Photo Types: Microphotography
Here we are definitely in the studio, perhaps on an automated
focusing rail, a microscope stage, and using a microscope or at
least multiple lenses hooked one to another. From my point of view
this is interesting but more clinical or scientific that I am interested
in. After seeing a dozen or so compound eyes I am ready for
something else.
Microphotography is, as the word suggest, ultra-close- up, as in the
use of a microscope or something close to it. This type of
photography is usually confined to the studio with the camera/lens
mounted on a very finely-graduated focusing rail, studio lights, and
(if it is a critter) a dead critter. Everything has to be just right with no
wind or movement of any kind.
This same image as used on the previous page of the head of the
Large Yellow Underwing moth was taken by Rik Littlefield, the
author of “Zerene Stacker” focus- stacking software is 40x life size
slightly cropped to by about 5 mm wide and consists of 170 frames
or layers at 0.001 mm. This was taken with an automated focusing
rail.
We are in the realm of scientific research IMO when we get this
close.