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by Charles Krebs
Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:45 am
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: Bubble hairs of Chenopodium album
Replies: 3
Views: 21073

Gerd... very nice! Once again, you have shown us something very unusual and interesting. Well done.
by Charles Krebs
Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:58 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: A very odd looking amoeba!
Replies: 7
Views: 30015

No really good overall shots, but here's one:

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by Charles Krebs
Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:37 am
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: A very odd looking amoeba!
Replies: 7
Views: 30015

A very odd looking amoeba!

I haven't seen anything quite like it before. While scanning the slide quickly at low mag I thought it was an unusual ciliate of some type, but when I looked more closely it appeared to be an amoeba. Any ID thoughts welcomed. My guess for now is that it might be a testate amoeba with no test. http:/...
by Charles Krebs
Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:32 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: Mosquito Larva
Replies: 2
Views: 18300

Mosquito Larva

It's always interesting for me to see the internal muscles and structures that show up when crossed polarizers are used. I loaded an eyedropper with some water from a nearly dried up birdbath and it was full of mosquito and midge larvae. The shot below is an overall of one of the specimens on the sl...
by Charles Krebs
Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:05 pm
Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
Topic: Horsefly
Replies: 16
Views: 76509

Rik... I thought that would catch your attention. I know that in college bio labs Drosophila are regularly anesthetized by several methods, and one of the most common is CO 2 . I have a CO 2 "duster" that is normally used to blow dust off of optics and equipment. Well, it will anesthesize Tabanus as...
by Charles Krebs
Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:11 pm
Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
Topic: Horsefly
Replies: 16
Views: 76509

Ken... the lens "section" is all 65mm MP-E. (In fact it extends a little more... 5:1. The picture shows it at 4:1). There are no additional tubes or anyting in there. It gets quite long when focused to the maximum magnification. It comes with the tripod collar shown in the picture.
by Charles Krebs
Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:23 pm
Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
Topic: Horsefly
Replies: 16
Views: 76509

Rik... I checked and the number of frames used were 28, 15, and 8 respectively. I used that focus rail/focus rack set up I showed you a while back, with a flat platform out front (at C) and a "doped up" horsefly. (Actually I assembled it with these images in mind). I have put a picture of it here fo...
by Charles Krebs
Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:05 am
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: New 4X and a new fly. (Wild lookin' one too!)
Replies: 5
Views: 29624

Thanks Mike. With the arrival of HFv4 I did another brief test comparison with AutoMontage, Helicon, and CombineZ. There will always be "artifacts" and errors that require clean-up with all of the programs, especially with subjects as 3-dimensional as these flies. So if you make use of this type of ...
by Charles Krebs
Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:01 am
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: New 4X and a new fly. (Wild lookin' one too!)
Replies: 5
Views: 29624

New 4X and a new fly. (Wild lookin' one too!)

Helloooo.... anyone out there? What happened to all our photomicrographers? A whole weekwith no posts. Well here's a new one. Picked up a good 4X and found a very interesting fly on my little trip into the Olympic Mtns. This fly is a little smaller than a "housefly" and has very nice color pattern. ...
by Charles Krebs
Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:55 am
Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
Topic: Horsefly
Replies: 16
Views: 76509

They were made from "stacks" using Helicon Focus 4. I photographed them in the shade on a very clear day at about 6000 feet elevation, and the light was all from the blue sky. (I mention the conditions because with film they would have turned out completely blue unless I had used a very large amount...
by Charles Krebs
Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:43 pm
Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
Topic: Horsefly
Replies: 16
Views: 76509

Horsefly

Just got back from a few days in the Olympic Mtns where it seems like I was constantly surrounded by a frenzied swarm of these horseflies. So I took the opportunity to photograph these "head-shots". http://www.krebsmicro.com/forumpix/HF3.jpg http://www.krebsmicro.com/forumpix/HF2.jpg http://www.kreb...
by Charles Krebs
Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:02 am
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: Wasp thingie
Replies: 4
Views: 19863

You really nailed this one Graham. Looks like he could crawl out of the monitor onto my desk! Really nice.
by Charles Krebs
Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:06 pm
Forum: Favorite Locations
Topic: Conrad Basin, Goat Rocks Wilderness, WA
Replies: 15
Views: 47884

Let's see... 9.5 hours on foot. Hmmm..... guess I won't bump into you up there! I generally try to live by the the philosophy I learned from this Edward Weston quote: "Anything more than 500 yds from the car just isn't photogenic" :shock: http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/Rik6.jpg http://www.p...
by Charles Krebs
Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:51 pm
Forum: Favorite Locations
Topic: Lake Martin, Louisiana
Replies: 3
Views: 14476

Lake Martin, Louisiana

A little hesitant about posting this spot for two reasons... I've only been there once (2005), and this spring (2006) saw many birds arrive but leave early. But it is a wonderful location, it's on my favorites list, and I can't wait to get back again. The bird rookery is the big attraction, but ther...
by Charles Krebs
Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:41 pm
Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
Topic: Leafhopper. Leafhopper eating. Leafhopper being eaten.
Replies: 2
Views: 8985

Leafhopper. Leafhopper eating. Leafhopper being eaten.

Leafhopper

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Leafhopper eating

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Leafhopper being eaten.

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