Transmitted Light Tardigrade

protist_shepard · Post by **protist_shepard** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 10:52 am

Found this little guy blocking out the bright field, so I moved my flash to transmit to the top of the stage, didn't know they could be red.

grgh · Post by **grgh** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 1:10 am

love the shots.
fascinating little blighters. but oh so elusive for me. well done.

grgh · Post by **grgh** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 10:00 am

not sure but think they may be Echiniscus tardigrades.

Franz Neidl · Post by **Franz Neidl** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 12:44 pm

Interesting pictures! (It is very difficult to make photographs from the Tardigrades)
By the way: If somebody is interested in Tardigrades, there is a monthly online-journal about them, mad with love and knowglede. It's in German, but everibody will understand the interesting pictures:
http://www.baertierchen.de/archiv.html

Franz

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:34 am

Thanks for sharing this - never seen one in colour before.

I can never get over how indestructible they are... But you can squish them dead. Such a contradiction. Shows you that fragility and hardiness are not opposites.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:06 pm

Excellent

canonian · Post by **canonian** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 4:07 am

grgh wrote:...not sure but think they may be Echiniscus tardigrades.

...or maybe Tardigrada Ramazzottius, which is also very common.
You can be fairly sure by determing the shape of the claw in photo #3.
Not very clear but it led me to assume it's Ramazzottius.

Very nice photo's and well lit ! 2nd is my favourite.

protist_shepard · Post by **protist_shepard** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 3:25 pm

Thanks guys, here's a compilation of the other shots I took during this shoot. Surprised I got the "face" somewhat in focus.

Transmitted Light Tardigrade

Transmitted Light Tardigrade

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