honorable mention
Adalbert Mojrzisch germany
title
very small critters
suitable almost exclusively for scientific documentation,
and to design them in such a way that they would reach a wide audience.
But the quality and resolution should be high.
Thus, to achieve high resolution, it was necessary to use microscope lenses
with a large numerical aperture.
For color and effects, some lighting methods, such as oblique illumination,
polarization should be used, and sometimes combined.
And for the design of a clean background objects had to be completely cut out.
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
The intention was to take pictures of rather boring photo subjects,suitable almost exclusively for scientific documentation,
and to design them in such a way that they would reach a wide audience.
But the quality and resolution should be high.
Thus, to achieve high resolution, it was necessary to use microscope lenses
with a large numerical aperture.
For color and effects, some lighting methods, such as oblique illumination,
polarization should be used, and sometimes combined.
And for the design of a clean background objects had to be completely cut out.
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.
back to gallery