Phlox

JH · Post by JH » Wed May 03, 2017 1:07 pm

Phlox

Mitutoyo M plan 5x and 20x, Canon 6D, Zerene stacker.

Best regards Jörgen Hellberg

zzffnn · Post by **zzffnn** » Wed May 03, 2017 1:22 pm

Beautifully done! Thank you.

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Wed May 03, 2017 11:09 pm

Very nice, first super !

Johann · Post by **Johann** » Wed May 03, 2017 11:50 pm

Amazing - super job

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Thu May 04, 2017 1:12 pm

Very nice!

JH · Post by JH » Sat May 06, 2017 5:32 am

Thanks for the nice comments!

The last picture is a crop from the stereo so the 20x delivers a lot of detail.
Best regards Jörgen Helllberg

hkv · Post by **hkv** » Sat May 06, 2017 8:46 am

Super images! Colors are fantastic! Thanks for sharing!

JH · Post by JH » Sun May 07, 2017 10:08 am

Thanks hkv

Pollen are quite difficult. Nikon Mplan ELWD 100x, 250x on sensor.

Best regards
Jörgen

JH · Post by JH » Sun May 07, 2017 11:13 am

I do like to take photos of plants. At high magnification, some of the most interesting details are the pollen grains. They are quite easy to observe but annoyingly difficult to stack. I normally do fresh unmounted pollen grains and uses diverse types of light diffused LED, EPI, DF. After buying those UV Convoy LEDs (Thanks Charles!) I had one more option. It turned out that in some situations I can get quit a decent pollen picture with those UV-LEDs and a Baader Fringe Killer filter.

Best regards Jörgen Hellberg

zzffnn · Post by **zzffnn** » Sun May 07, 2017 12:26 pm

Jörgen,

What makes pollen grains difficult to stack - perhaps out-of-focus halos (contamination from layers above and below the in-focus layer)?

And how do you overcome those difficulties - do you do layers of Pmax stacks (photos 1-10 as stack layer #1, photos 11-20 as stack layer #2, ect) then combine all layers in a final stack?

Thank you for sharing!

JH · Post by JH » Sun May 07, 2017 12:39 pm

zzffnn wrote:Jörgen,

What makes pollen grains difficult to stack - perhaps out-of-focus halos (contamination from layers above and below the in-focus layer)?

And how do you overcome those difficulties - do you do layers of Pmax stacks (photos 1-10 as stack layer #1, photos 11-20 as stack layer #2, ect) then combine all layers in a final stack?

Thank you for sharing!

Yes usually a lot of work with halos and transparent surfaces. A lot of pictures goes directly to the dustbin. But the auto fluorescence pollen grains stacked nicely.

Regards Jörgen

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Mon May 08, 2017 10:42 pm

Excellent set of images! Thanks for posting these.

WalterD · Post by **WalterD** » Tue May 09, 2017 11:34 am

Excellent and inspiring; number one is my favourite.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Thu May 11, 2017 5:34 am

Excellent!