Murphy Hektner, APSA
About the Image(s)
This single image of melted moth crystals sandwiched between two pieces (2 inch by 2 inch) of slide mounting glass. The area photographed was about 1 inch across the horizontal format with my tripod mounted Nikon D300 with a 200 mm macro lens and a 20 mm extension tube (1/50 sec, f/14, ISO 200). My 200mm macro lens would not focus in this close, hence the reason for the extension tube. Photographed in my home studio.
Moth crystal melted creates brilliant colors. It is easy to obtain colors with blobs of color going in every direction. The challenge is to obtain an attractive design with a center of interest. A craquelure filter was used to add texture.