CGI: Mimicking SEM of stigmatic papillae of Arabidopsis

I made the fake image of stigmatic papillae of Arabidopsis on SEM, by Blender.
In this challenge, I tried to use extrude modifier from small round cube.

I think it would be good if there is more transparency effect in the object.

The actual SEM image I used as reference is this.

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