Daisy and Lily pollen. Some in stereo.

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Thu Jun 30, 2016 1:57 am

The first three are Lily pollen.

This was with an Olympus MD Plan 80/0.90 and the 1.67X NFK. Magnification on Canon 50D sensor was 128X. BH2-UMA vertical illuminator with crossed pols.

This stereo was with an Olympus MS Plan 100/0.95 and the 1.67X NFK. Magnification on sensor was 167X. BH2-UMA vertical illuminator with crossed pols.

I picked a Daisy from our "garden", and spent quite a bit of time photographing the tiny individual flowers that make up the central disk. Inevitably I started looking at the white petals where a few grains of pollen had settled (a common "theme" for me). The white petals had a fascinating and varied surface structure.

50/0.50 MPLFLN Olympus. 83.5X on sensor. Canon 50D.

Don't know the name of this bright red flower we planted years ago. But the filament (holding the anther) had a great looking texture.

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Thu Jun 30, 2016 3:09 am

Charlie, stunning photos !
All of them are superb, but my favourite is the second one from the daisy set. The surface of petal looks like odd mountains

Great job, as usuall.

Marek

zzffnn · Post by **zzffnn** » Thu Jun 30, 2016 5:09 am

Amazing photos! Thank you for sharing!

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Thu Jun 30, 2016 6:04 am

Excellent!

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Thu Jun 30, 2016 6:08 am

SUPER !!!

fpelectronica · Post by **fpelectronica** » Thu Jun 30, 2016 7:25 am

Very nice!

JH · Post by JH » Thu Jun 30, 2016 12:17 pm

As usuall - inspiring and very nice.
Regards Jörgen

Cactusdave · Post by **Cactusdave** » Thu Jun 30, 2016 1:12 pm

Exceptional. Great lighting and composition. Nice to see the Canon 50D is still going strong!

KurtM · Post by **KurtM** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 7:43 am

Absolutely beautiful! Love pollen pics, and really dig stereos. Thanks for posting!!