More from the Mecan River

[rnabholz]

More from the Mecan River.

AO 10, Ortho Illuminator, 100x Plan Achro Iris, 214 Darkfield Condenser, Canon 70D, Single Frames. Captured under green filtration and converted to grayscale in post.

Cymbella 76µm tip to center

Mecan River Cymbella 2612.JPG (71.16 KiB) Viewed 4344 times

Navicula 64µm

Mecan River Navicula 2614.JPG (45.25 KiB) Viewed 4344 times

This one I believe to be a Pinnularia, but have never seen it presented looking like this, so please feel free to correct the ID.

Pinnularia? 107µm

Mecan River Pinnularia 2597.JPG (57.17 KiB) Viewed 4344 times

And finally this Frustulia which I thought was striking in grayscale and in color, so here are both views

Frustulia 87µm

Mecan River Frustulia 2604.JPG (55.88 KiB) Viewed 4344 times

Mecan River Frustulia 2603.JPG (61.89 KiB) Viewed 4344 times

[JimT]

They get better and better.

[zzffnn]

All are very good. The Cymbella is probably as good as it can get.

[rnabholz]

Thanks Jim and zz

[gekko]

As superb as the rest of your diatom images; beautiful details and sharpness I especially enjoy what I would describe as the "luminosity"

[vasselle]

Bonjour
Superbes images avec de très beaux détails.
Cordialement seb

[rnabholz]

Merci Seb.

Gekko, thank you for all of your comments today, you are very kind. Luminosity is a good word I think, and I agree they appeal to me in the same way.

Thanks again.

Rod

[einman]

Yes. Superb. Just goes to show the quality you can get even with an older AO10. Love the fact you are utilizing an Ortho Illuminator.

[rnabholz]

Yes. Superb. Just goes to show the quality you can get even with an older AO10. Love the fact you are utilizing an Ortho Illuminator.

Thanks Einman. As you say, a 10 with an OI makes a very capable rig, and with a little Ebay bargain hunting you can pick up a 10 for less than $100 and an OI for about the same. Show me how you can make $200 go further, that's only about $2 a pound..... ;^)

[billben74]

Nice pics (all of them) - first one is a real peach.
Also nice to see such top notch images made with modest kit.

[rnabholz]

Thanks Bill

[Manfred]

Rod,
genial, speziell Bild 1 ähnelt beinahe einer Aufnahme unter dem Elektronenmikroskop.

[rnabholz]

Rod,
genial, speziell Bild 1 ähnelt beinahe einer Aufnahme unter dem Elektronenmikroskop.

Vielen Dank Manfred.