128 pictures stacked in zerene
3 hours processing time
Around 3x magnification
Usual gear and light
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138 pictures stacked in Zerene
Almost 7x
Usual light gear & diffuser setup
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Pentatomidae eggs
"Only" 105 Pictures Stack
Pmax and Zerene Stacker Software used
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146 pictures stacked in Zerene stacker (PMax), almost 2 hours Photoshop retouching....!
Around 7x
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Paraponera clavata or bullet ant
Típula, 6x de ampliacion, 60 tomas y mucho photoshop (cómo me gusta pintar!...uf!) :-(
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68 pictures stacked in Zerene
about 1 hour retouching
Really like how this and the over captures resulted after stacking/processing...
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Different captures of a Robberfly´s eye and proboscis...
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Bullet Ant Sting
The pain caused by this insect's sting is known to be greater than that of any other Hymenopteran, and is ranked as the most painful according to the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, given a "4+" rating, above the tarantula hawk wasp.
It is described as causing "waves of burning, throbbing, all-consuming pain that continues unabated for up to 24 hours". It is thought that the ant has evolved this way to ward off any predators who would normally unearth them....a paralyzing neurotoxic peptide isolated from the venom is poneratoxin, it affects voltage-dependent sodium ion channels and blocks the synaptic transmission in the insect central nervous system.
The Satere-Mawe people of Brazil use intentional bullet ant stings as part of their initiation rites to become a warrior.The ants are first rendered unconscious by submerging them in a natural sedative and then hundreds of them are woven into a glove made out of leaves (which resembles a large oven mitt), stinger facing inward. When the ants regain consciousness, a boy slips the glove onto his hand. The goal of this initiation rite is to keep the glove on for a full ten minutes. When finished, the boy's hand and part of his arm are temporarily paralyzed because of the ant venom, and he may shake uncontrollably for days. The only "protection" provided is a coating of charcoal on the hands, supposedly to confuse the ants and inhibit their stinging. To fully complete the initiation, however, the boys must go through the ordeal a total of 20 times over the course of several months or even years...macromicroextreme macrosextreme macromacrographyphotomacrographystackingapiladocloseupsnic320nico320nicolas reusensnatureinsectinsects
