Sorry to hear this Mitch, looks like you found the right type of moss (if there is a right type !?!) I've added more images. These are the results of a speck of moss 2 x 2 cm in size, scraped from the stone gate in front of my house.: Same recipe: get moss, http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/user...

Hope this will help, Mitch. I don't know if this is a good shot or if you recognise this. These type of mosses are found everywhere here in Holland, usually on roofs. They also can be found in lichens, but I haven't looked there. Tardigrades thrive in this kind of moss, I took a quick look at the pa...

Thank you for the encouragement Rik. It was your post that got me exited and started. I recently bought a Canon Rebel T2i and took a bid on ebay (and lost) on a Nikon CFI 10X objective. When build and operational, which will take me a while, I hope to post some results. Mitch, about the waterbears: ...

A Tardigrade, or water bear. I simply love these creatures, partly because of their cuddly movement and their amazing ability of cryptobiosis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFXQN9AIExU Handheld shot from the 10X mono eyepiece of an Olympus CH , at 10X, with a Sony DSC-WX1. The audio and autofocus c...

Hello Rik,
Wonderful pictures but I wonder how the full uncropped frame looks like.
Do you have a lot of vignetting with this setup?