A slightly more subtle improvement, mostly due to cleaning the specimen. Opatroides punctulatus, native to the Mediterranean region but adventive in California (where I collected it). #entomology #beetle #insect #photography
30.11.2022 21:49A slightly more subtle improvement, mostly due to cleaning the specimen. Opatroides punctulatus, native to the Mediterranean region but...This morning's set of updated specimen photos. #entomology #insect #beetle #photography
30.11.2022 19:56This morning's set of updated specimen photos. #entomology #insect #beetle #photographyAm I supposed to be keeping up with all of the server politics and moving around based on that? That’s too similar to what used to happen on The Other Site when you’d be following someone who was following someone that someone you don’t know had an issue with, and people started blocking YOU for following the follower of the bad person but refused to tell you who they even were and you had no idea WTH was going on because you didn’t micromanage your feed. Don’t feel like doing that again.
30.11.2022 02:58Am I supposed to be keeping up with all of the server politics and moving around based on that? That’s too similar to what used to happen...Just a photography lighting test on a beetle. #entomology
30.11.2022 01:06Just a photography lighting test on a beetle. #entomologyHere's the old photo of the same specimen. I cleaned off some of the debris, used better lighting (for more accurate color representation) and positioned it a bit better.
29.11.2022 19:43Here's the old photo of the same specimen. I cleaned off some of the debris, used better lighting (for more accurate color...Tiny beetle photo. I believe it's a Scymnus. #entomology #insect #beetle #photography
29.11.2022 19:37Tiny beetle photo. I believe it's a Scymnus. #entomology #insect #beetle #photographyToday's Improved Insect Photo. The new photo revealed grooves on the elytra that weren't visible before! #insect #entomology #photography #beetle
29.11.2022 17:37Today's Improved Insect Photo. The new photo revealed grooves on the elytra that weren't visible before! #insect #entomology...More improvement. Olla v-nigrum: first photo from iPhone, second from microscope (composite of two focus-stacked shots). #entomology #beetle #photography
28.11.2022 18:34More improvement. Olla v-nigrum: first photo from iPhone, second from microscope (composite of two focus-stacked shots). #entomology #beetle...A bit of photographic improvement. Same specimen (Coccinella septempunctata): first photo taken with iPhone, second is a composite of two focus-stacked images from my microscope setup. #entomology #insect #beetle #photography
28.11.2022 18:16A bit of photographic improvement. Same specimen (Coccinella septempunctata): first photo taken with iPhone, second is a composite of two...Better late than never, I suppose.
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Hmmm… What to draw now?
26.11.2022 03:02Hmmm… What to draw now?Lefse-making has begun.
23.11.2022 22:06Lefse-making has begun.OK, I'm calling this done. #art #dracthyr #worldofwarcraft
23.11.2022 07:01OK, I'm calling this done. #art #dracthyr #worldofwarcraftTonight’s art progress. #art #worldofwarcraft #Dracthyr
23.11.2022 05:54Tonight’s art progress. #art #worldofwarcraft #DracthyrOne more beetle photo for today: Callidium antennatum. #entomology #beetle #insect #photography
23.11.2022 00:00One more beetle photo for today: Callidium antennatum. #entomology #beetle #insect #photographyA couple of photos of Stenostrophia tribalteata. I managed to keep the awful vibration artifacts to the top portion of the face photo. #entomology #insect #beetle
22.11.2022 23:08A couple of photos of Stenostrophia tribalteata. I managed to keep the awful vibration artifacts to the top portion of the face photo....Coleoptera drawer is mostly organized (if you don’t count the tray or two of unidentified annoyances). #entomology #beetles #coleoptera #insects
22.11.2022 21:06Coleoptera drawer is mostly organized (if you don’t count the tray or two of unidentified annoyances). #entomology #beetles #coleoptera...Final art update for the night.
22.11.2022 07:10Final art update for the night.More progress on this drawing (though it looks worse because I’m slowly removing the sketch layer).
22.11.2022 02:39More progress on this drawing (though it looks worse because I’m slowly removing the sketch layer).