'fraid not, Steve!

Roger.

I'm so sorry, Steve & David!

I put, I think it was three, pupae out in the garden to fend for themselves last year, sheltered in a corner at the bottom of a wall.

None of them survived.
In turn, each became dessicated & ended up being broken into pieces, though still with at least one piece held by the cordon around it to the plant stalk!

Thanks for the nudge, it seems such a long time ago now......

Roger.

Thanks chaps, you're most kind!

To which pupa do you refer, Steve?

Roger.

From the roadside verge this morning.

K5, 100mm. D FA Macro.
Diffused daylight.




https://www.flickr.com/photos/188519063@N07/51119518294/in/datetaken-ff/





https://www.flickr.com/photos/188519063@N07/51119771146/in/datetaken-ff/

Any thoughts you may wish to share will be welcomed.

Thanks for looking,

Roger.

All K5, 100mm. DFA Macro.
Window daylight.

Elements 11.
















Any thoughts / comments welcome.

Thanks for looking,

Roger.

Excellent!
You just can't stop now, Steve, can you.....??

APSC frame size is about 24mm long, I dread to think what the height of the penny letters is, say 0.5 mm.
Have you calculated the mag ratio onto the sensor?
Could it really be 40x odd?
What scale of difference would (sorry!) WILL the Q-S1 make?

Keep going,

Roger.

... said white paper disc could have 3 or 4 tabs, bent back over the body of the Q lens, then held in place with a rubber band.
"SHOULD" any light get though the gap' I think we should agree to the acceptance of any blown highlights!

Eh?


Roger.

Can't remember the w/d on mine, Steve but for sure it was more than that!!!!!
How about a disc of (?) white paper. o/a diam. somewhere between that of the coin & that of the Q lens,,
with the most reflective (but non-glossy) surface towards the coin.
With an inner hole (just) big enough for the lens to "see" through.
Fixed (somehow) to the lens.
Thus making a sort of ring light, hoping for some of the light to spill "inwards" onto the coin face.
Position a flash in front, facing the camera.

If you see what I mean.......
Good Luck.

Roger.

Latest!

X10 microscope objective, full bellows extension plus a 12mm ext tube.

Trial stack of six, focus via the rear standard on the bellows, of just the top surface of the letters on the 2p piece.



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Roger.

One of these wouldn't exactly break the bank....

https://uk.banggood.com/0-13mm-Range-Round-Type-Micrometer-Calipers-Head-Measure...

Roger.