Globular springtail, take 2...

Paul Iddon

I found another globular springtail tonight - it's a bit warmer than yesterday, so I had time to go looking...

What I did different, was to have the camera tripod mounted with the image stabilsation turned off, and I tried to get closer than last night by having a torch to show me how close to the damn thing I could get!

Anyway - what I have done editing wise, is to show you the original photograph, followed by the cropped one which is done for composition and to allow the closer view for impact (for the first 3) and then I cropped the final image (which is a different image from the first - you can tell from the position of the orange markings on the surface of the plastic compost bin the springtail is walking across) directly in Lightroom before exporting to Photoshop.

See what you think. I reckon #3 & 4 may be a bit over-sharpened - I used a high pass filter on those

Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK
Camera: Canon EOS 70D
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Exposure: Manual exposure, 1/250 sec, f/10, ISO 200

















Paul.

Gatto

Very nice ..thank you for the info as well, that said, I have no Idea what they are,how big they are and where to find them, but I would love to try to photograph one of them

Lord Vetinari

Lovely captures Paul - do prefer the crop #2
Brian v.

Paul Iddon

Thanks again Brian

Gatto - they are just another marvel of nature - and you'll find them often under damp wood at night...

Paul.

Gatto

Paul Iddon wrote: »

Thanks again Brian

Gatto - they are just another marvel of nature - and you'll find them often under damp wood at night...

Paul.

Thnx I will give it a try one of these nights

GOLDENORFE

Very good Paul , yes sharpening looks a bit too much , did you just sharpen the springy with high pass & erase all other parts of frame?
Maybe use a 8% opacity brush to reduce sharpening a touch next time if you think still looks too much , that's what I do. Go over certain parts that look over sharpened and selectively reduce where necessary

Paul Iddon

Cheers Phil - I tinker with different levels of sharpness and opacity - sometimes I get it a bit wrong.

Paul.

e6filmuser

Gatto wrote: »

Very nice ..thank you for the info as well, that said, I have no Idea what they are,how big they are and where to find them, but I would love to try to photograph one of them

This species, Dicyrtomina ornata, reaches a maximum length of 3mm, so the average will be closer to 2mm. Moist leaf litter is another habitat to search. There you may find Tomocerus, which is up to 6mm long or Orchesella, which is not quite so large but likely to be much more active (jumping). There are many smaller species and mites to be found.

Harold