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WalterD

Joined: 06 Jul 2015 Posts: 523 Location: Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 1:20 am Post subject: Auliscus sculptus |
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I was excited to receive a couple of days ago the 104 type diatom slide I bought from Klaus Kemp. Great to have all these types together in one slide!
Playing around a bit with color differential interference contrast, took this picture of the Auliscus sculptus with 100x oil immersion.
That's it for now, 103 more to go...  _________________ www.waltermachielsen.com |
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Jacek

Joined: 02 Oct 2011 Posts: 5350 Location: Poland
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micro_pix

Joined: 11 May 2012 Posts: 195
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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Very nicely done!
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Sumguy01
Joined: 28 Jan 2013 Posts: 1380 Location: Ketchikan Alaska USA
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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Very nice.
Thanks for sharing. |
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anne
Joined: 05 Dec 2014 Posts: 136
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Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 7:01 am Post subject: |
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Walter,
I Love it!
BR
Anne |
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WalterD

Joined: 06 Jul 2015 Posts: 523 Location: Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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Anne, Sumguy, Dave and Jacek, thanks for your kind words!
I've decided this is one of my favourite diatoms. _________________ www.waltermachielsen.com |
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nanometer
Joined: 30 Apr 2016 Posts: 288 Location: Tucson, AZ
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Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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This turned out really well! |
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KurtM

Joined: 16 Jul 2014 Posts: 78 Location: League City, Texas
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Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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Beautiful! Bravo! Can't wait for the other 103, lol...
Auliscus sculptus has long been one of my favorite diatoms too. Hope you won't mind if I say why, because it involves an important lesson I learned. Some years back a friend who moved away did me the favor of sending a sand sample from his new Florida home (near Ft Myers) in answer to my arenophile tendencies. When cleaning the sand, it very fortunately occurred to me to have a peep at the dirty rinse water before discarding it. Surprise -- the detritus was rich in diatoms, lots of very splendid diatoms! Among other wonders, it was my first encounter with Auliscus sculptus, which I found mesmerizing, and still do.
Thanks for posting (and the memories)! _________________ Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
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Smokedaddy
Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 1475 Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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Excellent, I wish mine would have turned out that nice. |
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WalterD

Joined: 06 Jul 2015 Posts: 523 Location: Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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Dear Nanometer, Kurt and Smokedaddy: you're welcome, and Kurt thanks for the interesting related story.
The first time I saw the diatom was on this forum , and I found it very different compared to any other diatom I had seen. With DIC it turned out to be a good match, the proper centering of the condenser was important for the result. A Canon Speedlite flashing through the collector lens of an original Leitz lamphouse was used, now my standard setup for DIC.
For the rest there was almost no postprocessing, the stack is compiled by blending 3 pictures together. Normal stacking did not work in this case.
Regards,
Walter _________________ www.waltermachielsen.com |
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