Butterfly scales as close as I can get with my rig

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pwnell
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Butterfly scales as close as I can get with my rig

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Butterfly wing scales by Waldo Nell, on Flickr
Butterfly wing scales, 100x, DIC

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Butterfly wing scales by Waldo Nell, on Flickr
Butterfly wing scales, 100x, DIC

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Butterfly wing scales by Waldo Nell, on Flickr
Butterfly wing scales, 100x, DIC

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Post by ChrisR »

That's impressive! Stuck to the underside of a coverslip?
What objective is that, Waldo?
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ChrisR wrote:That's impressive! Stuck to the underside of a coverslip?
What objective is that, Waldo?
Well, between the slide and a coverslip yes. I did use a small trick - I did not use water between the slip and slide, I used immersion oil. That worked better with the scales as these scales are hydrophobic.

It is the Olympus UPLSAPO100XO;U PLAN S-APO 100X OIL OBJ, NA 1.40 and of course the oil condenser.

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Post by kit1980 »

Very nice!
Thanks for mentioning your oil "trick".
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Wow, these are lovely. Not only a technical masterpiece but also very artistic.

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Very sharp and beautiful images

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Post by pwnell »

Thanks for looking.

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Post by Cactusdave »

Excellent. The detail in the first and last shots is exceptional for a conventional light microscope.
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