article_snippet.sent: The photos were shot by Linden Gledhill from Staffordshire, who combines his love of photography with a PhD in biochemistry.
article_snippet.sent: The 51-year-old uses a modified microscope and a camera to capture the detail of the butterfly's wing pattern.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Gledhill said: 'I've always taken macro photographs of insects, moths and butterflies.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Gledhill said: 'I've always taken macro photographs of insects, moths and butterflies.
article_snippet.sent: The depth of field in a single microscope image is too small to see the whole of the butterfly in one image, so Mr Gledhill takes up to 200 separate images spaced by one micron intervals to capture the creatures.
article_snippet.sent: up to 200 separate images spaced by one micron intervals to capture the creatures are then combined into a single imaging using focus stacking software, resulting in pictures that are sharp and in full focus. '
article_snippet.sent: The depth of field in a single microscope image is too small to see the whole of the butterfly the butterfly in one image, so Mr Gledhill takes up to 200 separate images spaced by one micron intervals to capture the creatures, before carefully combining the shots.
highlights_snippet.sent: The stunning photos of the butterfly wings were taken by 51-year-old Linden Gledhill from Staffordshire .
  