Thanks for that Charles. That 60X prism must be rarer than hens teeth! I have the Nic/Phase condenser which limits me to S Plan 10, 20, 40, 100 but I believe I can use APO at 100X too.

David

Very nice!

Stunning images and lovely light and detail. I was wondering which 60x objective you use, does it have a dedicated DIC prism?

David

Thanks for the encouraging remarks.

David

The last two are stunning images!

They look very alien.

Very nice!

Thanks for the comments.

David

I's still experimenting with my polarizing scope and the novelty hasn't worn off yet (apologies to those for whom it has :) ) Here is a crop of the scales on the back of a tiny freshwater shrimp in cross polarised light with a full wave plate inserted. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/2...

Merci pour l'explication.

Cordialement David

I like these, the oblique lighting is very effective. Can you just dissolve standard tablets of paracetamol or do you need pure paracetamol?

These are fungal spores of a Laccaria species. They are around 9 microns across with spines of around 1 micron in length. A two image stack. 100x oil objective in DIC.

A beautiful set, I love the first one.

Thanks for the kind comments.

It's very relaxing to watch and must be hard to follow so smoothly at 100X.

Wow! Great images. Amazing colours.