Orange Tip Pupa Detail

K5, M200 f4 with M50 f1.7 reversed on the front.
Auto Bellows M, min. extention.
Diffused AF200t 1/2 power, on Smallrig magic arm.
Tripod.



Head at the top, underside to the left.
The half-round shape upper center is the left eye , with the greenish structure starting to its right & heading left & down the length of the body, the root & part of the left antenna.






Thanks for looking & the interest shown.

Any C&C welcome.

Detail indeed, cracking detail

If that was a question in a Zoom Quiz I'd have guessed E.T.'s Finger

Super detail

Fantastic shot sir! Great dof and lighting; nailed it!

Thanks all!

Sorry, Andy & everyone, forgot to include.....

Stack of 26 shots (@ f8 on the 50 (@ infinity), focusing & f4 on the 200).

Roger.

That probably makes it even better; ie no movement between shots (I know stacker progs can auto align etc - but still impressive)

A couple more, folks.

First' a general view to show details at the moment & the way the colour has changed to a more camoflage range of tones.
Also, the blue/green pattern of what will become the veination of the wings.
Note that the silk "girdle" support is still there, doing its job.
To give an idea of scale, the pupa is about 26mm. long.





...& a detail shot of a couple of the spiracles along the pupa's body. These are openings for "breathing".
Joints between the body segments are also shown & the bottom edge of the wing can just be seen.





Thanks for looking,

Roger.

Those openings look so much like the stomata of plant leaves. So fascinating, thank you for sharing these 'lovely' images.

More fine work...

Best

Fascinating images. Well done.

Stunning - both your pictures and what is happening to that pupa.

Steve

Thanks Chaps, your kind comments are appreciated!

Roger.

Stunning shot. The detail is amazing.

Thank you, Peter.

Roger.

As always with macro, you just learn more and more - and with your macro, more still. Thank you.