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Spectacular work. Thanks for posting!

75RR wrote:Can't see the images.

Here are a couple of links that should help you ID amoebae

Testate: https://www.arcella.nl/overview-all
Naked: https://www.arcella.nl/morphotypes

Thanks! I re-linked the images. Do they work now?

Here are brightfield and phase contrast renderings of a prepared amoeba slide. I did my best to focus, expose, color balance and size them the same for side-by-side comparison. Clicking on either image will take you to Flickr, where you can flip from one to the other. The nucleus stands out, of cour...

Thank you. One after the next, these botanical sections are stunning. I am intrigued but a little intimidated by the microtome step. There are too many enthusiastic posts about huge machines that will certainly push my poor, patient better half past her limit. Are there hand-units worth a serious try?

Great idea! How fascinating to uncover the secrets of velcro! Your images are beautiful.

- Ken

Thank you, Oliver, actinophrys, and 75RR for your responses! I've fixed up my annotations in my Flickr postings. This is terrific.

Is there a more photogenic plant? Who knew? Images link to larger/full-size images. https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4188/34458401632_5d097e7e89.jpg Pine root c.s. (Amscope PS100A - #66 prepared slide) Nikon Plan Apo 4/0.20, Achr flip top open 0.5x reducer lens Image sensor: Aptina 1/2.3inch color CMOS...

Went fishing with my son this morning, and before we left, we got some samples for later, and now we have lots of questions! https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4224/34145149143_4dd3fa436e_b.jpg This is Spirogyra, correct? Can you identify the species? It's from the edge of a freshwater pond in New Englan...

Hi everyone. I am glad to have found this forum and so many like-minded hobbyists with an interest in exploring the invisible! Starting with an old Nikon Skt stand and the usual achromat objectives as a swap for an old SLR lens, I've been bottom-fishing on eBay with the goal of producing high-qualit...