If you’ve ever taken a look at ourmicroscopic images of seeds, you already know just how breathtaking tiny parts of nature can be. Especially when they’re placed under a microscope.Chris Peranihas used his photography skills to create microscopic images of butterfly wings that are absolutely stunning.
To create these works of art, Chris has an almost scientific approach to the process. First, he photographs the wings using a 10x microscope objective attached to 200mm lens. Next, he uses a focus rail to achieve a focused image on the wings, which can be as small as 8 millimeters. He collects 350 exposures and then composites them together. This process is repeated six times to creates six different “puzzle pieces” that are then combined to create the final result.
Though this process is complex, it creates an image that is simply incredible.
Chris mentions that he never thought that he’d find himself in the position of running around with a net, desperately trying to catch butterflies and dragonflies. But that was exactly how this whole project came about two years ago at a local golf course.
Living north of San Francisco, often times he takes landscape photographs of waterfalls, giant redwoods, and green hillsides. However, when fall rolls around, Chris finds himself on the lookout for new, vibrant subjects.
One summer, Chris decided to challenge himself and invest in a macro lens. This purchase ended up spurring into a whole new hobby: extreme macro photography. He started to see the beauty in even the tiniest pieces of nature and loved the process of discovering all the little textural details of water, leaves, and spider webs. What came next was the purchase of the butterfly net.
他意识到,如果他能够捕捉小昆虫,并把它们放在摄影棚的灯光下,他就能够获得高度聚焦、光线良好的图像,而不是拍摄不断移动的自然。
When he was researching a process for photographing his tiny subjects, Chris came acrossLevon Biss’ Microsculpture videosfor shooting insects with microscopic objectives. He quickly came up with a similar setup and got to work.
在处理了失焦图像的挫折之后,Chris开发了自己的技术,即本文介绍中最初描述的技术。
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Now that he has his own process, Chris has really taken a dedication to this type of photography, calling this latest project “Butterfly Wings”.
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Alan Kellysays
同时在技术上也非常出色,令人惊叹。我猜想每一幅画都是这样展开的:一只绝美的昆虫从自然界中被掠走,英年早逝,以完成一项“工程”。这个爱好除了描述还有什么其他的目的呢?如果我误会了,请道歉。谢谢的。Alan
Julie Watssays
When you “net” a butterfly, do they live when/if you let them go?
Jeanette Huntersays
May I post these photos on Facebook please with the photographers name included of course?
These photos have changed my perception of moths and butterflies, I am in awe.
Thank you from Jan