Vaginicola in its lorica

billporter1456 · Post by **billporter1456** » Sun May 18, 2014 2:17 pm

Here's a little video I just uploaded. I believe the organism is Vaginicola. Hope you like it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9eXyt9QiY4

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sun May 18, 2014 4:38 pm

Nice subject and excellent video!

billporter1456 · Post by **billporter1456** » Sun May 18, 2014 7:06 pm

Charles Krebs wrote:Nice subject and excellent video!

Thanks, Charles, I'm glad you liked it! It was a new organism for me. Having only been in this hobby since last fall, I see something new almost every time I fire up the scope.

Brian Matsumoto · Post by **Brian Matsumoto** » Fri May 30, 2014 9:44 am

I enjoyed watching your videos and found the captions to be most helpful. A question. I noticed the background color change when you switch from low-power phase objected to a higher power one. It struck me the lower powered shots were "warmer" while the higher power shots were "cold". Were both objectives made by the same manufacturer or did you use different brands between the two magnifications?

Brian

billporter1456 · Post by **billporter1456** » Fri May 30, 2014 10:30 am

Brian Matsumoto wrote:I enjoyed watching your videos and found the captions to be most helpful. A question. I noticed the background color change when you switch from low-power phase objected to a higher power one. It struck me the lower powered shots were "warmer" while the higher power shots were "cold". Were both objectives made by the same manufacturer or did you use different brands between the two magnifications?

Brian

Hi Brian,

The 20X was a Nikon Plan and the 40X was a Zeiss Neofluar. I have noticed that I get that bluish background unless I do a white balance or fiddle with the color temp. or tint. I like the look, so I usually don't do anything to change it.

Brian Matsumoto · Post by **Brian Matsumoto** » Fri May 30, 2014 10:35 am

Thank you Bill, the coloration from your Nikon objective lens reminds me of that obtained when using the Leitz Phaco objective. I've never looked through a Nikon phase objective--your images are very good.

Brian

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Fri May 30, 2014 11:46 am

Yep very informative.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Fri May 30, 2014 1:26 pm

Excellent

billporter1456 · Post by **billporter1456** » Fri May 30, 2014 2:57 pm

Thanks Brian, pwnell, and Carlos for watching and for you kind remarks. I am trying to finish up a Lacrymaria video showing 5 captures of protists, including a Euplotes. It runs almost 9 minutes, which is too long IMHO, but I had a lot of shots I just couldn't bring myself to edit out.

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Sat May 31, 2014 12:05 am

Very nice video

billporter1456 · Post by **billporter1456** » Sat May 31, 2014 4:32 am

Jacek wrote:Very nice video

Thanks, Jacek! Your microscopy photos are one reason I do these videos. When I took up the microscopy hobby a few months ago, I visited this forum and saw photos by you, Charles Krebs, and others. The images were so impressive that I couldn’t imagine ever posting still images here. Then I thought that maybe I could do some videos that would be worth posting, so that’s what I’m attempting to do.

piermicro · Post by **piermicro** » Sat May 31, 2014 10:22 am

Excellent video.

billporter1456 · Post by **billporter1456** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 1:48 pm

piermicro wrote:Excellent video.

Thanks, piermicro!