Interesting! This stimulated my thinking. Looking at elf's design it is obvious that the purpose of the stepped design is to let light rays hitting the sides of the tube be reflected back in the same direktion they came from, instead of beeing diffused in all directions including the optics and sens...

Interesting.
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Beautiful! Look slike candy.
Next step must be a stacked time lapse video

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wonderful pictures and engaging description.
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Nice to hear.

I was lycky to catch a photo of the extremely rare Dancing Moss Witch



Never photographed before.
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Yes, it is indeed a flie. The short, fat club-shaped antennas with a thin whip are characteristic. But you need an expert to tell which of the thousands of flies you have got.

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Thank you. I appreciate your comments.

I had difficulties with adjusting the light using flash so now I tried fixed light. I think this is a step forward compared with my earlier trials. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/5507_Porcellio_201606_ZS_J_1.jpg A big youghurt cup (½ l with strawberry) covering the animal as diffusor....

A very nice and instructive picture of the tiny tubes which absorb oxygen from the Water and cunducts it via the larger trachea into the body.

Nice. You have a steady hand!
If just the butterfly could keep its wings as steady!

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Beautiful! That light is magic.

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Your pictures are pure art.

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Thanks for the replies.
I tried searching eBay but could not find any looking like these. I suppose it is beceause they usually follow the microscope and are not sold separately.

I will try to find a reasonable price.

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I recently bought a nice "aus Jena" SM-XX stereo microscope on eBay. The seller claimed it would be supplied with two sets of eyepieces. It turned out that one of the sets did not belong to this microscope. My new microscope use 34 mm oculars but the second set was 30 mm. and a different optical des...