Euglena phacus in polarized light

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Sun May 15, 2011 11:13 pm

Lumipan - CZJ old microscope
10 X Olympus Splan apo
10 X PK CZJ eyepiece
Polarized light (with retarders)

Marek M.

discomorphella · Post by **discomorphella** » Sun May 15, 2011 11:39 pm

Hi Marek--

Wow. Incredible maltese cross figures on all the starch grains in your euglena. That's the most birefringent euglena I've ever seen. Great shot.

David

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Mon May 16, 2011 3:40 am

Vey nice!

Rogelio

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Mon May 16, 2011 5:12 pm

That's a real beauty!

Was it a large specimen or cropped a great deal? Seems pretty big in the frame for a 10X objective.

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Wed May 18, 2011 2:01 am

Charlie,

You are right. It was my mistake if about objective. It was the most probably Olympus 40 x s planachromat. This picture was taken some time ago so I must have done not good data.

Regards

Marek

Ernst Hippe · Post by **Ernst Hippe** » Wed May 18, 2011 5:58 am

Hi Marek,
great picture! Shows once more that it's worthwhile to use polarization with biological objects.
Regards
Ernst

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Wed May 18, 2011 10:51 am

Thank you all for the very nice comments.

Ernst,
I agree with you if about using polarized light to biological objects. It gives amazing colours of various structures.
I know you like photographying microcrystals (the one from your earlier post was very beautiful). I like photographying microcrystals too. It is very exciting looking for "landscapes" and other things from our regular world in crystals. Sometimes it reminds me art creating. That's why I like it very much.

Marek