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Thanks KD! The contrast method is based on polarization. A polarized light beam of white light is split into two parallel rays, one of which passes through the specimen and the other passing through the medium adjacent to the specimen. Then the two beams are recombined and wavelengths equal to the ...

Wes wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 23, 2020 7:37 pm

The quality of your video is remarkably good. Photogenic subject as well

Thank you very much Wes //KD

mazo4033 wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 23, 2020 7:32 pm

Very nice video! Yes, it does look like a bristle worm larvae (Polychaete). Maybe this will help with specific species ID?: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9965&p=84836#p84806 specifically posts #10-#13

Thanks for the help,link and comment //KD

Beautiful work Jan //KD

An amazing video Wes It is fluorescent or polarized?

janvangastel wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 23, 2020 2:04 pm

Very nice video!

Thanks Jan

However, I have no literature on organisms in salt water so that might make it all more difficult. For ciliates in this kind of habitat (shore sediments in the marine littoral zone), the most comprehensive text is Philip G. Carey's Marine Interstitial Ciliates: An Illustrated Key . It's very expens...

Sample from the sea (Kategatt) Varberg Sweden. Filmed with a variety of filters. Magnification 40x. Camera HY-2307, Microscope Nikon Labophot 2. Music Youtube: Checkmate by Nathan Moore. Filmed by KD Arvidsson.

DonSchaeffer wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 22, 2020 9:42 pm

Beautiful images

Thank you Don //KD

Thank you very much for the ID-help Bruce //KD

Nice work Don //KD

I agree //KD

Very interesting and nice //KD

But very interesting Don, i hope you have a video on it? //KD

Woow very cool ciliate! Nice work //KD

This little creature is filmed with my HY-2307 camera and Nikon Labophot 2 microscope. Some of the scenes is filmed in slowmotion 50%. Sample from the sea (Kattegatt) Varberg Sweden. I have searched and searched for this creature in the literature I have as well as in all the links and determination...

One problem is that I get stuck very easily on an organism and study it for hours, which means that the sample dries out ... Have you tried adding a drop of water to the cover slip? If you place the drop on the edge of the cover slip it will be drawn in by capillary action - thin nose tweezers can ...

Beautiful work //KD

shawn perez wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:33 pm

KD Arvidsson wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:34 pm

shawn perez wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:03 pm

What tardigrade species is this?

Hi Shawn i give you the same answer here like i did on my youtube channel. I have no idea because i am a beginner! But thanks for comment. //KD

Hey I'm sorry i did not realize its you :/

No problems Shawn //KD

Thank you so much 75RR and Bruce. Now I have ordered books and also downloaded on the desktop all the determination articles and links that you have suggested on this forum. One problem is that I get stuck very easily on an organism and study it for hours, which means that the sample dries out ... :...

Tiny creature i found in a little stream between two lakes. I have used different techniques and lights, oblique technique, little bright and darkfield. Magnification 40x-400x. Nikon Labophot 2 microscope and HY-2307 camera. //KD (ID-By Bruce Taylor)

Very beautiful Jan! //KD

75RR Your photos are outstanding, just as usual! /KD

Very beautiful 75RR It actually looks a bit like a stentor //KD

shawn perez wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:03 pm

What tardigrade species is this?

Hi Shawn i give you the same answer here like i did on my youtube channel. I have no idea because i am a beginner! But thanks for comment. //KD

Very beautiful and interesting creature! //KD

Impressing Jan! Good quality and very interesting flatworm! Thanks for sharing//KD

Thank you very much Jan and Bruce for all information and the links! //KD

I agree very interesting!! //KD

Very nice video Jan! Where can I find close-ups of ciliates that explain the different parts of the ciliate? It would be fun to try to determine the creatures a little more ... //KD