feather shrimp

hey folks

here is something for the shrimp (and not only shrimp) lovers :

a feather shrimp (Microprosthema plumicorne, Spongicolidae) from French Polynesia

http://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/4121188823/sizes/o/

enjoy !

Art

Lovely shrimp Art. How long did it take to clean it?

Beautiful shot.

Very nice shot.

As these critters usually live on things, how did you get the background entirely black??? Any special technique?

Art & I share the same basic technique which is common for scientific photography. The animal is placed over a black background. He uses a small clear dish suspended above a black cloth several inches below plus 2 fiber-optic lights on the side (or at least he did when we were in the field together). He's currently in Moorea as part of a huge biodiversity survey collecting & taking pictures & samples for DNA analysis.

Extremely cool.

Thanks for sharing!

Cheers,

Marli