Another couple of oblique stacks from the Puente Formation fossil sample.
AO Series 4 Apostar, 90x Apo, oblique mask, Canon 70D, Stacks as indicated, cleaned up the background
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- Thu Sep 06, 2018 1:20 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Another Pair from Puente
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- Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:05 am
- Forum: Collecting microscopes and slides
- Topic: Help! I'm becoming "domesticated"!!
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Re: Help! I'm becoming "domesticated"!!
OMG, Rod - LOVE those pics! I must admit, I have a guilty pleasure of looking at home astronomy setups on the internet and I have visited your site before! I am intrigued by those ortho illuminator pics and particularly like that paint finish on the ortho. I have been doing a lot of paint finish an...
- Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:46 pm
- Forum: Collecting microscopes and slides
- Topic: Help! I'm becoming "domesticated"!!
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Re: Help! I'm becoming "domesticated"!!
Bob, Since you don't have access to many American Optical scopes, here are links to a few pages of pics of some of my AO scopes. Some offer close details that catalog pics might not provide. http://www.homebuiltastronomy.com/AmericanOptical20Phase/ http://www.homebuiltastronomy.com/AO4/index.htm htt...
- Tue Sep 04, 2018 2:57 am
- Forum: Collecting microscopes and slides
- Topic: Help! I'm becoming "domesticated"!!
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Re: Help! I'm becoming "domesticated"!!
Thanks, I have a lot of fun with them. My 10 on the Ortho is a dedicated darkfield stand. It has the 1096b Toric condenser, which is nice as it will fully illuminate everything from a 10x to 100x objectives. It also has the 100x Iris objective to allow for some tweaking as needed. Really a nice luxu...
- Tue Sep 04, 2018 1:12 am
- Forum: Collecting microscopes and slides
- Topic: Help! I'm becoming "domesticated"!!
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Re: Help! I'm becoming "domesticated"!!
Welcome the AO Anonymous. My name is Rod and I am an AO-cholohic.... I came at it from a different angle. When I got interested in Microscopy a couple of years ago, I was looking for an affordable stand to see if it was as much fun as I imagined it to be. My first was a One Fifty, an entry level mod...
- Tue Sep 04, 2018 12:55 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: A Couple More from Puente
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A Couple More from Puente
A couple more from the Puente Formation in California
AO Series 4 Apostar, 90x Apo, Oblique, Canon 70D, Stacks as noted.
AO Series 4 Apostar, 90x Apo, Oblique, Canon 70D, Stacks as noted.
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:34 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
- Replies: 15
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Re: Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
Thank you JimRadazz wrote:Superb detail!
Thanks for sharing.
Jim
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 3:33 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Eye of Garden Spider
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Re: Eye of Garden Spider
Phase really struts its stuff on this subject, look at that structure!
Cool stuff, thanks for posting.
Rod
Cool stuff, thanks for posting.
Rod
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 1:03 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
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Re: Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
I keep looking at the centric in image three. The "spots" keep alternating between raised and sunken as I view them. If I look and see them as raised, I can look away and back again and they become sunken. Anybody else, or should I see a doctor? ;^) Reversals like that are a classic optical illusio...
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:59 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
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Re: Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
Looking good. Mini oblique + mini µm steps is the way to go. I keep looking at the centric in image three. The "spots" keep alternating between raised and sunken as I view them. If I look and see them as raised, I can look away and back again and they become sunken. Anybody else, or should I see a ...
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 3:57 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: More from Dead Man's Flats
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Re: More from Dead Man's Flats
Thank you GaryGaryB wrote:Very nice Rod!
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 2:03 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
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Re: Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
I keep looking at the centric in image three.
The "spots" keep alternating between raised and sunken as I view them. If I look and see them as raised, I can look away and back again and they become sunken.
Anybody else, or should I see a doctor? ;^)
The "spots" keep alternating between raised and sunken as I view them. If I look and see them as raised, I can look away and back again and they become sunken.
Anybody else, or should I see a doctor? ;^)
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 1:58 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
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Re: Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
Merci Beaucoup Sebvasselle wrote:Bonjour.
De sublimes images.
Très beaux travail.
Cordialement seb
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 1:57 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
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Re: Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
Thanks zzzzffnn wrote:Beautifully done, Rod! #1 probably does not need much oblique to stack.
Yes the first form, Actinoptychus, has a good bit of relief built in, hard to miss with that one.
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 1:53 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
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Re: Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
Thanks Aenima, I knew what you meant ;^)Aenima wrote:wow, really nice detail - second and last two images are especially good.
lol edit; "last three images" would have been a better way to put it
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 1:52 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
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Re: Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
Thanks Pete.PeteM wrote:The second image, in particular, is other worldly. Very cool -- thanks for posting them.
