String Algae

I decided to look at diatoms today, but due to it getting dark too soon, i didnt manage to find any, but i did manage to find some string algae. So i decided to put that under my microsocpe. The above is the result.

 

The algae in the image is alive, being mounted in water, using a plastic cover slip, with no staining.

 

Mounting:

Plastic Cover slip Wet mount

 

Instrumentation;

Microscope: Leitz Ortholux

Objective: Leitz 40x Phaco Acromat

Imaging lens: Leitz C-Mount reducer

Illumination: Phase Contrast, Incandescent

Camera: Hasselblad Lunar (NEX7)

 

Programs used:

Lightroom 5 (Debayering, white balance)

Helicon Focus (Stacking)

Fitswork (Deconvolution, noise reduction, sharpening)

Photoshop CC (Croping and Finishing)

Done