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- Wed Aug 10, 2016 12:29 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Punctured and dying
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2098
Re: Punctured and dying
Does anyone know what it is? I could not see any cilia.
- Wed Aug 10, 2016 12:35 am
- Forum: Identification help
- Topic: ID help needed.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2540
Re: ID help needed.
Thanks! Yes, looks like Monomatta.
- Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:17 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Punctured and dying
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2098
Re: Punctured and dying
Thanks for your comments! I think you are right. Cover glass pressure was too much.
- Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:02 pm
- Forum: Identification help
- Topic: ID help needed.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2540
ID help needed.
Do anyone know what this is? Swims fast. Not slow like a Rotifer, but more elegantly.
- Tue Aug 09, 2016 8:01 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Desmids continued...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3549
Re: Desmids continued...
Found another one on a dried out slide. I lifted the cover glass and used water based mountant from Magnacol and shot a new stack. Seems that most are ribbed. This time 20x, DIC, 16 stack. https://www.dropbox.com/s/6845d5qti0naip3/Desmid_Closterium5_Alinda_1024.jpg?dl=1 Cropped to show more details:...
- Tue Aug 09, 2016 5:45 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Punctured and dying
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2098
Punctured and dying
I watched this fellow getting punctured in battle with some debris. It's internal leaked out.
Stack of 7, DIC, 20x
Stack of 7, DIC, 20x
- Tue Aug 09, 2016 4:50 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Some more oil play
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2349
Re: Some more oil play
#5 is great. Really shows the texture of the surface
- Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:32 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Beautiful Wreckage
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2038
Re: Beautiful Wreckage
Looks a bit like my avatar! Thanks for sharing.
- Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:17 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Desmids continued...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3549
Re: Desmids continued...
Thanks Rod, Kurt and zzffnn. I did not notice any particular movement in the Desmid. It looks like it has a "ribbed design". This was the only one I found having these features. Although no movements inside, they did move around quite a bit, perhaps due to water flow under the cover glass. I ruined ...
- Mon Aug 08, 2016 11:05 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Desmids continued...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3549
Desmids continued...
Another set of desmids.
- Mon Aug 08, 2016 11:01 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Botryococcus (yet again)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3457
Re: Botryococcus (yet again)
Stunning! World class!
- Mon Aug 08, 2016 8:20 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Never Know Till You Look
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3822
Re: Never Know Till You Look
Very good resolution in the last image. I like them!
- Mon Aug 08, 2016 6:44 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Desmid Closterium from local pond
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2125
Re: Diatom from local pond
Thanks for clarifying! I am still learning how to identify what I see... I will try to update the title. Yes, I used the BX51. I took maybe 5 different sets and most where blurry and had too much chromatic aberation. This set was OK and reasonable crisp. DIC gives different colored backgrounds depen...
- Mon Aug 08, 2016 12:56 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Desmid Closterium from local pond
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2125
Desmid Closterium from local pond
DIC
20x
Stack of 4
20x
Stack of 4
- Sat Aug 06, 2016 8:27 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Seeing Stars
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3880
Re: Seeing Stars
Absolutely stunning images! Thanks for sharing!
- Sat Jul 30, 2016 6:55 am
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: stains can't get it yet.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7064
Re: stains can't get it yet.
Go to the pharmacy and buy a small bottle of iodine. Very cheap. Here is one for $7. http://astore.amazon.com/laborarecipe-20/detail/B000V4RPRQ Also read this article which are trying simple food coloring agents found in super markets. Hard to find anything cheaper than that... http://www.microscopy...
- Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:12 pm
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: Limited Budget Scope
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5881
Re: Limited Budget Scope
A fellow forum member just sold an Olympus KHC with phase contrast for $230. I think that was a good deal. You do not have to spend $500-$700. A beautiful piece of equipment and high quality. However, a good deal normally requires some patience and time spent on ebay searches. I am sure the Amscope ...
- Wed Jul 20, 2016 8:00 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: 5 stereo. Crab larva, Geranium robertianum,aphid... more
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8699
Re: 5 stereo. Crab larva, Geranium robertianum,aphid... more
Charles, the images speaks for themselves! Simply superb. I just wanted to say that you are a true inspiration for me in my hobby. I will get there some day. Until then, i'll keep trying...
- Wed Jul 20, 2016 7:52 am
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: Limited Budget Scope
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5881
Re: Limited Budget Scope
i disagree that Olympus microscopes are overpriced. As always, you get what you pay for. A used quality microscope from any of the top brands usually delivers far better performance than new chinese brands. If you could live with that the equipment does not look brand new with some scuffs and marks,...
- Sat Jul 02, 2016 5:37 am
- Forum: My microscope
- Topic: Ordered BX53...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8612
Re: Ordered BX53...
Congratulations! The Olympus high end BX-seriers are wonderful devices. I have several BX51s and VERY satisfied. I agree with your comments on pricing though... I have DIC (both for my UPlanFLuorites and my UplanSAPOs), Phase, Brightfield and Dakfield. It was a small fortune, but you don't have to b...
- Thu Jun 09, 2016 8:44 am
- Forum: Introduce yourself
- Topic: Hello from Belgium
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4809
Re: Hello from Belgium
Welcome! Looking forward to your posts!
- Thu May 19, 2016 8:39 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Chydoridae
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2464
Re: Chydoridae
Fantastic!
- Wed Apr 13, 2016 6:44 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Téte de moustique femelle
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3078
Re: Téte de moustique femelle
Magnificent!
- Fri Apr 08, 2016 7:58 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Pollen de Pâquerette
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1630
Re: Pollen de Pâquerette
I like the last one the best! Inspiring!
- Mon Apr 04, 2016 2:51 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Étamine
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2761
Re: Étamine
Fantastic!
- Sat Apr 02, 2016 7:16 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Vorticella
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3501
Re: Vorticella
very nice! God, he is fast when retracting his body. Would be nice to see in slow motion
- Thu Mar 31, 2016 8:20 am
- Forum: Identification help
- Topic: Is this predator Litonotus?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5303
Re: Is this predator Litonotus?
Fantastic! Never seen anything like it!
- Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:35 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Second "discovery" in xmas tree water
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2408
Re: Second "discovery" in xmas tree water
Thanks 75RR and Gecko. Yes, it is DIC. Olympus PlanFL-Ph with DIC. I get a pretty OK DIC effect even thought phase contrast objectives are not recommended for DIC. I now have added UplanSAPOs to my collection, also with DIC. Very good lenses, but horrible expensive. I have not tested them yet though...
- Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:26 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Diatom?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2551
Re: Diatom?
Thanks Vaselle/75RR. Yes, it must be a Melosira Diatom! I wish google had better image search so we could automatically match images to the database... But then again, how fun would we then have helping each other with ID:ing our finds
- Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:20 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Fur beetle larvae
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3230
Re: Fur beetle larvae
Thanks Vaselle & Billben74! The last one is darkfield. I did not use ambient light, but only the built in light source.