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Water mite

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 3:59 am
by Saul
Unexpected colorful result, playing with different lighting setups - mainly polarized Rheinberg, DF/BF, some extra stuff.
Sony A6300, 143 photos, Nikon Microphot with AO modified condenser, lucite Rheinberg filters (ebay, optitec2020), LED/flash illuminator, variable sliding oblique filter in the base of the condenser and rotatable filter . Stacking is done with PS (I'm big Zerene fan, but somehow for me with the transparent objects PS works better), 130mm TL, no name 10x objective (looks like infinity Nikon 10x BD)
Sorry for the few weeks old sample, used concave slide with Klein Tools wire lubricant to calm down the mite, still not the worst shape for tests ...

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Re: Water mite

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:24 pm
by 75RR
Striking image!

Had to look up Klein Tools wire lubricant :) I take it you had it to hand?

Re: Water mite

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:25 pm
by Saul
75RR wrote:
Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:24 pm
Striking image!

Had to look up Klein Tools wire lubricant :) I take it you had it to hand?
Thanks !
I had to add little bit water (too thick) , couple drops on the mite in the concave slide ....

Re: Water mite

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:03 am
by Saul
Stereo of the same mite (somehow sample "exploded" during the night) , done with the DF adapter for whole slide imaging

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Re: Water mite

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:01 pm
by microbob3
Now that is really good. So clear and sharp. Well done.

Re: Water mite

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 1:07 am
by Element 56
Those are some really beautiful photos. Very well done!
Kirby

Re: Water mite

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:50 pm
by KD Arvidsson
Very beautiful :D Top class :D //KD

Re: Water mite

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:30 pm
by Saul
Thank you ALL for your kind comments !!!

Re: Water mite

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:15 pm
by hkv
Great work!

Re: Water mite

Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:11 pm
by DonSchaeffer
I love this solution. I wish I had your skills. I just use a mounted flashlight to do a rough approximation to this.

Re: Water mite

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 3:12 am
by Saul
DonSchaeffer wrote:
Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:11 pm
I love this solution. I wish I had your skills. I just use a mounted flashlight to do a rough approximation to this.
Thanks Don !
Some skills and lots of the stupid patience :)

Re: Water mite

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 6:51 am
by janvangastel
Beautifull!!

Re: Water mite

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:38 pm
by PeteM
Great image & like the wire lubricant idea.