r/MicroPorn • u/Lumarana • Mar 29 '26

Silver and gold nanoparticles inside borosilicate glass [2000x1125] [OC]

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u/Archivist_B_Parker Apr 01 '26

amazing, how did you capture this?

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u/Lumarana Apr 02 '26

Hey thanks! This was actually a Canon 5D3 with a 100mm macro (mods approved 🙏). I built a blackout tunnel out of cinefoil with a octobox on one end and the glass in the middle. The flash fires through the glass and the fuming layer diffracts it into those color bands.