Volvox aureus

ralfwagner · Post by **ralfwagner** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:26 pm

Hello,

Volvox is and surely will be one of my favorite microsubjects. Recently there was a bloom of volvox in my garden pond and so here are two shots in darkfield technique together with electronic flash:

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:40 pm

Very nice. I have yet to find one of these.

ralfwagner · Post by **ralfwagner** » Mon May 02, 2011 11:44 am

Mitch640 wrote:Very nice. I have yet to find one of these.

My favorite locations are sunny eutrophic ponds and there between algae and duck weed. Easy to concentrate from the water with the aid of planctonnet (a nylon coffeefilter is a simple but effective solution). Volvox is not seldom and can be found all over the world, mainly in spring.

gjones · Post by **gjones** » Mon May 02, 2011 11:54 am

They are sure beautiful. I could watch them roll around all day and not get bored.

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Mon May 02, 2011 1:07 pm

I have a nice net on a 4 foot handle, and we have the kind of ponds here that you describe. I'll get out and see if I can find some soon..