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Odd art in the macro world

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Odd art in the macro world
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So, jumping spiders shed their exoskeleton through a process called molting.  Similar to a snake, once the spider grows the outer layer of "skin" hardens.  They retreat to a spot and shed the outer layer of skin, many times leaving the legs and body as one part and the head cap separately.  My Phidippus clarus jumping spider did this a few weeks ago.  I decided to photograph the cap, which of course is hollow and empty.

With my sand grain photography being so popular with my followers, I decided to fill the cap with the tiniest of sand grains from Bandon, Oregon.  The darker red garnet you see in the image is UNDER 0.25mm wide, as the head cap is under 2mm in width.

I used the EM1 Mark 2, MC-20 teleconverter, Kenko 16mm tube to connect to the f2.8 60mm Olympus macro lens and a Raynox 250.  A small crop of 15-20% to center things...

focus bracket mode 1/10

169 images stacked in Helicon, Method C

You can see through the eyes that some grains of sand are clearly visible....

just a quick snapshot from my phone from farther back to see the size...

I've had several inquire about it for a print for their house...fun getting some requests!

What do you think??

 oneofone25's gear list:oneofone25's gear list
OM-1 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm F2.8 Macro Samyang 16mm F2 +1 more
Olympus E-M1
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