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    Default Light box Mayfly

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    This possible Stenacron sp. of Mayfly was attracted to my moth lights so I brought it inside for some light box time. If you know mayflies you'll notice that it's missing one of its tails and one of its front legs. I've noticed quite a few mayflies with missing limbs and this has some of the bug geeks I know wondering what's going on around here so now I'm taking pictures of every one I see. This one was shot back in March.

    Cropped, curves, contrast, smart and high-pass sharpening.

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    Nice Ken. You are a master of the light box... Great DOF and details as well. I also like the angle of the subject. Very well done!

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    I like this one a lot, I don't know why tend to like and dislike the white background but this works - especially with the black frame.

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    Ken, I really like the high key lighting here. It works so well to bring out the subtle detail in the Mayfly. Well framed! Nice work.

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    very nicely done !! , good color and light razor sharp !!

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    Hi Ken. Another very cool light box image! I like the diagonal of the comp with that long "tail" extending toward the corner.

    I hope someone can figure out what is causing these deformities.

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    Thanks everyone for the nice comments!

    Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan Ashton View Post
    I like this one a lot, I don't know why tend to like and dislike the white background but this works - especially with the black frame.
    Jon, this edit was done awhile ago which is why I had the black frame. Since then I've switched to one of the dark forum styles so I've kind of forgotten about adding a black frame to the white BG images.

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