Micro-Photos of Butterfly wings

These incredible micro-photos of butterfly wings, are a small sample of the impressive work of photographer and biochemist Linden Gledhill.    Morpho didius upper wing surface scales.    Image © Linden Gledhill.    All images used with permission.

Linden Gledhill has taken stunning micro-photos shots of various butterfly and moth wings.

“Microscope have come a long way but its still amazing what you can get out of an old scope like mine. The addition of flash and focus stacking motor takes you into a whole new capability.”

Cognisys, the makers of StopShot have developed a fully automated macro focusing rail. This machine is incredibly well made and accurate down to 0.01mm. The controller automates the laborious process of capturing the images needed to build a high resolution macro stack by controlling not only the macro rail but also the camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

via io9