A few Practicing photos (pollen)

Sam236 · Post by **Sam236** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 1:01 am

My microscope is not yet complete, still need some part of the fluorescence system. here I haven taken some photos using the transmitted light.
Subject is Pollen
Specific name: convolvulus. (they are relative large compare to other few hundreds of specimens I have)

taken with splan FL 2x

taken with splan 4x

Taken with splan 20x

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 8:06 am

What are those irregular shapes around the pollen?

Sam236 · Post by **Sam236** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 1:30 pm

the irregular shapes are the stain, some caused by part of the stain dried up, and some is b/c air trapped inside? I guess.

Sam236 · Post by **Sam236** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:03 am

this is an update for the same pollen:

Taken with Splan 100x oil

the small pores on the pollen are revealed.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:52 am

How perfect is the pollen!

Sam236 · Post by **Sam236** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 3:35 pm

They all have different shape and textures. The only way to see the details is to use 100x with oil. 40x is still difficult to see the surface details.