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My eployer, the Norwegian Medicines Agency, went online with a new website last night. Not very interesting as such, but on each of the main pages there is a microscopy photograph of crystallised substances from medicines. Unfortunately, it's only in the the Norwegian language version of the site: http://www.legemiddelverket.no The photographer's name is Lazlo Borka, a now retired colleague. His tools of choice was a Pentax SuperA and an old Olympus microscope. :-) Cheers, Jostein Quoting Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The dolphin is a discontinuity -- a fault -- in the crystal lattice. Crystals -- perfect and imperfect -- make incredibly interesting 'modern art' images. Making them is an art in itself and a rather hit and miss business. So when I have a good result I need to be able to take dozens of pictures fast and see the results immediately. The digital is good for this. But that's not all, my main projects are microbiological. Don Gonz wrote: I see what appears to be a dolphin show on the thing on the left. What is it? Don Williams wrote: The camera is doing a good job and while its still here and not yet on its way back to the agents for exchange I've been taking a few fun shots. All start as big TIFF files but I've converted one to a small jpg and here it is: http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/121A.jpg Don -- Dr E D F Williams ___ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005 This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
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Those photos are great! - Dave On Nov 2, 2005, at 9:21 PM, Jostein wrote: My eployer, the Norwegian Medicines Agency, went online with a new website last night. Not very interesting as such, but on each of the main pages there is a microscopy photograph of crystallised substances from medicines. Unfortunately, it's only in the the Norwegian language version of the site: http://www.legemiddelverket.no The photographer's name is Lazlo Borka, a now retired colleague. His tools of choice was a Pentax SuperA and an old Olympus microscope. :-) Cheers, Jostein
Amusing myself with the *ist D
The camera is doing a good job and while its still here and not yet on its way back to the agents for exchange I've been taking a few fun shots. All start as big TIFF files but I've converted one to a small jpg and here it is: http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/121A.jpg Don -- Dr E D F Williams ___ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005
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On 11/1/05, Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The camera is doing a good job and while its still here and not yet on its way back to the agents for exchange I've been taking a few fun shots. All start as big TIFF files but I've converted one to a small jpg and here it is: http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/121A.jpg Don cool! what is it? -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Don, Cyber paleontology? Can even imagine fossil impressions. IOW, very interesting. I was, however waiting to see all of the rectangular slab. How (why) did you do this? =) Jack --- Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The camera is doing a good job and while its still here and not yet on its way back to the agents for exchange I've been taking a few fun shots. All start as big TIFF files but I've converted one to a small jpg and here it is: http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/121A.jpg Don -- Dr E D F Williams ___ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005 __ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
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I see what appears to be a dolphin show on the thing on the left. What is it? Don Williams wrote: The camera is doing a good job and while its still here and not yet on its way back to the agents for exchange I've been taking a few fun shots. All start as big TIFF files but I've converted one to a small jpg and here it is: http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/121A.jpg Don
Re: Amusing myself with the *ist D
I'm limited by the magnifications available. There is no zooming facility in a compound microscope. A lower power objective doesn't show enough detail. The one used for this picture was a 10/0.25 Leica Fluotar. The image is salicylic acid (salicylate) crystallized from 70% ethanol directly on the slide under a cover slip. The picture was taken using polarized light, a Lomo aplanatic condenser and a Zeiss (Rot) full wave retardation plate. The crystals formed very slowly and that why they are so good looking. Final magnification is about 100X but I haven't checked this yet. The CCD doesn't fit the graticule in the binocular eyepiece (made for 35mm and 4 x 5) so I have to do some arithmetic. These pictures (a selection) will be printed -- big -- framed and offered for sale in the US very shortly. Some will only be printed once -- making them originals. Don W Jack Davis wrote: Don, Cyber paleontology? Can even imagine fossil impressions. IOW, very interesting. I was, however waiting to see all of the rectangular slab. How (why) did you do this? =) Jack --- Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The camera is doing a good job and while its still here and not yet on its way back to the agents for exchange I've been taking a few fun shots. All start as big TIFF files but I've converted one to a small jpg and here it is: http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/121A.jpg Don -- Dr E D F Williams ___ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005 __ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- Dr E D F Williams ___ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005
