I can't imagine how life would be without flash photomicrography. I remember I had to make images like this with a shutterspeed of more than half a second. It was quite hard to photograph ciliates especially with special illumination techniques. http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/97_stentors.jp...

That's sad to hear. Trouble always comes in avalanches. I know everything about that! But these are great images. The top one is Rotaria and the second is Philodina I believe. The difference is in the position of the eyes. In Philodina they are in front of the sensory organ, in Rotaria they are oin ...

Thanks! They are perhaps slightly dark. I made many images of ants for an artproject. I combined about 60 such images in a very high res photomontage. The trick with the pins works very good for these small subjects. I was almost sitting in the Ant nest when I made this image. If you don't move they...

I post this with some explanation. Rik asked what equipment I used for my 3D macro pictures. http://www1.tip.nl/~t936927/gal/2/index.html http://www1.tip.nl/~t936927/gal/1/index.html They were made some years ago with a camera build by a friend of mine. It had one lens but two diaphragms and behind ...

I think thos are sensory hairs on it. It could be a part of an insect!

Wim

It could well be a Sciomyzidae. I think they lay their eggs on snails.

Wim

That is a superb sequence!

Wim

Hello Ken,

It could be one of these. See the first picture in this gallery.
http://www1.tip.nl/~t936927/gal/1/index.html

I am not sure of the ID is correct. It should be: Trypetoptera punctulata. I should update this page:) So many things to do, so little time.

Wim

Thank you Piotr,

It is the full view. I already have difficulty enough getting a low magnification:)

Wim

Thank you Sue, Rik! Good to hear from you Tom. Selling your microscope? How could you! :) But I understand. I sometimes get a bit crazy because the only thing I do is staring into a binoculair or in a computer screen. Macro means going out doors, sit in the sun and, o.k., catch ticks. You are right ...

I thought instead of a photomicrograph I'd post a macro image, also to be able to say hello to Tom! I hope you are doing fine! Macro is great but I hope you'll do some micro again too. I am sorry that I didn't post a cute beasty but I am more into the scary monsters:) Wim http://www.photomacrography...

Thank you, Ron!

I had to correct the chromatic abberation. But that is not so difficult.

They lined up like this becasue they were still inside an egg and when I put them under a coverslip they were kept within the bounderies of the egg.

Wim

I always examnie my samples with a low power stereomicroscope. I found an egg with newly hatched Midge larvae. I still have some difficulty with low magnification, the digfital set up is not perfect yet. But I can correct the chromatic abberation in the computer and the result is relatively o.k. Thi...

This Echinodermatic figure is SpongeBob's best friend Patrick in his new sport's suit! Below is a Bivalve Mollusc larva.

Wim

It is a good idea. the sample was from a Fen near Son and Breugel. It was not that special but I found some organisms I hadn't seen before. In this case I don't think it is worth the trip for our american friends:) But if I find a microscopist's Eldorado, you guys will be the first to know! :) best ...