Hi folks, Thought you might be interested in seeing this series of 10 grabs from a 640X480 video taken with my Olympus SP-350 at 3X zoom into a Carton VSHLB-4 20X achro objective (I'm watching Charles Krebs' tutorial on scale bars but for the time being this is the best I can do). The images are act...

Stunningly atmospheric photos Ken. Your interesting use of differential focus and lighting gives a totally believable, three dimensional feel to the images. Pic 3 particularly held my attention.

Bruce

beetleman, Thanks for welcome and comments.

Dave, Thanks for the suggestion, I'll do as you suggest and let you know if I get an i.d.

Brice

Hello Michel,
Thanks for your help on identification. I have checked around on the internet - watched a few videos etc and yes, I'm sure you're right.
Bruce

Hi Folks, This is my first posting in the macro section of the forum although I have posted a few photos in the microscope section. This photo was handheld with a Fuji 6900z in my garden back in May 2003. The bee's most striking feature is it's white face which should make it easy to identify - neve...

Hi Folks, Cyclops has just advised me that unless you are registered as a "forum gallery" user you won't be able to view my gallery pics using the link provided in my posting. So for those of you who were unsuccessful - my apologies and here are the pics: http://www.tal-handaq.co.uk/PA270054_enh_xf....

Cyclops,
Thanks for letting me know. I'll edit the original post and include the images in the posting.
Bruce

Hi again Rik, Very interesting morning thanks to your recommended reading/viewing. Have decided to invest in Quicktime 7 (with H.264 video codec) but was anyway able to tidy up the WMV conversion, reducing file size from 7.5 Mb to just 1 Mb in the process. The link in my first posting now downloads ...

Hi Rik, Thanks for your comprehensive and hugely helpful feedback on this one. I really do appreciate the work you put into checking out the format. I'm totally new to video format conversion (as you will have figured) and your advice really is most enlightening. Yes I took the video with a view to ...

Hi Folks, I have put up a short video file on my own website and would invite any who are interested to download it. It's in Windows Media Player (WMV) format and if you're Windows XP you should have no problems running it. The video is short and shows a single (semi transparent) paramecium slowly r...

Thanks to all for feedback and thought provoking discussion. I always feel a flush of embarrassment when the subject of mtDNA comes up. Back in the early 90's I had a very public arguement where I found myself (wrongly) heatedly disputing the fact that mtDNA is inherited solely through the maternal ...

Hi folks, I have just created my "Member's Gallery" and uploaded a test pic. The pic is a still from a video I took last night using the Olympus SP-350. Although the image maybe looks a bit oversharpened the only processing in Photoshop was levels adjustment and cropping. I am including a link withi...

Hi Tom,

A quick search on the web proved you to be spot on. See:

http://silicasecchidisk.conncoll.edu/Lu ... _Main.html

Thanks for setting me straight on this one Tom. Boy this is an interesting hobby!

Regards,
bruce

Hi Folks, Thank you for the warm welcome and encouraging words from all those who posted a reply to my last posting. (Hi Bernhard, good to see a familiar face - Bruce) These pics are a bit different to my last posting. The images are cropped from original size stills captured from a video take with ...

Hi Folks, Just joined this forum today. I have to say that I am just SO impressed with the amazing quality of the images posted on this forum. They are simply amazing! I have spent hours working my way through the postings - and just STARING at the incredible detail! To be truthful, I find myself bo...