
were cut short by the fact that submerging it in 50% alcohol for 3 hours was insufficient to kill/incapacitate it.
The focus stack I created had the following problems:
- too much reflection - I didn't use a diffused light source.
- The steps were probably too large (I was trying to go quickly because the tick was still moving on me.)
- Even though I was going as quickly as possible, the tick still moved.
- I covered the tick with a slide, not a slide cover (Probably the least of my problems.)
I was able to use about half the stack to get this:
