Reply With QuoteUtterly fascinating re the amount of detail and painstaking process of capturing images.. IIRC Sandial or another member posted the link to Digital Photography sub forum some time ago. (Yes we do have one ;)
Utterly fascinating re the amount of detail and painstaking process of capturing images.. IIRC Sandial or another member posted the link to Digital Photography sub forum some time ago. (Yes we do have one ;)
Last edited by VDG; 18th December 2017 at 23:10.
Fas est ab hoste doceri
They're great!
'Twas I. I had an excellent Sunday morning viewing those superb images in Oxford last year. Great museum too.
http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...Microsculpture
Edit. I see that's another thread spoiled by the PB ransom attempt. I'll fix it, and here's some scale to the exhibits. The detail when viewing on site is remarkable.
Last edited by magirus; 19th December 2017 at 00:21.
F.T.F.A.
See also Living Jewels - two books by Poul Beckmann.
They are wonderful in the detail. The only downside is that the poor things are corpses 😣
I had to produce an entomology "collection" of 30 British insects as part of my Zoology degree course. This meant learning to use a pooter, net and other techniques to catch them, then using a "killing jar" and finally how to pin, mount and display them. One day, I might even use this information again. Possibly.Originally Posted by sestrel
[Because of this background, I may have a slightly different approach to the word "collection". When natural history museums talk about their collections, it's effectively shorthand for hundred and hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of dead animals, plants and other once-living things. Perhaps this is why I have an aversion to being called a collector. Probably]
Last edited by Broussard; 19th December 2017 at 08:49.
Theres an alien arcology in the Andromeda galaxy that has humans and other species pinned up in the same way....
I was thinking that this might be a perfect way to display my watches - if only I could find a suitable pin.Theres an alien arcology in the Andromeda galaxy that has humans and other species pinned up in the same way....
Look in charity shops for hat pins? ( you can stick them into your human exhibits too)
I would have enjoyed seeing the exhibits at Oxford, and in such fine architecture too!
I'm hijacking this thread to share my own (somewhat amazing?) insect image taken this morning, a Sphecius speciosus from my yard in the Midwest US.
These cicada killers burrow in the ground and emerge every summer. This one is about 2.5 cm long. There's a group of 6 to 10 of them hanging around my front steps, which is disconcerting, but they are not aggressive and do not sting or bite. At least not yet.
Anyone else have insect images to share?
Last edited by williemays; 13th July 2018 at 14:23.
Type of wasp is it?
Some of the names are just charming " Pleasing Fungus Beetle " and "Splendid Necked Dung Beetle" are my favourites. They sound as they were named by a very nice old sort of Fellow .
A swarm of startlingly large wasps, yes. The species name "speciosus" means brilliant or splendid, I think.
My son invited a neighborhood kid over to watch the World Cup final, and we spotted him running around hysterically on the front walk, so I had to escort him into the house. These wasps are timid but curious.
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