| Keywords: stenotritidae australia bee bees emerald emerald green' 'taxonomy:binomial=ctenocolletes smaragdinus' 'ctenocolletes smaragdinus' ctenocolletes perth australia droege biml usgsbiml zerene emeraldgreentaxonomybinomialctenocolletessmaragdinusctenocolletessmaragdinusctenocolletesperthaustraliadroegebimlusgsbimlzerene stacker stackshot 'packer packer lab' lab макросъемка makro マクロ природа natur 自然 الطبيعة 大自然 naturaleza natura насекомое insekt 自然الحشرة 昆蟲 insectos taxonomy:binomial=ctenocolletes smaragdinus taxonomy:binomial=ctenocolletessmaragdinus ctenocolletes smaragdinus ctenocolletessmaragdinus black background Appropriately coming from the latin noun for emerald, comes this large lovely from western Australia.  From the Packer Lab                  ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~   All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.   Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens,  Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler,  F5.0,  ISO 100,  Shutter Speed 200    The murmuring of bees has ceased; But murmuring of some Posterior, prophetic, Has simultaneous come,--   The lower metres of the year, When nature's laugh is done,-- The Revelations of the book Whose Genesis is June.   -Emily Dickinson    Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use?  Well now here you go Citizen:   Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY   USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique:  Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4   PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:   ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf   Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or  www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU   Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/  Contact information:   Sam Droege   sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840  Appropriately coming from the latin noun for emerald, comes this large lovely from western Australia.  From the Packer Lab                  ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~   All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.   Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens,  Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler,  F5.0,  ISO 100,  Shutter Speed 200    The murmuring of bees has ceased; But murmuring of some Posterior, prophetic, Has simultaneous come,--   The lower metres of the year, When nature's laugh is done,-- The Revelations of the book Whose Genesis is June.   -Emily Dickinson    Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use?  Well now here you go Citizen:   Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY   USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique:  Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4   PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:   ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf   Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or  www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU   Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/  Contact information:   Sam Droege   sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840   |