MacroRig
Native Wasp 2
Submitted by parkviewadmin on Sat, 2012-04-21 01:02.
Native Wasp # 2. Evening time near Capel, WA. 17th Jan. 2012
Native Wasp 1
Submitted by parkviewadmin on Sat, 2012-04-21 00:56.
Native Wasp # 1. Evening time near Capel, WA. 17th Jan. 2012
Assembling the Lower Stage Rig
Submitted by parkviewadmin on Sat, 2012-04-21 00:54.
Parts everywhere
Example of Photo Stacking
Submitted by parkviewadmin on Sat, 2012-04-21 00:13.
This was my first proof of concept of photo stacking using my Macro Rig and CombineZP to process the photographs.
Entomological Mounting Supplies Have Arrived
Submitted by parkviewadmin on Sat, 2012-04-21 00:12.
From top left and working clockwise:
50 Nu Poly Strips, 30ml Carding glue, 100 Triangles, 100 Rectangles 20x10mm, Rectangles 17x6.5mm, 100 Stainless Steel Mounting Pins 38mmx0.4mm, 100 B3 Pins 0.193mmx15mm.
Purchased from Australian Entomological Supplies They have a fantastic website!
Assembing a LED Array Housing
Submitted by parkviewadmin on Sat, 2012-04-21 00:09.
12V Lead Acid battery being used to wieght down the freshly glued housing
Beetle Pinning Board
Submitted by parkviewadmin on Fri, 2012-04-20 23:55.
Home made pinning board made from scrap 6mm MDF and varnished
Inital Testing of the LED Array
Submitted by parkviewadmin on Fri, 2012-04-20 23:50.
Some scrap wood and cut up metal coat hangers to hold the 12V waterproof LED Array in place. There is just a hint of a shadow coming from the shed window. I box around the array will fix that.
Testing out a Sun reflector
Submitted by parkviewadmin on Fri, 2012-04-20 23:31.
late afternoon paper sun reflector and sample beetle. Obviously there is still a shadow present on the 2mm grid graph paper.
About the Macro Photography Rig Project
Submitted by parkviewadmin on Fri, 2012-04-20 22:27.In late Nov. 2011, a friend of mine started collecting beetles at night. This is being done to see if we can track which beetle the local Orchid propagating wasps use to lay their larvae in. I picked up my first samples from him on the 24th of Nov. 2011. I volunteered to photograph, identify the beetles and mount them. By Feb. 2012, I had quite a few tubes of beetles stored in the kitchen freezer, much to the consternation of my ever loving and patient wife:
