Trent Watts
Well-Known Member
I tried a few more images with closeups of the surface of a tobacco leaf. These three are all stacks of 70 images using PS. I'm really new to this stacking technique so have lots to learn.
I cut this leaf off and moved it into the house so I could get out of the wind and use a tripod and an 2x converter on the 90mm macro lens.
Some research indicated that the hairs or trichomes have evolved to help prevent moisture loss and secrete chemicals to stop some parasites.
I didn't see this tiny little aphid until I was looking trough the view finder. It was sucking juices from the leaf. You can kind of see the undulations of the leaf as the foreground is in focus and then the leave rolls down and curls back over so the hairs are hanging in the other direction.
This view shows a spine in the leaf with the hairs covering it.
Maybe the best closeup to show the morphology of the trichomes.
I cut this leaf off and moved it into the house so I could get out of the wind and use a tripod and an 2x converter on the 90mm macro lens.
Some research indicated that the hairs or trichomes have evolved to help prevent moisture loss and secrete chemicals to stop some parasites.
I didn't see this tiny little aphid until I was looking trough the view finder. It was sucking juices from the leaf. You can kind of see the undulations of the leaf as the foreground is in focus and then the leave rolls down and curls back over so the hairs are hanging in the other direction.
This view shows a spine in the leaf with the hairs covering it.
Maybe the best closeup to show the morphology of the trichomes.
