Back from hiatus!!
Back from hiatus!!
Hello all!
It has been a VERY long time since i posted, I've been away from the hobby for well over a year with my last posts being back in September 2016. Work has kept me away from home but for now i am back and of course, just in time for winter to freeze all the streams and ponds in my area! -24c the other night!
Still determined i managed to grab some samples, re-setup all my equipment (relearn everything) and snap a few pictures. I am still playing around with getting everything 100% up and running but i wanted to share my first venture back!!
Taken on my AO20, Oblique Illumination, Planapo 40x .80, 7 Image stack.
Thanks for viewing and it is really nice to be back!
It has been a VERY long time since i posted, I've been away from the hobby for well over a year with my last posts being back in September 2016. Work has kept me away from home but for now i am back and of course, just in time for winter to freeze all the streams and ponds in my area! -24c the other night!
Still determined i managed to grab some samples, re-setup all my equipment (relearn everything) and snap a few pictures. I am still playing around with getting everything 100% up and running but i wanted to share my first venture back!!
Taken on my AO20, Oblique Illumination, Planapo 40x .80, 7 Image stack.
Thanks for viewing and it is really nice to be back!
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Karl
AO21 with Canon M3
AO21 with Canon M3
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Re: Back from hiatus!!
Welcome back! It is evident that you haven't forgotten how to take marvelous images!
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Cameras: Canon T3i, Olympus E-P1 MFT, Amscope 3mp USB
LOMO BIOLAM L-2-2
LOMO POLAM L-213 / BIOLAM L-211 hybrid
LOMO Multiscope (Biolam)
Cameras: Canon T3i, Olympus E-P1 MFT, Amscope 3mp USB
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Re: Back from hiatus!!
That's beautiful! Something to aspire to with my own AO 20. How do you accomplish oblique lighting with the AO 20?
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Appreciate the kind words Eddie! It's really nice to dive back into it!
Michael - Thanks! For oblique i use homemade filters that fit directly into the condenser. Details of my setup can be found here:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3606&p=33256&hilit ... ask#p33256
The origin and inspiration for the filters stems from this topic here:
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=2686&hilit=van+egmondl
I have some .TIFF files of the filters i have made based on Rods original designs which i am more than happy to provide for anyone who wants them! They're too big to post here but i can email them you if you want to play around with them!
Michael - Thanks! For oblique i use homemade filters that fit directly into the condenser. Details of my setup can be found here:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3606&p=33256&hilit ... ask#p33256
The origin and inspiration for the filters stems from this topic here:
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=2686&hilit=van+egmondl
I have some .TIFF files of the filters i have made based on Rods original designs which i am more than happy to provide for anyone who wants them! They're too big to post here but i can email them you if you want to play around with them!
Karl
AO21 with Canon M3
AO21 with Canon M3
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Re: Back from hiatus!!
Thanks for the links! I have mined the forms for any reference I could find for AO 20s but apparently I didn't do a very thorough job.
I don't have the 1240 condenser (waiting to find one reasonably priced) but I do have the single annulus condenser. I would definitely appreciate getting that tiffs from you. mike at mikeworks.com.
Thanks!
Michael
I don't have the 1240 condenser (waiting to find one reasonably priced) but I do have the single annulus condenser. I would definitely appreciate getting that tiffs from you. mike at mikeworks.com.
Thanks!
Michael
McConkey wrote:Appreciate the kind words Eddie! It's really nice to dive back into it!
Michael - Thanks! For oblique i use homemade filters that fit directly into the condenser. Details of my setup can be found here:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3606&p=33256&hilit ... ask#p33256
The origin and inspiration for the filters stems from this topic here:
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=2686&hilit=van+egmondl
I have some .TIFF files of the filters i have made based on Rods original designs which i am more than happy to provide for anyone who wants them! They're too big to post here but i can email them you if you want to play around with them!
Re: Back from hiatus!!
Email sent! Looking forward to seeing what you get out them!
Karl
AO21 with Canon M3
AO21 with Canon M3
Re: Back from hiatus!!
Bonjour
Très belle image
Cordialement seb
Très belle image
Cordialement seb
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welcome back to the frozen north, Karl. your rotifer has the chilblains, I think....... extremely nicely photographed , chilblains at that.
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Nice to have you back.
Nice image.
Nice image.
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Seb, Francisco, Ian and Ben - Thank you! I really appreciate the kind words! Its great to be back and hear i'm on the right path!
Phil - aha chillblains is an understatement! I spent a good 20min with my hands in a semi-frozen stream collecting samples! I don't know how these guys survive these types of temperatures! I collected another sample yesterday in -18 and had a baby duck swim past like it was no problem! Frozen North indeed!!
Phil - aha chillblains is an understatement! I spent a good 20min with my hands in a semi-frozen stream collecting samples! I don't know how these guys survive these types of temperatures! I collected another sample yesterday in -18 and had a baby duck swim past like it was no problem! Frozen North indeed!!
Karl
AO21 with Canon M3
AO21 with Canon M3