LOOKBOOK
CONTENTS Section One Taxidermy Artistry Section Two Under the Microscope
SECTION ONE Taxidermy Artistry
This section comprises of a seclection images taken for Taxidermy Artistry using a Sony A7r Mk2. I took multiple images between the nearest and furthest focal points to make an image stack, then blended them together for one final image. I have also extracted a colour palette for each of the insects and will be extracting aswell pattern in the future.
Longjaw Beetle Cyclommatus metallifer Country of origin: Indonesia Approx. length: 7.5cm • The males use their antler-like jaws to wrestle with each other during mating season. • Also known as the Stag Beetle, it is Britain’s largest native ground-dwelling beetle.
Clown Face Bug (Eucorysses javanus variabilis) Country of origin: Indonesia Approx. length: 2.2cm
Giant Green Malaysian Leaf Insect Phyllium Giganteum (F) Country of origin: Malaysia Approx. length: 13.5cm • Giant Leaf Insects are often parthenogenetic, that is, they have the ability to reproduce without fertilization. • Their camouflage is so detailed that they even have small patches and spots of what appear to be microbial lesions complete the ruse of this leaf-like doppelganger
Damselfly (Vestalis luctuosa) (F) Insect Specimen Country of origin: Indonesia Approx. wing span: 7cm • They have been around for over 300 million years. • Just like dragonflies, they cannot use their 6 legs to walk. Instead they use them to catch prey.
Green Scarab Beetle (Heterorrhina sexmaculata) Country of origin: Indonesia Approx. length: 2.5cm • From the same family as the African goliath beetle (Goliathus giganteus) which is one of the heaviest known insects. • Part of the Scarabaeidae family which includes around 30,000 species of beetle.
Giant Soldier Ant (camponotus gigas) Country of origin: Indonesia Approx. length: 5.5cm • World’s largest ant. • Act as a defence for the colony. • They also help with processing foods such as cracking seeds and taking on the roles of worker ants if needed.
The following selection are exmples from an earlier collection I did experimenting with lighting and colour using Philips Hue lights. The images were taken using a Canon 6D and a 3D printer bed to move the insect 0.05mm at a time.
SECTION TWO Under the Microscope
This section is a selection of images taken through a Nikon Eclipse LV-100 microscope then duplicated to create a repeated pattern. I hope to improve some of the quality of the images in taking this further. It would require a different camera attachment for the microscope in order to get a more detailed image.