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- Mon Dec 21, 2015 12:07 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Fresh New Micro Aquarium
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7756
Re: Fresh New Micro Aquarium
Let's see if I can answer all the questions. First, what am I using for the shots? Camera equipment: Canon T3i body Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens Kenko Auto Extension Tube Set DG for Canon EOS Lenses Pixel Mago ETTL Speedlite for Canon LED Ring Light illumi...
- Sun Dec 20, 2015 3:33 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Hydra Thru The Macro Lens 2
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4789
Re: Hydra Thru The Macro Lens 2
Bill, right here: http://tinyurl.com/glkwl7gbillbillt wrote:Where did you collect the Hydra from?..
- Sun Dec 20, 2015 3:29 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Fresh New Micro Aquarium
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7756
Fresh New Micro Aquarium
So I set up a fresh new micro aquarium with fresh new sample in it, from the same county park pond where my last batch of Hydra came from. I was rather expecting to have hoards of Volvox, Cladocera, Ostracods, Conochilus, and who knows what else, based on what I've gotten from this place before. But...
- Sat Dec 19, 2015 4:21 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Hydra Thru The Macro Lens 2
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4789
Re: Hydra Thru The Macro Lens 2
Ha ha ha, Fan!! :lol: You're right, though, I am a tough guy! In July 2011 I got stung by jellyfish 12 days in a row while kayaking Galveston Bay, once across the face while doing an Eskimo roll. I can report that each day it hurts a little less -- you toughen up! Also, I recently got popped by a sc...
- Sat Dec 19, 2015 4:10 pm
- Forum: About the website, the magazine and this forum
- Topic: Is there an annoying 'robo editor' of posts we may take more than four minutes to type out?!!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 15135
Re: Is there an annoying 'robo editor' of posts we may take more than four minutes to type out?!!
Yes, I think we've all run into the problem in one form or another. My solution is to copy everything to the clipboard periodically, so I can paste it back in case it goes away. The easy way to do it is by holding the Ctrl key down with left pinky finger while tapping the A key with index finger (Ct...
- Sat Dec 19, 2015 1:32 am
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: Books to start with
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8191
Re: Books to start with
I love Tony Pattinson's two self-published books, and have been greatly inspired by them. In fact, this is what got me started on macro photography in micro aquariums. UK amateur microscopists ROCK. "Life in UK Freshwater" "The Freshwater Microscopist" See a book review here: http://www.microscopy-u...
- Sat Dec 19, 2015 1:20 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: A few more hydra
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3587
Re: A few more hydra
Don't give up too soon, there's a very good chance you're just not seeing them for whatever reason. You should get more, not less, with a few weeks time. Get a good light, and I mean a really good light. Clean your glasses real good. Use a magnifying lens. Or take pictures and study the pictures.
- Sat Dec 19, 2015 1:10 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Hydra Thru The Macro Lens 2
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4789
Re: Hydra Thru The Macro Lens 2
Thanks again, all! I should have some interesting stuff coming up in the next few weeks and months, as winter time is prime time to hole up in the lab and do stuff like this (Rod knows what I mean!). Camera equipment: Canon T3i body Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM...
- Fri Dec 18, 2015 7:53 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Hydra Thru The Macro Lens 2
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4789
Hydra Thru The Macro Lens 2
A few more from this morning while testing the other tripod head and different camera remote control system. http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i104/Arky704/Macro%20Photography/9879_lzn%2012-18-15_zpsp9zumarz.jpg http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i104/Arky704/Macro%20Photography/9885_lzn%2012-18-15_z...
- Fri Dec 18, 2015 5:57 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Hydra Thru The Macro Lens
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3394
Re: Hydra Thru The Macro Lens
Thank you all! It's great fun to leave the world and rest of the universe behind, and hang out in a tiny bit of water for a while. Your kind comments go a long way towards motivating me to do more.
- Fri Dec 18, 2015 5:49 pm
- Forum: My microscope
- Topic: Acquired a few new scopes.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9239
Re: Acquired a few new scopes.
He who dies with the most toys wins. Very nice!
- Fri Dec 18, 2015 12:12 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Hydra Thru The Macro Lens
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3394
Hydra Thru The Macro Lens
I got a new tripod and a couple new tripod heads, so here we are trying out and getting to know some new equipment. What better practice than to photograph these lovely models? Canon T3i body, and Canon 60 mm macro, and Canon 100 mm macro lenses + Kenko extension tubes. Illumination is an LED ring l...
- Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:41 am
- Forum: My microscope
- Topic: OOPS,
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8794
Re: OOPS,
To me, that thing looks like an AO Model 15 on New Year morning, its head all swollen up and about to explode...
- Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:56 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Tomato Stem Section
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3786
Re: Tomato Stem Section
YEAH Rod, where's your microtome stuff?? You were posting some pretty darn decent images last I saw (chopping up the wife's houseplants, hahaha). JimT, sorry for that outburst. Your sections are impressive and motivational. One of these days I will be inspired sufficiently to have a go with the gear...
- Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:48 am
- Forum: My microscope
- Topic: New addition to my stable
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8764
Re: New addition to my stable
Yes, let's talk about that tablecloth.
Just kidding, I'm jealous.
Just kidding, I'm jealous.
- Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:43 am
- Forum: Introduce yourself
- Topic: Hello from an Old Newbie
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9180
Re: Hello from an Old Newbie
Yep, always seemed to me like astronomy and microscopy should go hand in hand. I mean, it's the same thing, only different. I'm forever amazed at how few amateur astronomers own/use microscopes, while it's fairly typical to hear that a microscopy enthusiast owns/uses telescopes. So hooray for us on ...
