Antique Diatom Arrangement
Antique Diatom Arrangement
Though I check in pretty much daily, I haven't participated in this forum a lot lately so thought I'd offer the results of a little mini-project that kept me amused on a recent rainy day. It started with an antique diatom slide that I won in an auction on you-know-where, which I am told is "by Hardman from the UK", labeled "Stictodiscus californicus" from "Santa Monica", and that's all I know about it at this time. I imagine it's circa 1890, give or take a decade or two? It's always awesome to hold a 100 year old slide in your hands, or at least it is to me. Plus it is, as you see, a very neat little arrangement, and one I am not averse to showing off a little. The project was to photograph it in a manner that gives the viewer the next best thing to holding it in his or her own hands for close inspection, and then having a look at it under the microscope.
Shooting information is given with each image below.
Shooting information is given with each image below.
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- Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens
- a 1-1-21 slide by Hardman from the UK.jpg (65.06 KiB) Viewed 4611 times
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- Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens
- b 1-1-21 slide by Hardman from the UK.jpg (49.53 KiB) Viewed 4611 times
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- Olympus Splanpo 10x/0.40 DIC 4 image stitch
- c 1-1-21 10x slide by Hardman from the UK.jpg (92.95 KiB) Viewed 4611 times
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- Olympus Splanpo 40/0.95 DIC 6 image stack
- d 1-1-21 40x slide by Hardman from the UK.jpg (118.41 KiB) Viewed 4611 times
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- Zeiss planapo 63/1.4 DIC 8 image stack
- f 1-2-21 60x slide by Hardman from the UK.jpg (106.65 KiB) Viewed 4611 times
Last edited by KurtM on Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:18 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas
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League City, Texas
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Re: Antique Diatom Arrangement
And one more, through the Nikon plan 100x/1.25
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- h 1-2-21 100x slide by Hardman from the UK.jpg (100.5 KiB) Viewed 4610 times
Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas
email: ngc704(at)gmail(dot)com
https://www.flickr.com/photos/67904872@ ... 912223623/
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas
email: ngc704(at)gmail(dot)com
https://www.flickr.com/photos/67904872@ ... 912223623/
Re: Antique Diatom Arrangement
That’s beautiful, Kurt
Thanks for sharing your images.
MichaelG.
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http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/ind ... rdman.html
Thanks for sharing your images.
MichaelG.
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http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/ind ... rdman.html
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Re: Antique Diatom Arrangement
Agree, lovely diatoms and great detail. Do like the arrangement as well.
Must say you led me on a merry chase looking for 'Strictodiscus californicus' as my browser (perhaps sensibly) does not check scientific names :)
Sticto = spotted (Had to look that up!)
Must say you led me on a merry chase looking for 'Strictodiscus californicus' as my browser (perhaps sensibly) does not check scientific names :)
Sticto = spotted (Had to look that up!)
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Re: Antique Diatom Arrangement
Very beautiful, 3D images !
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Really a very nice, historic diatom slide you are sharing Kurt.
Thank you very much!
Thank you very much!
Re: Antique Diatom Arrangement
Many thanks for the kind words, all!
75RR, my apologies for the misspelling, and thanks for the correction.
75RR, my apologies for the misspelling, and thanks for the correction.
Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas
email: ngc704(at)gmail(dot)com
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No worries :)
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Re: Antique Diatom Arrangement
Lovely!
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Re: Antique Diatom Arrangement
MichaelG., I failed to notice that you gave a link to an article on the diatomist Hardman - thought it was a tag line URL I guess. Thank you, it's most interesting! And in it, there's one point made that's particularly near and dear to my heart, and that I'd like to once again commend to the attention of this congregation:
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- Capture.JPG (38.58 KiB) Viewed 4484 times
Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas
email: ngc704(at)gmail(dot)com
https://www.flickr.com/photos/67904872@ ... 912223623/
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas
email: ngc704(at)gmail(dot)com
https://www.flickr.com/photos/67904872@ ... 912223623/
Re: Antique Diatom Arrangement
Excellent images Kurt. What microscope have you mounted your diverse objectives on?
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Re: Antique Diatom Arrangement
Howdy Wes. I'm currently using an Olympus BHS BH-2 with LED lamp and Zeiss rotating stage.
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Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas
email: ngc704(at)gmail(dot)com
https://www.flickr.com/photos/67904872@ ... 912223623/
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas
email: ngc704(at)gmail(dot)com
https://www.flickr.com/photos/67904872@ ... 912223623/
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Nice, I like the custom stage job.
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