Interesting image with nano particles almost. I noticed you used tape to transfer the particles from the skin to the tape. That reminded me of another story. Not sure if you are familiar with the Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson who made a few very published SEM images back in the 80s (National...

Something a bit different from my usual microscopy images, but more related to my day job (dermatology). This was something I did a few years ago. I spread some skin cream with a high level of polymer microspheres in it onto my leg - these were in there to give it a nice skin feel - and once the cre...

Great images. The Surirella could be S. undulata.

Hi David, I'm interested in the 4x Nikon please. Will drop you a PM. Thanks. Jonathan

Thanks all. Yes, a nice pleasing shape to image.

Cheers Beats. Yes I understand this rather an uncommon one.

A slide by Samuel Meakin of Auliscus ralfsianus from Conset, Barbados. 3 examples on the slide. Olympus BHB microscope using 450nm light and bright field illumination with an Olympus Aplanat Achromat condenser. Main stack, using a 63x Leitz Pl Apo NA 1.40 objective with oil immersion. 49 images stac...

Very nice Beats.

Thanks Beats. Yes, I've seen plenty of broken ones, often as you mentioned with the central ring intact. This was the most intact one on this slide, and of the other few Allan's Farm strew slides I've got. It's a beautiful form, and I was really happy (and surprised) when it appeared as I was scanni...

One from a strew slide from Allan's Farm, prepared by Bernard Hartley. Brightwellia coronata . Almost complete - this is about as complete a one as I have seen in the slides I've got, usually it is just fragments. Olympus BHB microscope using 450nm light. 63x Leitz Pl Apo NA 1.40 objective with oil ...

Fab photo Beats, the stereo really does make it pop.

Beautiful images Beats.

Here's a few of the images I've have been working on recently. Diatoms from Oamaru sites from a range of slides. Olympus BHB microscope, using 450nm light. Details below each image. Naming based on the slide label and to the best of my ability. Reduced in resolution for sharing here. 2023-12-17-03.0...

Beatsy, not quite the same contrast as yours, but this was my go using a 63x Leitz NA 1.40 Plan Apo objective, and 365nm light - https://jmcscientificconsulting.com/uv-microscopy-high-resolution-imaging-poroids-in-pinnularia-diatoms/ You still got all the details though, NA is the thing. Great resu...

Beatsy, not quite the same contrast as yours, but this was my go using a 63x Leitz NA 1.40 Plan Apo objective, and 365nm light - https://jmcscientificconsulting.com/uv- ... a-diatoms/