Mosquito larva in polarized light once again

Starshade · Post by **Starshade** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:37 am

The second picture in slightly higher resolution available at: http://notes-from-dreamworlds.blogspot. ... -once.html

I am still wondering - I haven't touched the microscope since October, how comes I keep discovering pictures in my collection?

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:50 am

how comes I keep discovering pictures in my collection?

Now that seems to me like a sign of aging.

Beautiful images, both, but I am partial to the first one.

Litonotus · Post by **Litonotus** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:55 am

the first one is great! any technical details...?

Starshade · Post by **Starshade** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:59 am

Thank you guys,

-Zeiss Axioscope A1, polarization setup, crossed polarizers
-wrong DIC prism for the first image
-10x
-a day of non stop shooting

Stacks of cra*loads of pictures... Every image is stitched out of 5 stacks.

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:30 am

Simply wonderful, especially the first one !

Marek

Cactusdave · Post by **Cactusdave** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:13 am

Lovely images. The illumination is excellent and beautifully managed.

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:32 pm

Very nice! the lighting on the fisrt one is amazing.

Rogelio

Starshade · Post by **Starshade** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:23 pm

Thank you everyone!

Though I kind of like the darkfield version more and thought that it was 100 times better than the bightfield version.

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 1:42 am

nice specimen, and beautiful pictures