Wim van Egmond wins Nikonsmallworld Motion competition

Gerd · Post by **Gerd** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:08 pm

Congratulation to Wim on his first place in Nikonsmallworld video competition !

http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/gallerie ... ompetition

A really nice shot !

Gerd

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 5:49 pm

zzffnn · Post by **zzffnn** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:50 pm

Congratulations to our member winners (Wim and Gerd)! Your videos are of outstanding quality and inspirational for us hobbyists!

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 11:49 pm

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 1:06 am

Congratulations Wim and Gerd..nice done!
Arturo

Wim van Egmond · Post by **Wim van Egmond** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 2:42 am

Thank you and congratulations to you too Gerd! Had little time for microscopy but will post soon.

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 3:24 am

Congratulations to Wim and Gerd!

Rogelio

bernhardinho · Post by **bernhardinho** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:29 am

Congratulations to you guys!!

Really awesome videos!

Wim: how come it looks like darkfield to me?

The scene is spectacular!

Best wishes

Bernhard

Wim van Egmond · Post by **Wim van Egmond** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:23 am

Thank you, Rogelio and Bernhard,

I will tell you the reason for this darkfield DIC. I could have used proper DIC (grey background) or darkfield. One reason is that the DIC set to a dark background works nice for ciliates. It shows the details a bit better than normal darkfield will do. The other reason is that when you have dust on the sensor it does not show when you shoot like this. Of course I clean my sensor but when I am a little lazy, this is the solution!

I'll post more, I promise.

Wim

fpelectronica · Post by **fpelectronica** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:33 am

johan · Post by **johan** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:37 am

Phenomenal gents, well done

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:22 am

Congratulations Wim and Gerd !

Marek

Protos · Post by **Protos** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 10:51 am

This is a really great video showing not only uncommon ciliate but their behavior ! predation is spectacular !
Reminds me of Dileptus meeting Colpidium I enjoy viewing
Wim: was it pure luck or did you expect the feeding behavior ?

Litonotus · Post by **Litonotus** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 1:27 pm

congratulations!

Franz Neidl · Post by **Franz Neidl** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 2:36 pm

Congratulations to Wim and Gerd. Beautiful pictures!

Franz