Thanks. Yes most likely winged aphids. They have the typical tubes on the back of the abdomen. from wikipedia: "When host plant quality becomes poor or conditions become crowded, some aphid species produce winged offspring, "alates", that can disperse to other food sources."
Toine 2009/10/10 AlunFoto <[email protected]>: > Cool shots, Toine! > They look like winged aphids. > > For my snow crystal shots I usually do between 2x and 4x, but still > hesitate to call it microscope... :-) > > Jostein > > 2009/10/10 Toine <[email protected]>: >> I noticed the AF160FC ringflash has a filter thread inside the ring >> which sparked an idea. Searched in my garbage drawers and found some >> step down rings to attach the Raynox 250: >> >> http://www.repiuk.nl/images/raynox-ringflash.jpg >> >> Mounted the contraption on the F100 macro and searched for the >> smallest bugs in my backyard: >> >> http://www.repiuk.nl/images/ssp/permalink.html#id=album-126&num=content-3726 >> http://www.repiuk.nl/images/ssp/permalink.html#id=album-126&num=content-3725 >> >> The body of this fly or whatever is about 1-2 mm. Measured the fly in >> photoshop with and without the raynox and it's an extra 1.6x. Does >> this setup qualify as a microscope? >> >> Toine >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
