aphids galore

Incredible shot, at that extension you must have needed a very long exposure or a very fast film and probably necessitated reciprocity factor correction, do you recall? As this was year ago and with film, was it through the lens metering, or did you use a manual exposure meter with human calculations? A very short depth of field in consequence of the 10cm extension!
A very good photograph resulting from what must have entailed a lot of set-up.
Regards

Well I'm certainly glad you did The image is both fascinating and visually stunning. The abundant detail and vibrant colours demonstrate beautifully what a superb film Fuji Velvia 50 was (still is?) and serves as a timely reminder that there was indeed life before digital and it was good .

I would love to upload some of my older images but mine, unlike yours, would be disqualified on the grounds that they were not captured with Pentax equipment (I was a Yashica/Contax man in those days).

Ah! prsjnb, why not use your Pentax to try a bit of photo copy work, using your old images as subject material and describe the photographic methods, exposures, lenses etc., for capturing the original images. I was an 'Exakta' man, I still have the equipment and am unlikely to use it again but I just can't part with it; there is a reminiscent bond when I pick up that old camera, a strange sort of love. That bond is beginning to develop with my K20D; it has a similar weight and solidity about it but because I am still using it, there is no reminiscence yet.

Hi Photon
Thanks for comments.

I did record settings which apparently were 1/4sec and the lens stopped down to f11, so it was TTL metered and reciprocity failure was not an issue. IIRC the lighting is bright sunlight (it was 1996 when this was taken - days before EXIF and other 'must haves'!).

I guess 'cos these critters are very small (and shallow) the DoF wasn't too much of a problem, although as you say, still very short.

Andy

Thanks for commenting John - appreciated.

I agree with Photon's idea about reproducing with your Pentax digital camera; however have to get the slide ultra clean/ dust free first.

Andy

Was worth the effort!
I loved my Z1-P, but then, I've loved all my Pentaxes.

Thanks Paul - the Z1-P was certainly a great camera wasn't it!

Incredible shot, Andy. I like the details and the nice colours. Your shot is much better than mine. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you Gabor for your kind words
Andy