Mesoplia rufipes, m, face, La Cruz, Costa Rica 2018-08-15-20.56.41 ZS PMax UDR (47822093201)

Collected by Tim McMahon in Costa Rica, this is a nest parasite of Centris species, this is Mesoplia rufipes. Nicely aglow with red legs and a blue abdomen. Photo by Anders Croft.

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Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200

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Best over all technical resource for photo stacking:

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Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland:

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USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.

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Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus

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PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:

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Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:

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Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:

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