colinbm Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 60x magnification of the Green Jewel Beetle shell. I would like to say thank you to the forum members for their help & encouragement in this endeavour to see the structure of the beetles shell that gives it its iridescence. Ulf has been a great help with finding suitable objectives on ebay for me & his kind donation of a pair of linear actuators that can be manually turned at 0.00125mm or it has 200 divisions per rotation at 1.25um. This has allowed me to get 53 stacked images. I think I will need a scanning electron microscope, perhaps in another life ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Great detail at that magnification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Perrin Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 It looks great though. You should image some other stuff at that magnification, looks like you could see many interesting things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug A Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Fabulous capture. The details are incredible, and the image is quite beautiful. Wasn't sure you were going to be able to pull this off and you hit it out of the park. Thanks to @ulffor providing support and equipment to make this project a possibility. So @colinbmwhat will you photograph next? Thanks for sharing, Doug A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinbm Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 Thanks Nate, Andy & Doug @Doug A I still haven't finished with the Green Jewel Beetle as I am still building the stronger frame for the fine tuned X Y Z stage. For me it has been about the journey of getting things rigid enough, but very finely tuned, to get the results I want, that is why I have stuck with this poor little beetle, just to keep one thing constant & see the progression. I do have a collection of butterflies & minerals that I want to see more of in UVIVF as well as visible light. Tomorrow is a new day so anything may come up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabateman Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Looks excellent Colin. Great work, working through the project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinbm Posted December 8, 2022 Author Share Posted December 8, 2022 Thank you Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kai Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Wonderful result, Colin!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinbm Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 Thanks Kai Still lots to learn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaJashey Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 I'd been great seeing all you steps to get here. 60x is a lot of magnification. Congratulations. Seems like a high point but perhaps there is more. Look forward to someday seeing butterflies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinbm Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 @KaJashey Thanks very much Butterflies will be soon, when I finish this last heavy & stable macro stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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