--- title: Microscopic Details Of Butterfly Wings Captured In 3DGS description: Artist Dany Bittel has captured microscopic 2mm sections of butterfly wings using 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS), revealing individual wing scales in stunning... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microscopic-details-of-butterfly-wings-captured-in-3dgs-l5rd1kqan twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microscopic Details Of Butterfly Wings Captured In 3DGS | daily.dev og:description: Artist Dany Bittel has captured microscopic 2mm sections of butterfly wings using 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS), revealing individual wing scales in stunning... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microscopic-details-of-butterfly-wings-captured-in-3dgs-l5rd1kqan og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/l5RD1kQan.png og:image:alt: Microscopic Details Of Butterfly Wings Captured In 3DGS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microscopic Details Of Butterfly Wings Captured In 3DGS **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Artist Dany Bittel has captured microscopic 2mm sections of butterfly wings using 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS), revealing individual wing scales in stunning detail. The captures were made using an AstrHori 25mm macro lens at 5x magnification, with focus stacking combining multiple photos at different focus distances. The resulting 3DGS scenes are viewable directly in the browser via SuperSplat. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What equipment is used to capture microscopic 3D Gaussian splats of butterfly wing scales? An AstrHori 25mm macro lens at 5x magnification is used, combined with focus stacking, where multiple photos of the same subject taken at different focus distances are merged into a single sharp image before being processed into a 3D Gaussian splat. This technique allows capture of wing sections as small as approximately 2mm, revealing individual scale structures. _See how daily.dev surfaces niche graphics techniques like focus-stacked macro capture for 3D workflows._ ### Can I view 3D Gaussian splat scenes directly in a web browser without special software? Yes, 3D Gaussian splat scenes can be explored directly in a browser using SuperSplat, an open-source 3DGS editor and viewer, without needing to install dedicated 3D software. This makes it possible to interactively rotate and zoom into highly detailed captures, such as microscopic butterfly wing scale scans, from any device with a browser. _Developers evaluating browser-based 3D viewers can track tools like SuperSplat on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Highly Detail 3D Butterfly Made with Gaussian Splatting](https://daily.dev/posts/highly-detail-3d-butterfly-made-with-gaussian-splatting-b0ykfpiwg) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Dany Bittel, Macro Splats](https://daily.dev/posts/dany-bittel-macro-splats-n3paly2fa) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Honeybee Captured With Macro 3D Gaussian Splat](https://daily.dev/posts/honeybee-captured-with-macro-3d-gaussian-splat-yru63w8h2) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Check Out This Macro 3D Gaussian Splat Ladybug](https://daily.dev/posts/check-out-this-macro-3d-gaussian-splat-ladybug-6vipvbnvw) · 80 LEVEL · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Scan Gallery](https://daily.dev/posts/scan-gallery-7faztghn1) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/microscopic-details-of-butterfly-wings-captured-in-3dgs-l5rd1kqan) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Microscopic Details Of Butterfly Wings Captured In 3DGS","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/microscopic-details-of-butterfly-wings-captured-in-3dgs-l5rd1kqan","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/microscopic-details-of-butterfly-wings-captured-in-3dgs-l5rd1kqan"},"datePublished":"2026-07-07T15:25:41.443Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:49:35.433Z","description":"Artist Dany Bittel has captured microscopic 2mm sections of butterfly wings using 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS), revealing individual wing scales in stunning...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/df2332ae5d73ed31f9cf760d8facca37?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/df2332ae5d73ed31f9cf760d8facca37?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"80 LEVEL","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"80 LEVEL","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/78eebcd76c154e6bbfd565fed7dc4093","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/80lv"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/microscopic-details-of-butterfly-wings-captured-in-3dgs-l5rd1kqan","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"80 LEVEL","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/80lv"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Microscopic Details Of Butterfly Wings Captured In 3DGS"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/microscopic-details-of-butterfly-wings-captured-in-3dgs-l5rd1kqan#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What equipment is used to capture microscopic 3D Gaussian splats of butterfly wing scales?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"An AstrHori 25mm macro lens at 5x magnification is used, combined with focus stacking, where multiple photos of the same subject taken at different focus distances are merged into a single sharp image before being processed into a 3D Gaussian splat. 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