For a few days, I'm 'in between'. I finished being an employee last week, and I'll start being a graduate student next week. But for now, I'm neither. So I decided to spend yesterday at the fantastic Museum of Natural History in Oxford, taking photos of some of the creatures I've become so strangely attached to during the past few years. I was able to use the museums's SLR camera and photographic software to take photos of some specimens from the Hope Entomological Collections, and also of my own specimens. This meant that I could take 6-10 pictures of each sample and merge them together, so that every part of the insect is in focus.
First, here are three photos from the Hope Entomological Collections. The wasps and hornets that I came to know in central Japan:
First, here are three photos from the Hope Entomological Collections. The wasps and hornets that I came to know in central Japan:
Then, here are a few photos of my own samples - insects from Lui Kotale, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
And last but not least, a detailed portrait of a giant hornet, freshly retrieved from some hornet liquor (product of Kushihara):
The picture above is actually 36 separate images, merged together to ensure that the entire head is in focus. Next time I have some free time I am hoping to take one of the whole hornet, part by part, and merge them together..if you like that kind of thing, then watch this space!
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