Some salt crystals

[pwnell]

I thought I could make a stack of this salt crystal to understand its 3D topology, but alas - it only made it worse! Like one of those optical illusions. I think I should try it in stereo:

20120831-DSLR_IMG_0072-Edit.jpg by pwnell, on Flickr

This crystal looked like a portrait frame:

20120831-DSLR_IMG_0093-Edit.jpg by pwnell, on Flickr

So naturally I was asked by various female counterparts in my house to mount a coelacanth (I know this is not everyones cup of tea but I thought it looked cool):

20120831-20120831-DSLR_IMG_0093-Coelacanth.jpg by pwnell, on Flickr

Lastly, I played with some intermediate objective DIC slider settings and got this:

20120831-DSLR_IMG_0115.jpg by pwnell, on Flickr

All photos were taken under DIC with a 20x objective and between 1.6 and 2 times additional magnification.

[Jacek]

the first two photos of a wonderful, wow

[Marek Mis]

Waldo,

Excellent ! No more words.

Marek

[Pau]

Nice looking crystals, the two first ones are outstanding

So naturally I was asked by various female counterparts in my house to mount a coelacanth ...

various women at home so interested in coelacants... Maybe descendats of Miss Latimer?

[pwnell]

various women at home so interested in coelacants... Maybe descendats of Miss Latimer?

Hehe you would think so! But my guess is that the salt crystal "frame" looked old school - and a coelacanth is of just the right age to blend in perfectly

[pwnell]

Thanks for the kind comments. Still have a LOT to learn and like Marek told me, crystals are hard work. You can make ten slides and not find what you are looking for.

[RogelioMoreno]

Waldo,

Beautiful, specially #1 and #2.

Rogelio