I stack either with the rail or with the internal focus bracketing of the EOS M6 Mark II.
My images are taken in RAW, developed and converted to TIFF in LR, calculated with Zerene Stacker, retouched with PS, downscaled with WEB-sharpener and finally sharpened with Topaz.
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entry description
1.) Head of the house fly 4x2.) Eye of the ladybird 20x
3.) Head of the blow fly 3x
4.) Eye of the ant 10x
5.) Head of the green bottle fly 2x
Most of my photographic subjects are found dead on a windowsill, in the cellar or in the garage.
At first glance the insects look grey and dirty, but after careful cleaning
and under high magnification interesting structures and beautiful colours appear.
They are dead and dirty, so they must be cleaned carefully but gently because they are very fragile.
First, they are bathed in sidolin for a long time in the ultrasonic device.
Then they are briefly bathed in lab benzine and isopropanol.
Finally, they are dried with a bellows.
The compound eyes and wing scales appear particularly interesting at high magnifications.
I have been taking photographs with microscope lenses corrected to infinity like the Mitutoyo M Plan Apo and Olympus UMPlanFl.
Due to the small depth of field (DOF) of the microscope lenses, images must be stacked.
So, I designed and assembled a macro rail, its controller and the photo setup myself.
I also developed the software for the Arduino controller and assembled the powerful computer for the stack calculation.
My photo setup is based on the standard M42 macro rings and clamps for Harley Davidson :-)
I stack either with the rail or with the internal focus bracketing of the EOS M6 Mark II.
My images are taken in RAW, developed and converted to TIFF in LR, calculated with Zerene Stacker,
retouched with PS, downscaled with WEB-sharpener and finally sharpened with Topaz.
about the photographer
I have always enjoyed photography, but in recent years I have focused on extreme macro and micro photography.I have been taking photographs with microscope lenses corrected to infinity like the Mitutoyo M Plan Apo, Nikon Lu Plan or Olympus UMPlanFl.
Due to the small depth of field (DOF) of the microscope lenses, images must be stacked.
So, I designed and assembled a macro rail, its controller and the photo setup myself. I also developed the software for the Arduino controller and assembled the powerful computer for the stack calculation.
My photo setup is based on the standard M42 macro rings and clamps for Harley Davidson :-)
I stack either with the rail or with the internal focus bracketing of the EOS M6 Mark II.
My images are taken in RAW, developed and converted to TIFF in LR, calculated with Zerene Stacker, retouched with PS, downscaled with WEB-sharpener and finally sharpened with Topaz.
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