A 10th
Anniversary Tribute to Micscape:
A Personal Gallery of Favorite Images - Richard
Howey (USA) shares an attractive selection of images with
a microscopical theme.
An
overview of the paintings of Christina Brodie (UK) - Christina
Brodie (UK) generously shares a preview selection of some striking
paintings and drawings from her book out next year.
Random
collecting - Howard
Webb (USA) describes and illustrates the fortuitous
catch in a plankton sample from Lake Superior; the
fascinating water flea Holopedium gibberum.
The 3D-effect in
photomicrography – Anaglyphs of recent tropical
gastropod shells -
Robert Sturm (Austria) presents an attractive selection
of 3D images of shells.
A
gallery of palmitic acid photomicrographs (using a variety of illumination
techniques) - Brian
Johnston (Canada) continues his series showing the striking
images that can be achieved with different chemicals.
Ten years
of Micscape - a time for reflection
- Ian
Walker (UK) shares a selection of his favourite images from
past articles he has written plus some new images.
A
close-up view of the wildflower "motherwort" (Leonurus cardiaca) - Brian
Johnston (Canada) continues his series illustrating the
macroscopy and microscopy opportunities of wild flowers.
Notes on some lighting options
for secondhand LOMO Biolam microscopes - An
interactive guide compiled by David Walker (UK); also mostly
applicable to any microscope with a mirror requiring external
lighting.
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In
focus:
BBC
News website article Oct. 18th: 'Zombie worms' found off Sweden
New species are still being found on our
doorstep, in this case a fascinating marine
worm in shallow marine waters off Sweden.
New
book: Spiders
of North America: an identification manual.
A valuable new guide for the naturalist with
proceeds going to the American Arachnological
Society. (Thank
you to David Richman a co-author of eight chapters of the
book for highlighting its publication in
the Yahoo Microscope forum).
MiXscope version 2.0 software
released: MiXscope is
software for MacOS 10.2+ users and who use the QX3/QX3+, QX5 and MiScope
digital microscopes. The software can be downloaded
from http://www.edhsw.com/mixscope.
Thank
you to Eric Hangstefer, the software writer for this info'.
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