Check out my Flickr page for this shot, as well as other fossils and rocks shot with this setup.
I recently received a request for permission to use this photo in a non-profit magazine on Mexican biodiversity by the conservation group, Naturalia. This particular trilobite will be featured in an essay about extinction.
SPOILER ALERT: trilobites have recently (around 250 million years ago) become extinct.
So, let's get down to how I shot this.
I placed the sample on a couple of sheets of printer paper. I then taped together a ring of printer paper to surround the sample. I used my Canon ST-E2 infrared transmitter to fire off two Canon 430EX strobes that were placed right up against the ring of paper. The paper acted as a diffuser, which bounced soft light all about inside the ring, reducing shadows on the fossil. All of this light let me use f/22 with my Canon 100mm macro lens, which I hand-held at 1/250sec.
Here's my personal favorite from the shoot:
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