More Rotifers

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 5:44 pm

Various magnifications though I have been testing the 60x 1.35 oil objective too. Hard to get enough light even with 100W with DIC at 60x and 2x magnification changer.

All photos DIC. These photos are not overly processed for contrast as that distracted from the aesthetic appeal, at least for my taste.

Oh - none of these photos are cropped.

Rotifer

Cilia/Corona

Rotifer Larvae

Another view of their cilia

Again...

And again - sorry but they amuse me. I think one can see some muscles too.

As close as I can get...

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:13 pm

Beautiful DIC images. Alas, my scope is not capable of DIC.

curt0909 · Post by **curt0909** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:13 pm

Wow. It didn't take you long to get everything fine tuned. Beautiful framing, excellent detail, great contrast and color.

Cactusdave · Post by **Cactusdave** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:50 am

Very nice detail indeed. You also have a very good source of rotifers, those are beautiful.

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 1:06 am

beautiful pictures

LSRasmussen · Post by **LSRasmussen** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:51 am

Waldo, congrats with your new scope. Amazing images. I'm impressed with the resolution of the last image. Has the BX53 built in Flash ? If not, what kind of shutter times can you reach ? Do you shoot with high ISO ? I see some noise but it's very well controlled.

//Lars

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 3:56 am

Waldo,

Wow, very nice details.

Rogelio

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:10 am

Waldo,

Very nice images. The sharpness of your objectives is simply incredible !
The Olympus BX 53 is the world class microscope. I'm very jealous of it. Have a good time with your new toy

Marek

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:15 am

LSRasmussen wrote:Waldo, congrats with your new scope. Amazing images. I'm impressed with the resolution of the last image. Has the BX53 built in Flash ? If not, what kind of shutter times can you reach ? Do you shoot with high ISO ? I see some noise but it's very well controlled.

//Lars

Thanks. Those UPlanSApo's are really something. No, the BX53 does not have flash and when I asked Olympus they had nothing to recommend - seems to me flash would be something custom.

That last image was 1/40s, ISO400. Sometimes I push up to ISO800 as some of the other photos were taken at. I use a variety of processing techniques to maintain the detail yet reduce noise.

Litonotus · Post by **Litonotus** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:01 pm

outstanding sharpness and detail...

naturephoto1 · Post by **naturephoto1** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:30 am

Waldo,

Outstanding images.

Rich

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:52 pm

These look great!

Congratulations on your new microscope.... a very impressive piece indeed!