A few more marine diatoms

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 2:17 pm

Charles,

Amazing as always!

Rogelio

René · Post by **René** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:20 am

Hi Charlie, nice images of Chaetoceros debilis, that must have been a thick mounted slide, or are you using an inverted nowadays

The middle one is Eucampia zodiacus, cosmopolitan. A couple of cells seem to be going in different stages of division, I have never seen the aperture formation like that!

Best wishes, Rene

sonyalpha · Post by **sonyalpha** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 3:40 am

Thank you for posting these Charles. . . more living Jewellery.

Sonyalpha

Malcolm Park · Post by **Malcolm Park** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 8:30 am

Exquisite images!

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:26 am

Thanks all!

Rene,
Thanks again for the identifications.

that must have been a thick mounted slide, or are you using an inverted nowadays

No, same upright BHS. When I get a new sample I usually make up an initial wet mount with far too much water so I don't crush things. (I use 2x3 slides so the water doesn't run off of the slide). This makes photography nearly impossible for many things, but allows me to see what is there, and what it looks like "non-flattened". One really nice aspect of these diatoms (Chaetoceros debilis

) is their spiral shape. Sometimes I'll get one with the top surface close enough to the cover slip to do shots like you see here. The images I've made of the flattened ones never look as good as far as providing a sense of their normal spacial configuration.

fpelectronica · Post by **fpelectronica** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:35 am

Impressive
Regards
Francisco

Aynia · Post by **Aynia** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:01 am

Charlie, amazing as ever... I like the first and third best.

Sonyalpha... what a great way of describing these... living jewellery.

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:18 am

Charlie,
stunning images

best
Arturo