I was going through one of the samples I collected last week... chasing some paramecium bursaria at a high magnification, when this lovely diatom slowly moved through the view. It was one of those serendipitous moments when, without planning, a nice looking subject moved through a nice background and I grabbed a quick shot. Looking at the picture later, I really liked the "feel" of the image. I did not add a scale bar, but the picture is of an area that measures 106 by 70 micron.
Olympus 100/1.40 S Plan Apo, Canon 350D, DIC with electronic flash
Cruising diatom
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- Charles Krebs
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I remember in my reef aquarium I used to see brown slime on the glass sometimes, which I thought was a brown algae, but turned out to be a brown diatom bloom. They are such interesting creatures and you always capture them so beautifully Charles
Take Nothing but Pictures--Leave Nothing but Footprints.
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