Blue eyed Cicada, right_2021-06-02-12.22.55 ZS PMax UDR

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For Sale: Blue-eyed Cicada: $1 million dollars. Yes, we have a specimen of the extremely rare blue-eyed Cicada. On the Internet you will see plenty of articles debunking the idea that they are worth $1,000. That is true, no one that we know of will sell you one for $1,000. But the Bee Lab has found a blue eyed specimen (actually it was Jonathan Mawdsley, who technically is only located at the lab but we consider him an honorary lab member) and we won't sell it for $1,000 but will sell it for a million. OK, technically (again), we can't actually accept any money, so, sadly, we will just deposit it in the Smithsonian, right next to the Hope Diamond, otherwise we would definitely sell it. Species: Magicicada cassinii. Why does it have blue eyes?: unknown, the others have bright red eyes. Photo: Erick Hernandez. ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~ All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish. Photography Information: 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 We Are Made One with What We Touch and See We are resolved into the supreme air, We are made one with what we touch and see, With our heart's blood each crimson sun is fair, With our young lives each spring impassioned tree Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change. - Oscar Wilde You can also follow us on Instagram - account = USGSBIML Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen: Best over all technical resource for photo stacking: www.extreme-macro.co.uk/ Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World: www.amazon.com/Bees-Up-Close-Pollinators-Around-World/dp/... Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland: bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY 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. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4 Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up: Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/ Contact information: Sam Droege sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840