Starfish Larvae

Raul G · Post by **Raul G** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 2:20 pm

I found these beautiful creatures floating around the plankton near Espiritu Santo Island.
Darkfield works great with transparent subjects like this one!!!

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:37 pm

Raul,

The lighting is superb! Not being familiar with the subject, I have no sense of scale at all. What's a rough estimate of the size?

Raul G · Post by **Raul G** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:11 pm

Tnx Charlie,
The field is 2.5 mm wide (aprox 100X). For the light; I used two custom made, resin casted condensers for illuminating from both sides, so it is more like an "oblique" resource than a darkfield one.

Let me share with you the setup: