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Explore the beauty of the Ground Beetle in astonishing detail. Created from around 8000 photographs taken by Levon Biss as part of the Microsculpture project.
Explore the beauty of the Tricolored Jewel Beetle in astonishing detail. Created from around 8000 photographs taken by Levon Biss as part of the Microsculpture project.
Microsculpture: Portraits of Insects by Levon Biss, 9781419726958, available at LibroWorld.com. Fast Delivery. 100% Safe Payment. Worldwide Delivery.
Rotonde de Cartier Microsculpture scne Panthres Tourbillon watch 2013 Cartier introduced a marvellous version of the Rotonde de Cartier Tourbillon for 2013. We can see the evolution of the watch series based on the 9458 MC movement that was introduced in the Rotonde de Cartier Crocodile Tourbillon watch for 2011. Next, the Rotonde de Cartier Cadran Lov Tourbillon watch was developed with the same movement for 2012. The jeweller s art is raised to the Nth degree with this microsculpture of three adult panthers and two cubs in their own lush jungle foliage depicted in white gold and onyx on the dial. The fauna and flora are remarkably life-like on this savannah scene. Perhaps due to the mesmerising flying tourbillon whirling like a gentle dervish, the mind s eye is fooled into seeing the leaves sway or the panthers prowling around it? The eagle-eyed will spot the Geneva Seal that is appended to all 9458MC movements. Microsculpture scne Panthres Tourbillon watch for 2013 Case: 18-carat rhodiumised white gold set with 247 brilliants for 6.52 carats Beaded crown set with a brilliant diamond Dial: 18-carat white gold, 18-carat rhodiumised white gold microsculpture Panthres and savannah scene, onyx Steel sword-shaped hands Bracelet: Black semi-matt alligator, 18-carat rhodiumised white gold 18 mm double adjustable deployant buckle set with 43 brilliants for 0.42 carats Water-resistant up to 30 m / 100 ft / 3 bars Workshop-crafted mechanical movement with manual winding, calibre 9458 MC, certified Poinon de Genve Limited and numbered edition of 30 pieces I think this variant of the 9458MC movement is the most spectacular yet. Every time you look at it, something new catches your eye....a branch....a leaf....a muscular haunch. Whilst the Crocodile watch was feminine and the Cadran Love watch was architecturally masculine, this Microsculpture scne Panthres watch revels in an oblivious plane of gender neutrality. What do you think? Regards. MTF This message has been edited by MTF on 2013-10-16 13:36:30
The beautiful, surprising, and often outright bizzare microscopic form of insects is presented in breathtaking clarity in a new project titled 'Microsculpture' by British photographer Levon Biss. Each picture in Microsculpture is created from around 8,000…
per olsson from uponwalls has curated and designed an exhibition that focuses on the hidden beauty of insects, though the display of high quality photography of various specimens from the collection of oxford university museum of natural history.
A fine greek garnet microsculpture mounted on a modern gold ring. Lioness. ... - Lotto 18 Asta 86 - Bertolami Fine Art
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Microsculpture - The Insect Portraits of Levon Biss
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British photographer Levon Biss‘ passion for nature led him to create the striking “Microsculpture” project, a unique photographic study of insects in mind-blowing magnification. He…
You've never seen insects look so magnificent before. Microsculpture: Portraits of Insects is a large coffee table book of mind-boggling photos of insects by Levon Biss, and published by Abrams.
A small beetle (12mm, Tenebrionid, Cryphaeus cf. taurus, ID credit: Noël Mal) from the miombo forests of southern Congo (DRC). It is black and entirely mat because of numerous small pits (with a microsculpture of their own) covering its entire integument. Caught at night, attracted by the camp lights. Preserved in ethanol and mounted for a studio stack. Just 100 exposures (f/5.6, ISO100, 1/6sec, flash). Zerene stacker, retouched in Pmax & Dmap, GIMP & Picasa for treatment and crop. Magnification shown is close to 8x.
I never thought I would be running around with a net desperately trying to capture butterflies and dragonflies. But that was exactly what I was doing two summers ago at the local golf course. Living north of San Francisco I am surrounded by natural beauty with flowing waterfalls, giant redwoods, and luscious green hillsides. However, when summer comes, the waterfalls dry up and the mountains turn brown - not the most appealing subjects to photograph. One summer, to challenge myself and find natural beauty to shoot, I bought a macro lens. Little did I know that this purchase would jumpstart my passion for extreme macro. When I first began macro photography, I was stunned by all the beautiful micro worlds that we walk right by. Whenever I would go out in nature, after spending time shooting macro, I would notice the various textures on a leaf or the water drops on a spider’s web. I began to see so much more of the beauty around me and I wanted to see it even more clearly. Hence the butterfly net. I realized I needed insects that were not moving and could be lit in a studio setting. Soon my freezer was filling up with various flying insects I had captured. Now the trouble with capturing insects is that by autumn there are not too many left out there. By October, any new ones I could capture were bedraggled from a long hard summer. One day, discouraged with my dwindling supply of insects to photograph I went to the San Francisco Academy of Science to shoot the butterflies in their rainforest exhibit. After photographing their stunning butterflies I noticed a table full of microscopes and butterfly wings. Here I could see every detail in their wings. I knew instantly this was going to be my next project - shooting extreme macro of insects. While researching how to take pictures with minute detail, I came across Levon Biss’ Microsculpture videos for shooting insects with microscope objectives. I acquired a similar setup and began to shoot insects in this new way. This was the most frustrating experience of all. The slightest mistake (a shaky table, hot lights, specks of dust, walking in the studio) and all that work would result in a blurry photo. The final results though were worth all the hard work and frustration. Each final image of a butterfly wing consists of 2,100 separate exposures merged into a single photo. So many exposures are necessary because I am using either a 10x or 5x microscope objective attached to a 200mm lens. Since the depth of field on an objective is almost nonexistent, I must go through a process of several steps to achieve a truly focused shot. To accomplish this I use a focus rail that moves my lens no more than 3 microns (the width of a human hair is 75 microns) per photo. I then can achieve focus across the height of the subject, which can be up to 8 millimeters. This yields 350 exposures, each with a sliver in focus, that must be composited together into a single file. This file is one piece of a six piece puzzle. The process is repeated six times for different sections of the wing. The photos are then brought into Photoshop and pieced together to make a final image. My current project \
