Soap Skin - unusual

Ernst Hippe · Post by **Ernst Hippe** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 3:33 am

Hello colour friends,
this epi-illumination picture is taken from the thin skin of a colourless clear hair shampoo:

It existed only a few seconds. I was amazed and like to share it with you.
Ernst

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:45 am

beautiful

Cactusdave · Post by **Cactusdave** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:07 am

Remarkable how the dark area resembles the structure of a single celled organism. Nucleus, nucleoli, membranes, vacuoles, organelles all there. Even the ruffled outer 'membrane' reminds me of motile eukaryotic cells in culture.

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 7:58 am

Very nice!

Rogelio

fpelectronica · Post by **fpelectronica** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:43 am

Beautiful image and colors
Epi-illumination ... polarization, DIC?
Francisco

soldevilla · Post by **soldevilla** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 9:03 am

Fantastic!!!!

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 2:41 pm

beautiful!!

Ernst Hippe · Post by **Ernst Hippe** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:34 am

Hi,
thanks a lot for all your nice comments, even more for the various associations! These are especially interesting for me, as also with e.g. crystals: imagination challenge...
Francisco: no polarization, no DIC. Here comes some illustration:

Regards Ernst

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 10:40 am

Fantastic shot

harisA · Post by **harisA** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 11:38 am

very beautiful image.I was wondering how you manage to put the cover slip between the specimen and the objective.

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 8:10 pm

Ernst,

Just great!

Beauty in such a "simple" common subject.
(Also reminds me of some of Ecki's beautifully stained plant sections).

Ernst Hippe · Post by **Ernst Hippe** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 12:50 am

harisA,
my 4x Achromat with its 17mm working distance allows sufficient space for the 18mm diagonal!
Ernst

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 12:55 am

This is a beautiful image, and thank you very much for the diagram of how it was done!

--Rik

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:00 am

harisA wrote:very beautiful image.I was wondering how you manage to put the cover slip between the specimen and the objective.

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... 114#134114

harisA · Post by **harisA** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 5:22 am

Pau wrote:
harisA wrote:very beautiful image.I was wondering how you manage to put the cover slip between the specimen and the objective.
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... 114#134114

Thank you Pau.That's what i was asking for.

Thank you Ernst for sharing your setup with us.