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Kite pin
Very small kite pin for wearing on you suit. This is ~ the size of a dime.. Ratio is 2.4:1. 1st shot with the enlarger lens
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Ring
One of my old rings shot at 2.5:1 using my new enlarger lens. I wore the ring for a long time many years ago. It now just sits in my jewelery box.
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Deck screws
A shot of some used deck screws I salved and resuing. Note the different pattern in the screw. Rate here is 2.6:1
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Salt
Pink Himalayan Salt ~ 2 grains captured at 3.5:1
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Pepercorn
Medly of pepercorns captured at 3:1. FYI I will be out of town tomorrow. Back saturday
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Up Close
Single bean stacked at 3:1 ~ 50 times to get this shot
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Rock stack
rock at higher mag 3:1 showing the structure and some of the inner crystal structure
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Dime detail
Detail in the lower left corner of a US dime @ 4x
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Unakite Rock
This sample is about 1mm in size. captured with the 4x objective
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Stacked nib
3 stack nib shot owith 4x objective and matched in PS as a pano. 86 shots @ 4:1. Pelikan nib off my Grand Place pen
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Legs
These are the bak legs of a tiny beetle that I had taked a shot of before. This is at 4x
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@ 4x
Beetle at 4x. Note the shape of the eyes tubes vs round
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All knowing eye
Captured off a dollar bill with a 4x objective. 1st full shot iwth this objective and the tube setup
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small bunch from a group I found in the back yard.
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Dead on
Amethyst block my wife has shot straight down one of the tips at 3:1. 58 shots/
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beetle
small beetle my daughter caught and had me photograph. 3.1:1 & stack of 47 shots. These are really hard to light as they are ~ 3mm from the front of the lens
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bottom corner detail
details of the bottom corner of this butterfly Wing 3.1:1
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Closer
This set at 3.5:1 stack of 58 shots to shot the grain structure and the top show the reflective crystals
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Inclusions
Amethyst with inclusions captured at 4x
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Bird feather
This flew down into my wife's hand yesterday. This is 5mm in height so tiny mag here is 3.1:1. Note the tiny spider on the left side. stack of 60 shots.
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mites
Crop of the feather shot at 3.8:1 stack of 100 shots. Note the small mites on this 5mm feather
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Shroom
Back side of a mushroom a friend gave me at 4x
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Bug
Some kind of bug my daughter gave me to photograph. I was going for a deeper stack but on this 4th attempt and 300 shots the primary flash ran out of battery 150 shots in. This is the stack of the 1-140 3.1:1 ratio
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LIghtning bug
This gug drown himself in the hummingbird feeder so I ":salvaged" what i couuld for the shot. He was very sticky and hard to work with. Grey golish area @8 si where the silver pin was he was sitting on. Yes just sitting on he was so sticky. 4x obkective
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up close
Honey bee captured at 4x. really up close. You can see the eyes going away
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wing
The wing of a lace wing bug at 4x
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stymen
center of a tiny flower off the back deck that my wife has growing. Hard to capture as it wilts fast. 4:1
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Mini Flower
This tiny guy from my front yard is smaller than a dime. 3.1:1. stack of about 50 shots
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Oak leaf
Oak leaf capturdd up close at 4x showing tghe pattern in the leaf
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Spider fly
Spider fly up close with a 4x objective
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Eye view
Eye view of a butterfly. White is on the carapace of this one not a reflection. 3.1:1 stack of ~ 55
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side view
Side and head of the butterfly I am working with. Do the wing later in the week as time permits. 3.1:1 stack of 65
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The heart
The center of the watch with a bow clip on the main jewl holding the movement in place. I had to wait for the spring to wind down to capture this shot
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Lacewing
Another of my daughters finds. Super small and delicate
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Wing stack. Massive file
This is a massive file in full size. A 3x3 matrix of 58 photo's stacked. 522 pictures to get the details 1.8G before I flatted so i culd save the file. Magification rate for this is 3.55:1 I spent most of the day takeing, stacking and edinting this then merging to a pano 4 time to get thit final result.
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Upper wing area
3x2 matrix of the wing area
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Coil
Coil details from the heqd assembly 3.55:1. Bend of the upper arm area
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Readers
These are the pickups from one of my old hard drives. This is a stack of 166 shots at 3.55: of the 3 sets of head reading the triple platter in the old Maxstor drive
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