Epsom Salt

TravisH · Post by **TravisH** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 5:12 pm

Since I am new to doing photography my microscopy I thought i would start off with something simple that I had around the house, and try a bit of focus-stacking as well (since the DOF is so shallow).

I decided to have a play with a single piece of Epsom Salt and was happy overall with how it came out (for a first try). Still lots to learn but I will keep playing and see what interesting other things I can find around the house

I liked the detail on the salt more than anything else

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carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:11 pm

Hi.
Interesting photo
Microscope?
Objective?
Epi?
Camera?

TravisH · Post by **TravisH** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:35 pm

Hi Carlos,

Thanks for the reply, the Microscope was an Upright optical microscope (Radical - Indian), which has a 4X Semi-Plan (DF) objective which then ran into a trinocular head and through Amscope 30mm to DSLR adapter (2X Magnification).

The Camera is a crop factor (Nikon D5300) so it will do some magnification itself as well but it work out to about 8 - 10X I believe in magnification.

The camera was on manual, ISO 100, I think it was about 1-second exposure as well.

The NA for the objective is (apparently) 0.10

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:57 pm

Thank you Travis. How did you illuminate the object? darkfield?

TravisH · Post by **TravisH** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 10:36 pm

Yep, Indeed it was by darkfield illumination

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