Microscope Photographs
 
Aphodius sphacelatus (Dung beetle)
 

File: Aphodius_sphacelatus.jpg (362KB- 1856x1360pixels )
EDF* image, made from 5 photos.
Automatically aligned.
   
Cetonia aurata (Rose chafer)
 

File: cetonia_multi.jpg (1.04MB - 6339x2654pixels)
'Large Image' made from 6x5Mpixel photos
Automatically stitched with 25% overlap, 15% tolerance.
 

  File: cetonia_angled.jpg (435KB - 2456x1483pixels)
EDF image, made from 15 photos.
Manually aligned and corrected.
Insect pin removed in Corel.
 
  File: Cetonia_angled.jp2 (2.10MB - 2456x1483pixels)
As above, but JPEG2000 version, and without the pin removed.
 
   
Diachila arctica
File: Diachila_arctica_EDF.jpg (403KB - 2462x1212pixels)
EDF image, from 8 photos.
Some manual alignment and correction.
Bad lighting... I'll try again later.
   
Agromyzid fly emerging
File: Agromyzid.jpg (1.82MB 2032x1380pixels)
EDF image.
Some manual alignment and much correction.
   

Photographs taken with:
Nikon DS-U1 digital microscope camera
Mounted on:
Zeiss Stemi 2000C stereo microscope
Captured and processed using:
EclipseNet
Pin removed using:
CorelPhotopaint 11

*EDF = Extended Depth of Focus (or Field)
i.e. a composite image created by combining several photos taken at different focal depths
 
 
 Website maintained
by Phil Buckland
Images taken at
The Environmental
Archaeology Lab.
Umeå University