Arachnoidiscus ehrenbergi

[75RR]

Picked up my mail yesterday

Neofluar 25x/0.60µm, Pol at extinction + condenser wollaston prism # II (4 stack stitch in photoshop) Camera set to B/W

Planapo 63x/1.4, COL + Pol at extinction. Camera set to B/W

[sinabro]

Very nice and Beautiful

[75RR]

Thanks sinabro, they are quite amazing diatoms

Just rediscovered a 2017 post by hkv that seriously raises the bar!

I will of course be making several more attempts to capture its beauty - however, I can't see how I will get near to what hkv has done.

Still, half the fun is seeing how far one can get. Microscopy is a bit like golf, you play against the course.

This is hkv's post: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4831&p=44204

[MichaelG.]

Thanks sinabro, they are quite amazing diatoms

Just rediscovered a 2017 post by hkv that seriously raises the bar!

I will of course be making several more attempts to capture its beauty - however, I can't see how I will get near to what hkv has done.

Still, half the fun is seeing how far one can get. Microscopy is a bit like golf, you play against the course.

This is hkv's post: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4831&p=44204

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Your images are mighty impressive ... Unfortunately I can’t see any of the benchmark images in that 2017 thread. [will try again later]

MichaelG.

[75RR]

Thanks MichaelG.

Should be visible - try this:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/micromund ... otostream/

[MichaelG.]

I see what you mean

Thanks for the additional link

MichaelG.

[75RR]

No problem. Like the fact that the image has even more magnification.

Here is a link that Arachnoidiscus fans might find interesting: https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... her_Nature

[c-krebs]

Excellent. IMO this is right up there at the "bar".

[MichaelG.]

Here is a link that Arachnoidiscus fans might find interesting: https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... her_Nature

Thanks for the link; I have just downloaded it

... That’s today’s reading & pondering material sorted

MichaelG.

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P.S. __ I was struggling to interpret the handwriting on your slide, but I presume the mountant is Styrax

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/ind ... lide2.html

[75RR]

Many thanks c-krebs, most kind.

P.S. __ I was struggling to interpret the handwriting on your slide, but I presume the mountant is Styrax

I read it as styrax as well.

[Wes]

The 25x shot is really nice to look at, would look awesome in a frame on the wall.

While I like the BW I do wonder what it looks like in color..

[75RR]

Thanks Wes

[RobBerdan]

Beautiful detail in the Diatom - thanks for sharing.
RB

[Seb28]

Great images.

[75RR]

Many thanks RobBerdan and Seb28, very kind.

[KD Arvidsson]

You are the master 75RR //KD

[Sabatini]

Simply wonderful

Thank you