http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/96_white_pine_stomata_UO50x_EPICLW_1.jpg Image 1 - Four stomata from the needle (leaf) of the eastern white pine tree. The stomata guard cells and other features are not visible in the pine. The openings are not on the epidermal surface but under the wh...

Hi Ken. It is good to see that you are still enjoying myxomycetes. I know you have worked with them for well over a decade now. I look forward to more of them myself. Walt

Thank you Walter. Walt.

Ralf. Very high quality. All subjects remaining in proper focus for its full length. Enjoyed it very much. Walt

Thank you so much Leonard, Pau, Sumguy and Jacek. Leonard, if I may ask what is it about image 3 and 4 that interest you? Pau, I used direct oil dipping for the UO 75x objective. Per Leitz, a cover slip is not required. Enjoy your future observations. Walt

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/96_ivy_trichromes_UO22xFCLW_1.jpg Image 1 - 604 micron F.O.V. Swedish ivy leaf showing surface cells and two red scale trichomes. Note that the upper right hand trichome has a mold spore laying next to it. Trichomes show a 5 and 8 lobe shape. UO22x obje...

Very interesting Dave and nice images. I will have to try a similar experiment with my Heine equipment. Walt

Thank you Razashaikh. Walt

Hello Sumguy, Roel and Gary. Thanks for showing your interest. Welcome Roel and thank you for adding to my post. I didn't think about these tracheary elements extending all the way into the fruit of a plant, but then how else would bananas be so juicy! I will have to try polarized light the next tim...

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/96_helical_tracheary_el_L2W_1.jpg Image 1 - Longitudinal section view of an amaryllis leaf showing helical tracheal elements passing from upper left to lower right diagonally. To the upper right are vacuoles that contain what I believe to be chloroplast...

Thank you. Sumguy. Walt

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/96_Spider_in_Amber2W_1.jpg http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/96_Spider_in_Amber1W_1.jpg Spider in Baltic Amber What does a 40 million year old spider look like? Remarkably the same as the spiders we see today. My analysis sees a full abdomen...

Hi Mike. Beautiful. The image appears to show depth. Is it flat on the glass slide? Walt

Thank you all for your appreciation. Walt

Thank you billben. Glad that you like them.
Walt