http://www.gpmatthews.nildram.co.uk/animalcules/peritrichs/opercularia_003.jpg Microscope: Zeiss Standard GFL Objective: Zeiss x10/0.22 plan achromat Ocular: Watson x8 compensating Brightfield Camera: Canon Powershot S50 ISO 50, F4.9, 1/250 sec http://www.gpmatthews.nildram.co.uk/animalcules/peritr...

Well, after a bit of tricky eye-crossing, I can see it in stereo, and it looks good. Very 3D

Hi Frez - great to hear from you after a long break. Welcome back!

Interesting images. I especially like the higher mag one showing the flutes, and yes, they look just like an old column from some ancient temple.

Well, - we do have our non-alive diatom moments, see e.g. my posts http://www.photomacrography1.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2084&highlight=actinoptychus and http://www.photomacrography1.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2085&highlight=actinoptychus there are a few more dotted around the forum, also. We could ...

Nice resolution Jean-Marc - welcome to the forum

I have watched the first couple of episodes on TV - the next is tonight. It is really good stuff and absolutely fascinating. We'll all be wanting to do macro movies next...

- lidocaine is the current International Non-proprietary Name (INN) for what used to be known as lignocaine. It is a local anaesthetic often used in dentistry and also sore throat sprays, usually as the hydrochloride. Benzocaine is also sometimes used in throat sprays. The difference is that benzoca...

- no, he's naturally pink

Ken, I used some lidocaine throat spray applied to the edge of the coverslip with a polythene pasteur pippette drawn to a fine tip in a spirit burner.

I found this specimen in a pot full of rainwater in the garden earlier today. He wriggled a lot until I gave him a dose of lidocaine: http://www.gpmatthews.nildram.co.uk/insects/midgelarva_002.jpg Microscope: Zeiss Standard GFL Objective: Zeiss Plan x1.6 - 5 Ocular: Watson x8 compensating Camera: Ca...

Splendid image!

My shirt arrived this weekend - thanks a lot and also for the kind comments.

Cheers,

http://www.gpmatthews.nildram.co.uk/animalcules/hypotrich_stack_001.jpg Found this whilst browsing my image archive. It is a combination of 3 images using Helicon Focus. You choose which hypotrich... The cilia look as though they include some stacking artefacts, but in fact the original images show...

Impressive and intricate work. It should keep you occupied in those long winter evenings!

http://www.geocities.com/gpmatthews/models/karl001_small.jpg Stack of 8 images in Helicon Focus. I saw a link to a railway modelling site on the Helicon website, and the picures there caused me to think about photographing some of my models using Helicon Focus to increase the DOF. Here is the resul...