Diatoms meet the dentist.
Here are a few diatoms placed in the end of a dentist's hypodermic needle. It looks shiny to the eye, but more like a scaffolding pole up close. Most of the diatoms are from Kamishlov, Russia, though there may be a few from other locations mixed in.
I used a motorised rail and an "extreme macro photography" approach and about 200 images were focus stacked for this picture. Objective lens was a LWD Mitutoyo Plan APO 50x/0.55 mounted on a 200mm tube lens.
Hello Steve,
What a great idea and beautifully photographed!
Best regards
Michael
Hallo Steve,
sehr schöne Idee und perfekt in Szene gesetzt!
LG
Manfred
Hey Steve,
I love it, what makes it particularly different from other "genuine" ultra macro focus stacking shots is the blue rim light. Perfectly executed!
Best regards, Michael
Wonderful! Reminds me on the works of Willard Wigan...
Best
Martin