Recent developments in photography have lead to a flood of great images with tremendous sharpness or resolution. Here’s an example photograph of a spherical cluster of blades of vauxite crystals from the Siglo Veinte mine, Llallagua, Potosi, Bolivia. The ball of crystals is 1 mm wide.
This photo was produced by combining the sharpest parts of 55 separate photos of the mineral; each image isolated a tiny, crisply focused level. This photo won an Image of Distinction Award in the 2013 Nikon Small World contest. But how is this done? Continue reading
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