I am not sure I have seen that diatom before, and the oddly shaped bit to the right of it adds some interest too.
Glad you liked it.
Rod
- Sun Sep 02, 2018 8:52 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
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Puente Formation Diatoms Oblique Stacks
After encouragement from 75, I set out this afternoon to see what I could come up by way of stacking oblique images. I was concerned about artifacts from the halos that you get when changing focus point in oblique. I reduced the degree to which pushed the oblique effect and it think it helped some. ...
- Sat Sep 01, 2018 5:15 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Rove beetle antenna 50x
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Re: Rove beetle antenna 50x
That structure blows me away! Who knew that it looked like that?
Great detail and stack.
I agree with 75, a dark background would be an interesting image as well.
Nicely done Kit.
Great detail and stack.
I agree with 75, a dark background would be an interesting image as well.
Nicely done Kit.
- Sat Sep 01, 2018 4:58 pm
- Forum: Collecting microscopes and slides
- Topic: Antique slide hord
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Re: Antique slide hord
Looks like hundreds of hours of fun to me. Congratulations.
Ebay, Garage Sale, Goodwill? What's the story?
Ebay, Garage Sale, Goodwill? What's the story?
- Sat Sep 01, 2018 4:47 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Barbados Radiolaria
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Re: Barbados Radiolaria
Wow! This is a great image! What a cool subject, and you completely captured the fascinating and intricate form. The 3D effect is especially pronounced on the second one. Your stack looks to be perfect to my eyes. If this is what we can expect from the new scope, it is going to be a lot of fun aroun...
- Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:44 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: More from Dead Man's Flats
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Re: More from Dead Man's Flats
75- I dont think I have ever tried stacking with Oblique, I wonder if it would work well? It seems to me the halos might pose a problem. Any experience? I found that stacking works well with a gentle oblique. Go with subtle and let the cumulative effect of the series of images do their thing. You m...
- Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:37 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Cristaux de sucre
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Re: Cristaux de sucre
Hard to beat polarized crystals for color and fascinating structure. Really like the sense of depth from the oblique lighting.
Great series Seb.
Great series Seb.
- Thu Aug 30, 2018 12:15 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: More from Dead Man's Flats
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Re: More from Dead Man's Flats
Thank you gents.
75- I dont think I have ever tried stacking with Oblique, I wonder if it would work well? It seems to me the halos might pose a problem. Any experience?
Kurt, it surprises me too, it seems counterintuitive.
75- I dont think I have ever tried stacking with Oblique, I wonder if it would work well? It seems to me the halos might pose a problem. Any experience?
Kurt, it surprises me too, it seems counterintuitive.
- Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:13 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: More from Dead Man's Flats
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- Views: 4890
More from Dead Man's Flats
A few more from the same sample.
- Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:03 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: 4 more marine diatoms
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Re: 4 more marine diatoms
Really vibrant and striking images. Top Drawer as usual 75
- Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:02 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Dead Man's Flats Diatoms
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Re: Dead Man's Flats Diatoms
Merci Sebvasselle wrote:Bonjour
Superbes images
Cordialement seb
- Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:02 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Dead Man's Flats Diatoms
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Re: Dead Man's Flats Diatoms
Great photos.... I know exactly where these were collected.. Kurt is right, It is a dangerous 90 deg. turn in the road... used to fish in that area back in the day... BillT Thanks Bill. Kurt had said in his original post that he was driving by and noticed the diatom material laying out there - hard...
- Wed Aug 29, 2018 12:59 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Dead Man's Flats Diatoms
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Re: Dead Man's Flats Diatoms
I am still looking to find one of those super cool Sigma forms... Ah yes, Gyrosigma fasciola, a very pretty thing. Give me a shout if you don't scare any up, maybe have to send you another bit of sample. Scanned the rest of the slides tonight - no luck, but I have more sample left, so I will throw ...
- Wed Aug 29, 2018 12:58 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Dead Man's Flats Diatoms
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Re: Dead Man's Flats Diatoms
Nice images, Rod! Kurt's collection spot is not far from the collection spot of your Armand Bayou sample, belonging to the same connected water body and more towards the ocean. Thanks ZZ. This sample is quite different from the bayou sample, not as diverse, smaller in size, and leans more towards f...
- Tue Aug 28, 2018 4:12 am
- Forum: Microscopy accessories
- Topic: Champagne Microscopy Lab Benches on a beer budget - How To
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Re: Champagne Microscopy Lab Benches on a beer budget - How To
Nicely done!
They look perfect for the job, and at a bargain basement price.
Great idea.
They look perfect for the job, and at a bargain basement price.
Great idea.