Butterfly Scales DIC shot through Eyepiece. Looking for a method to get more scales in the frame. Very difficult to concentrate them on the slide.
Butterfly Scales DIC
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Lou,
You are correct I did not white balance. These are single shots using a point and shoot through the eyepeice. The scales are black and orange from a painted lady butterfly. I wanted to share the structure of the scales, the barb at the end is very interesting to me. Here is another DIC image of scales on the wing where the barbs are clearly visible attached to the wing. I am on the hunt for a canon dslr so I can take better photos...
You are correct I did not white balance. These are single shots using a point and shoot through the eyepeice. The scales are black and orange from a painted lady butterfly. I wanted to share the structure of the scales, the barb at the end is very interesting to me. Here is another DIC image of scales on the wing where the barbs are clearly visible attached to the wing. I am on the hunt for a canon dslr so I can take better photos...
Re: Butterfly Scales DIC
Scrape the wing with the edge of a slide while holding it over a loose sheet of paper. Once you've collected enough roll up the paper and tap it to slide the scales out of the tube and onto the slide.houstontx wrote: . . . Looking for a method to get more scales in the frame. Very difficult to concentrate them on the slide.
When you're collecting the scales move around the wing so that you get a good representative sample of the different shapes, colors, and sizes.
-Gene