Moss Study

Walter Piorkowski · Post by **Walter Piorkowski** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:36 pm

Two differant moss subjects.

Canon 10D
.7 inch B&H lens on extention tubes
stacked images at f/5.6
CombineZ, Photoshop

I return after a long absence with results from my new macrostand and my second favorite subject.
Walt

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:40 pm

Welcome back, Walt!

Care to show us some photos of your new macrostand? (Over in Technical, please.

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Really interesting textures in this moss. The featureless areas -- say in the left center bright green area of pic 1 -- do they really look like that or are we seeing another manifestation of what we've come to call "stacking mush"?

--Rik

Mike B in OKlahoma · Post by **Mike B in OKlahoma** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:43 pm

Interesting subject, and welcome back!

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:34 am

Hey Walt, where ya been? Glad to see ya back.

Great images of a favorite subject of mine also. Actually I am much more interested in what lives among these tiny plants, than the plants themselves. Looks like a couple of species of Mnium.

The leaves of these look pretty neat through the compound microscope, in that they are only one cell thick.

Walter Piorkowski · Post by **Walter Piorkowski** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:56 am

Thanks guys, it's good to be imaging again. No Rik, this is not stacking mush. It's operator error. I failed to calculate my rack out distance enough to pick up images out to the tip of the plant. I liked the image anyway and desided to post it.
Walt

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:22 pm

Hi Walter, we missed you, welcome back. Excellent photos. Great detail on the leaves. Only one cell thick

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:26 pm

Yep, only one silly cell thick.