Wing Scale Atlas

Blue Wing Scale Map

A blue iridescent wing surface shown as a topographic map of scale, vein, wear, and reflected color.

Ultra-macro photograph of blue iridescent wing scales under a dark veined surface.
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Seen close, the wing stops behaving like a flat surface. It becomes a layered map of scales, veins, missing edges, and flashes of structural color.

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Subject
Wing scale structure
Magnification
Ultra-macro
Field of view
wing detail
Stack
example study
Step size
not recorded
Technique
reflected light macro study
Camera / lens
Canon EOS R5 Mark II macro workflow
License
available for inquiry

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