Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Tina.? I have been playing around with microscopes since the 4th grade.? Never owned a good scope myself until last few years, but always had access to some at school until I retired.? Here is a link you might be interested in: 2022 Photomicrography Competition | Nikon?s Small World (nikonsmallworld.com) <https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2022-photomicrography-competition> I have been slowly looking through your fabulous portraits when I have some time.? Amazing body of work that you can be very proud of.? I know I commented once, but again, thanks for sharing them with us. Aram On 2/18/2023 3:29 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > That is very interesting to me. I always loved microscopes. Thanks for > posting! > > Tina > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 18, 2023, at 6:22 PM, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at >> leica-users.org> wrote: >> >> ?Yesterday a friend said he wondered what blood would look like under the >> microscope. He was interested in diabetes but I told him it would look >> the same as normal blood (I think). I do not have any stains at home, >> but I did say I had some blood for a ways back when it was not deemed a >> hazard to do so. So, in about 1979 there was an outbreak of >> mononucleosis in our small town (Odessa, WA). Even the CDC got involved. >> One of my fellow teachers was diagnosed, so I stabbed his finger and >> made a few smears. I still have one so I took a few shots with my new >> scope. These are 1000x Oil Immersion. A few of what I think are >> monocytes (Vipul can possibly confirm or deny). Both are 2 or 3 image >> stacks. View large if you can. >> >> Blood - Mononucleosis - Zeiss - 3290-Edit- (leica-users.org) >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/sc/Blood+-+Mononucleosis+-+Zeiss+-+3290-Edit-.jpg.html> >> >> The second one was run through Topaz Sharpen AI just to see what would >> happen. Main subject looks about the same but I sure had a bunch more >> artifacts to touch up. >> >> Blood - Mononucleosis - Zeiss - 3282-Edit--Edit-Edit (leica-users.org) >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/sc/Blood+-+Mononucleosis+-+Zeiss+-+3282-Edit--Edit-Edit.jpg.html> >> >> Comments welcome. >> >> Aram >> >> -- >> Aram Langhans >> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher >> & Unemployed photographer >> ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin >> himself would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Aram Langhans (Semi) Retired Science Teacher & Unemployed photographer ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson