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by macnmotion
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:17 am
Forum: Home-made microscope adaptations
Topic: Looking for a NICE dust cover
Replies: 22
Views: 4832

Re: Looking for a NICE dust cover

Here's another view of it when it first arrived.
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by macnmotion
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:15 am
Forum: Home-made microscope adaptations
Topic: Looking for a NICE dust cover
Replies: 22
Views: 4832

Re: Looking for a NICE dust cover

I found a place online that makes outdoor covers for grills and furniture, and also had a heavy clear material for taxi seat covers. Looks very nice. Could you give a link to the company? If postage to my place would be reasonable I am interested. However, the cover pattern/cutting instructions wou...
by macnmotion
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:30 pm
Forum: Home-made microscope adaptations
Topic: Looking for a NICE dust cover
Replies: 22
Views: 4832

Re: Looking for a NICE dust cover

I'm in Bangkok. I found a place online that makes outdoor covers for grills and furniture, and also had a heavy clear material for taxi seat covers. I had them make me a cover for my scope, and one for my flat top. Total cost about US$12. I had it made with some extra room so that it would slip on a...
by macnmotion
Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:43 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Marine Ciliates - Gulf of Thailand
Replies: 0
Views: 121

Marine Ciliates - Gulf of Thailand

A collection of ciliates from a marine sample taken from mangroves alongside the Gulf of Thailand.

by macnmotion
Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:22 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Marine Gastropod (snail) Veliger
Replies: 0
Views: 90

Marine Gastropod (snail) Veliger

In addition to the marine bivalve veligers I posted a video of yesterday, I also captured some footage of a Gastropod -- in this case a snail. The lobed velum, used by the larva to swim and collect food, is very clear here.

by macnmotion
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:53 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: A set of videos from a marine sample from the Gulf of Thailand
Replies: 2
Views: 175

Re: A set of videos from a marine sample from the Gulf of Thailand

Ahh, right. I knew I was doing something wrong, couldn't remember what. I'll fix it. Thanks.
by macnmotion
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:54 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Golden Diatoms of Bang Pu, Thailand
Replies: 0
Views: 134

Golden Diatoms of Bang Pu, Thailand

A selection of marine diatoms from Bang Pu, Thailand. Sample taken from mangroves alongside the Gulf of Thailand.

[youtube]https://youtu.be/rZ2GtD1i1TI[/youtube]
by macnmotion
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:40 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: A set of videos from a marine sample from the Gulf of Thailand
Replies: 2
Views: 175

A set of videos from a marine sample from the Gulf of Thailand

A set of videos from a marine sampe from the Gulf of Thailand Here are some videos I've made this past week looking inside a marine sample from mangroves alongside the Gulf of Thailand, south of Bangkok. I'm including a clip showing the location. Mangroves alongside the Gulf of Thailand xy11tHb4-8w ...
by macnmotion
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:58 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Ophryoglena flava
Replies: 4
Views: 256

Re: Ophryoglena flava

Fantastic imaging, well made video. As educational as it is beautiful. I especially liked your capture of the interplay between the contractile vacuoles and radiating canals.
by macnmotion
Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:10 pm
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Nassula - from a marine sample, Gulf of Thailand
Replies: 2
Views: 185

Re: Nassula - from a marine sample, Gulf of Thailand

DonSchaeffer wrote:
Tue Mar 12, 2024 3:09 pm
Exquisite images.
Thanks Don.
by macnmotion
Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:52 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Nassula - from a marine sample, Gulf of Thailand
Replies: 2
Views: 185

Nassula - from a marine sample, Gulf of Thailand

Sample taken from a mangrove alongside the Gulf of Thailand. DF and BF.

by macnmotion
Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:45 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Synura algae
Replies: 7
Views: 443

Re: Synura algae

Francisco wrote:
Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:27 pm
Synura
Very nice video!
by macnmotion
Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:54 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Synura algae
Replies: 7
Views: 443

Re: Synura algae

DonSchaeffer wrote:
Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:09 pm
Beautiful photography. What is this? Is there real motion or is it just water currents?
Synura is colonial algae. They have flagella, so are capable of motion as a colony.
by macnmotion
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:42 am
Forum: Microscopy accessories
Topic: 1/4 wave filter source
Replies: 13
Views: 1736

Re: 1/4 wave filter source

I've bought 1/4 lambda wave plate filters from the following seller on ebay. I don't see 60mm listed but maybe you can contact them and ask if that's something they can get for you. https://www.ebay.com/str/techno2020?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=4AmZanewT1m&sssrc=3418065&ssuid=Li8...
by macnmotion
Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:07 pm
Forum: Beginner's corner
Topic: New Technique
Replies: 4
Views: 463

Re: New Technique

That was a good read :-)
by macnmotion
Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:02 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Soy Sauce landscape
Replies: 5
Views: 465

Re: Soy Sauce landscape

Very nice crystal and image.
by macnmotion
Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:35 pm
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Vorticella from my jar
Replies: 2
Views: 247

Re: Vorticella from my jar

Very nice. Definitely looks oblique to me.
by macnmotion
Sat Feb 17, 2024 12:55 am
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Unknown freshwater ciliate
Replies: 3
Views: 569

Re: Unknown freshwater ciliate

We see a stiff, domed cell, with a long AZM, strong caudal cirri and no marginal cirri . It's Euplotes sp., seen from the dorsal aspect. The critter is in some distress: the contractile vacuole is distended, the caudal cirri are rather floppy, and the cell is spinning erratically. Thank you Bruce. ...
by macnmotion
Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:34 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Nassula Ornata
Replies: 6
Views: 443

Re: Nassula Ornata

Just beautiful!
by macnmotion
Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:15 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Spirostomum in BF and DF
Replies: 23
Views: 4260

Re: Spirostomum in BF and DF

charlie g wrote:
Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:01 am
OOps, microplan...I guess you did not see my request for info on your dense ciliate population wet mount slide.

Again, microplan, thanks for this thread. charlie g
Sometimes the layout of this old-style message board can make it very difficult to follow who is saying what to whom :-)
by macnmotion
Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:16 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: New for me: Dendrosoma_radians a Suctoria
Replies: 6
Views: 422

Re: New for me: Dendrosoma_radians a Suctoria

Wow that's very cool.
by macnmotion
Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:56 pm
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Spirostomum in BF and DF
Replies: 23
Views: 4260

Re: Spirostomum in BF and DF

charlie g wrote:
Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:52 pm
I'll be a pest, macnmotion..did you encounter a bloom of these elegant ciliates...if so from where in your home areas?
I wasn't the OP so I don't know ow the source of the protists. I responded to one portion of your question in the hopes that it might be helpful.
by macnmotion
Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:58 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Spirostomum in BF and DF
Replies: 23
Views: 4260

Re: Spirostomum in BF and DF

Nice videos...they raise the question for me of how ( with such large protists)..does a microscopist image capture detailed resolution of the cilia and contractile structures..and keep a sense of the entire ciliate. What I usually do is image the organism at wide angle (for me, that's usually a 10x...
by macnmotion
Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:57 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Spirostomum in BF and DF
Replies: 23
Views: 4260

Re: Spirostomum in BF and DF

Nice videos...they raise the question for me of how ( with such large protists)..does a microscopist image capture detailed resolution of the cilia and contractile structures..and keep a sense of the entire ciliate. What I usually do is image the organism at wide angle (for me, that's usually a 10x...
by macnmotion
Mon Feb 12, 2024 4:40 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: "Spathidium"
Replies: 4
Views: 363

Re: "Spathidium"

Nice capture!
by macnmotion
Sat Feb 10, 2024 5:36 am
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Unknown freshwater ciliate
Replies: 3
Views: 569

Unknown freshwater ciliate

Can anyone identify this ciliate? Freshwater sample from a large water planter at a local park in Bangkok. Ciliate is about 35-40 microns in length.

by macnmotion
Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:00 am
Forum: For forum members who want to buy and sell equipment
Topic: asking advice on purchase of a finte optics cmpnd scope
Replies: 4
Views: 658

Re: Hoping to contact Charlie G re: microscope

charlie g wrote:
Fri Feb 09, 2024 2:45 am

Quality 160 TL (finite optics) monocular scopes..I have plenty to offer low cost+shipping cost...also occulars, objectives, microscopy glassware.
You don't happen to have a Nikon 0.52 condenser for the TMD Diaphot (circa 1985) laying around, do you?
by macnmotion
Fri Feb 09, 2024 2:00 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: "Vorticella"
Replies: 2
Views: 262

Re: "Vorticella"

Nice! I love the vortex at the end.
by macnmotion
Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:58 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Closterium.
Replies: 2
Views: 248

Re: Closterium.

Nice video, and a very good look at the gypsum crystals at the ends.
by macnmotion
Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:56 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Loxodes ciliate
Replies: 2
Views: 281

Re: Loxodes ciliate

Very nice capture!