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by Gerd
Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:16 am
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: digital wing
Replies: 11
Views: 6493

Hi Wim, great composition, wonderful detail ! I made a stitching on a Intel 486 chip two years ago, shown on the "Internationalen Mikroskopietage in Hagen". What Microscope do you use ? The actual infinity microscopes do not have any chromatic aberration behind the tubus lens, adapting of DSLRs is v...
by Gerd
Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:13 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: Rotifer Toying with Its Food
Replies: 4
Views: 3301

Hello Ken,
another nice image from your "algae series" ! On every mass reproduction
of green algae rotifers come soon to get their meal.....
Gerd

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by Gerd
Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:27 am
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: Green and Round Flagellates
Replies: 3
Views: 5620

Nice sots, Ken ! Did you see any red eyespots ? If so, could it be Chlamydomonas ? I took this shot nearly one year ago, same pics like yours at low magnification.
Gerd

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by Gerd
Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:21 am
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: Eyespots and Zygotes
Replies: 4
Views: 3053

Hello Ken,
you made two absolute stunning images there ! Wonderful
lighting and perfect 3d effects, really great !
Gerd
by Gerd
Fri Dec 30, 2005 1:56 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: Trichodina and the nematocysts
Replies: 3
Views: 3162

Wow, Wim,
this is a great shot indeed ! Wonderful glassy view of this little
hat-shaped ciliate !
And lots of detail of the hydra too, wonderful !
Gerd
by Gerd
Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:03 am
Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
Topic: enquiry about DSLS's
Replies: 2
Views: 5549

Hi Robert, some DSLR's have a pre trigger for the mirror, usually some seconds before the shutter is triggered. I use a Pentax isds for micrography for a little while now, you can pre trigger the mirror for 2 seconds, then the shutter is released. But there is another part of the camera that makes h...
by Gerd
Fri Dec 23, 2005 4:39 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: From the Bottom of the Jar
Replies: 5
Views: 3410

Ken, these trees or bushes are distributed all over the country here in
Europe. But they are specialists in settling on sand dunes at
the seaside too.
Gerd
by Gerd
Fri Dec 23, 2005 4:30 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: Bethlehem star
Replies: 4
Views: 3398

Bethlehem star

hope this isn't too hokey for our forum.....
Merry Christmas everybody and a happy new year,
Gerd

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by Gerd
Fri Dec 23, 2005 4:12 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: From the Bottom of the Jar
Replies: 5
Views: 3410

hi Ken,
very nice shots, thanks.
The first shot could be sea buckthorn leaf shells.


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by Gerd
Thu Dec 22, 2005 3:49 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: Hydra viridis, nematocysts
Replies: 4
Views: 4180

wonderful Photos, Charlie, as usual ;-)
Did you find any hydra bugs on these hydras ?
Gerd
by Gerd
Thu Dec 22, 2005 3:41 pm
Forum: Community Members and Friends
Topic: Santa is missing someone ?
Replies: 2
Views: 10588

Santa is missing someone ?

Hello everybody,

merry Christmas to all of you and happy holidays.
And a successful and happy new year too !
Gerd

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by Gerd
Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:43 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: Euglena spirogyra
Replies: 5
Views: 4005

Euglena spirogyra

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Hello all,
remembering Charlie's and Wim's images of this wonderful Euglena species
i took these ones from my favourite pond.
Objective 100x Oil, DIC
Thanks,
Gerd
by Gerd
Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:16 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: Trachelius ovum portrait
Replies: 2
Views: 2479

Trachelius ovum portrait

http://www.online-club.de/~rp11141/mpictures/trachelius_up.jpg http://www.online-club.de/~rp11141/mpictures/trachelius_m.jpg a big freshwater ciliate with a short kind of trunk. The upper pic is focused on the pellicle oft the animal, the lower pic with focus on the inner parts with the huge vacuol...
by Gerd
Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:35 am
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: Marine ciliate, Loxophyllum ? Borkum, north Sea
Replies: 6
Views: 4541

Hello Charlie, sorry for that late response, yes, this was just one shot, no combining of z'S: In DIC, you usually work with open aperture diaphragm, DIC makes the contrast, with open aperture diaphragm you can cut the specimen 'optically'. If you close the aperture diaphragm, depth of focus increas...
by Gerd
Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:38 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
Topic: Trichodina pediculus, "hydra bug"
Replies: 4
Views: 3582

Trichodina pediculus, "hydra bug"

http://www.online-club.de/~rp11141/mpictures/polypenlaus.jpg this is a hydra bug, trichodina pediculus. On the upper picture you see the bottom view of the ciliate with its clamp crown. On the lower pic you see the side view, the ciliate is running around on the hydra tentacles. Objective 40x, DIC,...