Diatoms on alga

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 2:11 am

Did a little more collecting from Puget Sound. This time instead of dragging my small plankton net around I scraped some alga from the sides of a dock float. Tried a variety of shots from the super simplistic first image to the incredibly dense diatom "jungle" seen in the last image.

75RR · Post by **75RR** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 3:38 am

All are beautiful images, but the third one in particular is both beautiful and interesting.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 6:06 am

Absolutely beautiful !!!!!!!!!!

_Michal_ · Post by **_Michal_** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 7:03 am

Great set.

JohnyM · Post by **JohnyM** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 7:07 am

I love 3rd one! 100x/1.4?

Cactusdave · Post by **Cactusdave** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 7:33 am

Out of superlatives as usual

Every one interesting and beautiful, number 3 something extra special.

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 8:38 am

Super !

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:16 am

Charlie,

Simply breathtaking images !!! Marvelous, stunning, brillant, etc.

I am very jealous if about the opportunities of sampling such beautiful specimens.
All the images are fantastic but the third one is exceptional, indeed.

Marek

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 3:07 pm

Lovely stuff.

Mike

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 1:02 pm

Thanks all!

JohnyM

I love 3rd one! 100x/1.4?

That was with the 40/0.95 S Plan Apo. (But with my trinocular optics is was recorded at 84X 9on an APS-C sensor).

#1 20X (recorded 43X on sensor)
#2 40X (recorded 84X on sensor)
#3 40X (recorded 84X on sensor)
#4 20X (recorded 43X on sensor)
#5 4X (recorded 8.4X on sensor)

Sumguy01 · Post by **Sumguy01** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 9:08 pm

Amazing set.
Thanks for sharing.
I also like #3 best.

René · Post by **René** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 5:37 am

Amazing colours, Charlie! And the arrangement of the chloroplasts in that melosira-like filament is just lovely. Do you know what it is?

Best wishes, Rene

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 6:19 am

Excellent images as usual.

40/0.95

Do you play during the stack with the correction collar to avoid degradation of the lower planes?. If so, could you explain how to do it? (I'm now beginning to play with my old recently acquired 40/0.95 Planapo...)

Gerd · Post by **Gerd** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 3:28 pm

Very fine images, Charles ! I love the colours of the Ceramium red algae in combination with the diatom chloroplasts.
Thank you for sharing,
kind regards,

Gerd

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:25 am

The third image is very special as it is a rare view of the 3D structure of this remarkable diatom. Most of the time I see them from the side or face on. One can clearly see the cylindrical shape they form as they connect to each other.

Very cool!