The cuticle of Paramecium!

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:30 am

Hi,
take a look this paramecium showing the gridded cuticle!
obb. 40x Phase and DIC. canon 600d
best
Arturo

René · Post by **René** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:48 am

that is gorgeous, Arturo, never seen it so well visible!

Rene

Starshade · Post by **Starshade** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:09 am

Cool! Is the ciliate that flat or you did a little stacking?

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:34 am

Excellent texture and a nice comparation between phase and DIC.

How did you convince this fast creature to pose?

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:31 pm

René wrote:that is gorgeous, Arturo, never seen it so well visible!

Rene

many thanks

arturo

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:32 pm

Starshade wrote:Cool! Is the ciliate that flat or you did a little stacking?

..only a single shot..no stacking!
best
arturo

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:36 pm

Pau wrote:Excellent texture and a nice comparation between phase and DIC.

How did you convince this fast creature to pose?

hi Pau,
the coverglass make a good job...curiosly this paramecium did not explode like others under coverglass!

best
arturo

Cactusdave · Post by **Cactusdave** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:05 pm

Great image, congratulations. Just the right amount of pressure from the coverslip I guess. Never seen the pellicle as beautifully as this, let alone photographed it.

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:10 pm

Beautiful texture!

Rogelio

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:27 pm

many thanks

arturo