That's really interesting. Is it an Olympus product or something more customized? I've never heard of it and I'm a bit of a macroscope fan. If it's customized it would probably be a good idea to include some example photos so people have a sense of what they're getting. Actually, the lens is not Ol...

I'm offering for sale my Olympus Monovar Macroscope, which I've decided to part with since I acquired an Olympus SZX 16. This fantastic Macroscope is equipped with : An Olympus trinocular head (U-TR30) adapted onto a macro lens with an aperture diaphragm, allowing precise depth of field adjustment. ...

Really beautiful!

Absolutely fantastic images Hakan!

Hi, I have a number of components for sale: Olympus U-SRG2 Rotatable Polarising stage €450 Olympus AX-LH100 €175 Nikon MM-22 Measurescope €600 Olympus BX-RLA Components with custom made base and post €3,000 : Olympus Superwide Trinocular Head U-SWETTR-2 Olympus BX-RLA2 Reflected Light Illuminator wi...

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Sat Jul 04, 2020 2:15 pm

Very nice pictures !
#1 set, 7th photo - what technique was used , besides polarisation ?

Thank you Saul, that is oblique illumination to give a 3D effect to those 'butterfly scales'.

Hi Robert,

All the chemicals here are from solutions and allowed to air dry.

And finally for now..

A couple more in portrait presentation

Hi all, The imagery displayed below are some of my favourites from the culmination of years of research in experimenting with the crystallization of chemicals and pharmaceuticals. I have from the start being keeping a log book of my recipes, processes and observations. However, because of a multitud...

Thanks all for the encouraging comments

A couple of chemical mixtures in cross-polarised and compensated polarised light.

Don't post very often on these forums, I mainly use my IG page and own website.
Here are a couple images of Peritrich colonies and the floating aquatic plant, Lemna triscula.

These are lovely! #3 reminds me of some spectacular cosmic event. Root cause of the file size limit on this forum is an interaction between economics and style. If we plastered advertisements all over our pages, or collected and sold personal information, or charged fees for membership, or found so...

Hi all, Sharing some polarised light imagery. The files size limit on this forum is very limited and files have to be reduced to the bare minimum or cannot be uploaded at all. Would love to hear your feedback. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/2212_49650257692_786b7b70aa_c_1.jpg http://w...