- Tue Dec 15, 2015 6:20 pm
- Forum: My microscope
- Topic: Spencer Buffalo Stereoscopic Microscope No. 25L
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7220
Re: Spencer Buffalo Stereoscopic Microscope No. 25L
Finally found a suitable stand for my AO Spencer Model 26! Putting them together has converted the Model 26 into a Model 25, so now I have two. The more the merrier, I always say... http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i104/Arky704/Micro%20Stuff/portrait%2002_zpstwzdzkbz.jpg?t=1450109146 AO Spencer c. ...
- Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:28 pm
- Forum: Introduce yourself
- Topic: Hello from an Old Newbie
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9180
Re: Hello from an Old Newbie
Welcome, you'll find good company here among amateur astronomers masquerading as microscopy nuts. I go back far enough to know what sky fog is ... why, I still (vaguely) recall how to hyper Tech Pan, and the joys of fine tuning alignment by drifting (don't forget to trip over a tripod leg as your fi...
- Sun Dec 13, 2015 12:43 am
- Forum: Specimens, samples and slides
- Topic: Hydra!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8639
Re: Hydra!
I try to approximate the density of the habitat it came from, myself, and err on the side of too much. My thinking is that more plants provide more nutrients, oxygen, protection, etc. But I'm no biologist.
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 4:41 pm
- Forum: Specimens, samples and slides
- Topic: Hydra!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8639
Re: Hydra!
Woo-hoo, a most excellent adventure -- everybody needs some pet Hydras! 8-) Very fascinating and surreal things that blur the line between plant and animal. They're found in green and brown varieties, looks like you got brown ones there. Keep watching, and you'll soon see how they get around: someti...
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 4:15 pm
- Forum: My microscope
- Topic: My New Olympus
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5561
Re: My New Olympus
I have a huge soft spot in my heart for OLY microscopes -- CONGRATS OlyGuy!! Why, just sitting there it looks like it delivers wonderfully bright crisp views. I think Tasco products really turn people away from hobbies with their low quality lines. A real concern, alright, and one long shared in ama...
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 5:08 am
- Forum: Microscopes and optics
- Topic: Nikon Optiphot with DIC -- Should I Buy It???
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7272
Re: Nikon Optiphot with DIC -- Should I Buy It???
Well, I hope you weren't getting your hopes up too much Fan! If it was the type of DIC rig that's suitable for pond life, then maybe I could sink some serious coin into it. I really wasn't expecting it to amount to much, though, as this surplus dealer sets high prices (compared to eBay) for equipmen...
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 1:44 am
- Forum: Microscopes and optics
- Topic: Nikon Optiphot with DIC -- Should I Buy It???
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7272
Re: Nikon Optiphot with DIC -- Should I Buy It???
Thanks for the manual, 75RR! Phil, this is the first I ever heard of incident, or vertical, DIC. Okay ... asking price: $950. Wiggle room, maybe $50 if that. This guy believes it's worth $1800 all cleaned up. He doesn't know caca about microscopes, but has been running an industrial surplus business...
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 12:59 am
- Forum: Microscopes and optics
- Topic: Nikon Optiphot with DIC -- Should I Buy It???
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7272
Re: Nikon Optiphot with DIC -- Should I Buy It???
As I said in my original post, I don't know enough about DIC to determine how complete it is, and until I get a better grasp this one's a no go. Where do Optiphot DIC prisms live, I wonder? In the nosepiece or condenser? This nosepiece appears, to my uneducated eye, to have sliders for each objectiv...
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 12:17 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Rotifer Euchlanis -**Correction Lepadella**
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4388
Re: Rotifer Euchlanis
If my camera captured images like Rod's, I wouldn't care if it gonged.75RR wrote:Have you considered getting a camera that does not ring!
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 12:14 am
- Forum: Microscopes and optics
- Topic: Nikon Optiphot with DIC -- Should I Buy It???
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7272
Re: Nikon Optiphot with DIC -- Should I Buy It???
I'd have to sell a few bags of something else in order to generate that kinda money . Since this will probably go nowhere fast without a hint, let's say it's the best part of a cool grand.
- Fri Dec 11, 2015 10:22 pm
- Forum: Microscopes and optics
- Topic: Nikon Optiphot with DIC -- Should I Buy It???
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7272
Nikon Optiphot with DIC -- Should I Buy It???
Thought this might be fun, and besides I need sage advice from some of you who know your microscope stuff because I'm out of my depth. I have come across a deal on a Nikon Optiphot that appears to have DIC, but I don't know enough about DIC to judge how complete it is, or more to the point, ain't. I...
- Fri Dec 11, 2015 12:25 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Copepod Nauplius
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3228
Re: Copepod Nauplius
Thought you played 'em bluegrass...?rnabholz wrote:The key is to play easy listening music in the lab.... It soothes the savage protist... ;^)
- Thu Dec 10, 2015 1:13 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Stentor Dark Field Illumination Video
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4689
Re: Stentor Dark Field Illumination Video
I love dark field, and am convinced it gives the truest color renditions we're ever gonna get of the things we're looking at.
Great stuff as always, Rod!
Great stuff as always, Rod!
- Wed Dec 09, 2015 12:43 am
- Forum: Introduce yourself
- Topic: hii
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3697
Re: hii
Welcome! If I were in the UK I'd think real hard about joining Quekett and attending some meetings.