Haematococcus pluvialis (phase contrast)

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:05 pm

I was looking for an image made over four years ago, and while doing so came across a few that I had passed over at the time, but found that I liked.

This is one of them. I had a bird bath full of Haematococcus, and at the time was set up for phase contrast. As the water evaporated on the slide, they came together in a dense group.

rekuwi · Post by **rekuwi** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:43 am

Dear Charles,

I like this picture too, very nice.

Best regards
Regi

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:14 am

What a luscious texture!

Were there more of these things out of focus at lower depths, or did they get packed into a monolayer like this?

--Rik

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 10:47 am

At this stage of this slide it was pretty much a "mono-layer", but there were were bits and pieces also floating around in the mix. (Phase contrast can be "brutal" with out-of-focus bits)