Spirogyra - Christmas spirit
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Spirogyra - Christmas spirit
I want to wish you all a great holiday and Christmas by sharing this photograph of Spirogyra. Sort of like a Christmas gift wrapping or tree ornaments.
Spirogyra has one of the most fascinating chloroplast shapes of all algae – a helical shape, or spiral. Spirogyras thrive in almost any freshwater environment and are a common species that is easy to find in shallow ponds, ditches and lakes. For this photograph I stained some of the Spirogyra strands with a number of fluorescent dyes to highlight the spirally shaped chloroplasts. They were then mixed with natural strands and placed next to each other on a glass slide and photographed in fluorescent light.
Technical information:
Sony A9
Olympus UPlanSAPO 20x
ISO 250
0.3 sec
Accessories: Microscope Olympus BX51, SAPO 20X objective, fluorescent illumination.
Post processing: Zerene Stacker, Lightroom and Photoshop. Cropped, haze removal, noise reduction, contrast enhancement.
Spirogyra_fluo_20x by Håkan Kvarnström Photography, on Flickr
Spirogyra has one of the most fascinating chloroplast shapes of all algae – a helical shape, or spiral. Spirogyras thrive in almost any freshwater environment and are a common species that is easy to find in shallow ponds, ditches and lakes. For this photograph I stained some of the Spirogyra strands with a number of fluorescent dyes to highlight the spirally shaped chloroplasts. They were then mixed with natural strands and placed next to each other on a glass slide and photographed in fluorescent light.
Technical information:
Sony A9
Olympus UPlanSAPO 20x
ISO 250
0.3 sec
Accessories: Microscope Olympus BX51, SAPO 20X objective, fluorescent illumination.
Post processing: Zerene Stacker, Lightroom and Photoshop. Cropped, haze removal, noise reduction, contrast enhancement.
Spirogyra_fluo_20x by Håkan Kvarnström Photography, on Flickr
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Re: Spirogyra - Christmas spirit
Very nice.
Thanks for sharing
Happy Holidays too you also.
Thanks for sharing
Happy Holidays too you also.
Re: Spirogyra - Christmas spirit
Cool microcomposition!
What were your excitation/emission parameters?
What were your excitation/emission parameters?
Last edited by josmann on Sun Dec 05, 2021 4:02 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Spirogyra - Christmas spirit
Excitation Filter: 330 – 480 nm single band bandpass filter
Dichroic Mirror:495nm
Emission Filter: 500nm long pass edge filter
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Re: Spirogyra - Christmas spirit
Oh wow, you're really blasting them with short wave! Is that a standard set or something you cooked up yourself?
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I made it myself out of eBay surplus filters.
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Re: Spirogyra - Christmas spirit
Very Christmassy alright! Cheers back at you!
Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas
Re: Spirogyra - Christmas spirit
Nice idea and rendering!
Spirogyras have a fair bit of variability. Tighter and more loosely wound, smoother and more convoluted ribbons like you have etc. Here all are single strands but even in the same location one can with some luck find double and triple strand types. Beautifully intertwined inside the tube - the separate strands rarely make a mess even with those bulges&folds in chlorophyl ribbon.
Spirogyras have a fair bit of variability. Tighter and more loosely wound, smoother and more convoluted ribbons like you have etc. Here all are single strands but even in the same location one can with some luck find double and triple strand types. Beautifully intertwined inside the tube - the separate strands rarely make a mess even with those bulges&folds in chlorophyl ribbon.
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That is a very festive and creative microscopic garland.
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I want some Spirogyra for my Christmas tree
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Gorgeus image. Congratulations.
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Thank you!
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Excellent images of spirogyra!
Cheers
RB
Cheers
RB
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Thank you Robert!
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