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The dolphin is a discontinuity -- a fault -- in the crystal lattice. Crystals -- perfect and imperfect -- make incredibly interesting 'modern art' images. Making them is an art in itself and a rather hit and miss business. So when I have a good result I need to be able to take dozens of pictures fast and see the results immediately. The digital is good for this. But that's not all, my main projects are microbiological. Don Gonz wrote: I see what appears to be a dolphin show on the thing on the left. What is it? Don Williams wrote: The camera is doing a good job and while its still here and not yet on its way back to the agents for exchange I've been taking a few fun shots. All start as big TIFF files but I've converted one to a small jpg and here it is: http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/121A.jpg Don -- Dr E D F Williams ___ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005
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Very nice picture, Don. On the object to the left. it looks like someone printed some sheet musik! regards Jens Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Don Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 1. november 2005 19:23 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Amusing myself with the *ist D The camera is doing a good job and while its still here and not yet on its way back to the agents for exchange I've been taking a few fun shots. All start as big TIFF files but I've converted one to a small jpg and here it is: http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/121A.jpg Don -- Dr E D F Williams ___ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005
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salicylic acid That's what is used for killing pain, isn't it? Regards Jens Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Don Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 1. november 2005 21:20 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Amusing myself with the *ist D I'm limited by the magnifications available. There is no zooming facility in a compound microscope. A lower power objective doesn't show enough detail. The one used for this picture was a 10/0.25 Leica Fluotar. The image is salicylic acid (salicylate) crystallized from 70% ethanol directly on the slide under a cover slip. The picture was taken using polarized light, a Lomo aplanatic condenser and a Zeiss (Rot) full wave retardation plate. The crystals formed very slowly and that why they are so good looking. Final magnification is about 100X but I haven't checked this yet. The CCD doesn't fit the graticule in the binocular eyepiece (made for 35mm and 4 x 5) so I have to do some arithmetic. These pictures (a selection) will be printed -- big -- framed and offered for sale in the US very shortly. Some will only be printed once -- making them originals. Don W Jack Davis wrote: Don, Cyber paleontology? Can even imagine fossil impressions. IOW, very interesting. I was, however waiting to see all of the rectangular slab. How (why) did you do this? =) Jack --- Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The camera is doing a good job and while its still here and not yet on its way back to the agents for exchange I've been taking a few fun shots. All start as big TIFF files but I've converted one to a small jpg and here it is: http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/121A.jpg Don -- Dr E D F Williams ___ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005 __ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- Dr E D F Williams ___ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005
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Pretty. What are we looking at, Don? D Quoting Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Very nice picture, Don. On the object to the left. it looks like someone printed some sheet musik! regards Jens Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Don Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 1. november 2005 19:23 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Amusing myself with the *ist D The camera is doing a good job and while its still here and not yet on its way back to the agents for exchange I've been taking a few fun shots. All start as big TIFF files but I've converted one to a small jpg and here it is: http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/121A.jpg Don -- Dr E D F Williams ___ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005
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Thanks, Don. The explanation is nearly as interesting as the image. They will sell! Jack --- Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm limited by the magnifications available. There is no zooming facility in a compound microscope. A lower power objective doesn't show enough detail. The one used for this picture was a 10/0.25 Leica Fluotar. The image is salicylic acid (salicylate) crystallized from 70% ethanol directly on the slide under a cover slip. The picture was taken using polarized light, a Lomo aplanatic condenser and a Zeiss (Rot) full wave retardation plate. The crystals formed very slowly and that why they are so good looking. Final magnification is about 100X but I haven't checked this yet. The CCD doesn't fit the graticule in the binocular eyepiece (made for 35mm and 4 x 5) so I have to do some arithmetic. These pictures (a selection) will be printed -- big -- framed and offered for sale in the US very shortly. Some will only be printed once -- making them originals. Don W Jack Davis wrote: Don, Cyber paleontology? Can even imagine fossil impressions. IOW, very interesting. I was, however waiting to see all of the rectangular slab. How (why) did you do this? =) Jack --- Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The camera is doing a good job and while its still here and not yet on its way back to the agents for exchange I've been taking a few fun shots. All start as big TIFF files but I've converted one to a small jpg and here it is: http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/121A.jpg Don -- Dr E D F Williams ___ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005 __ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- Dr E D F Williams ___ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005 __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
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On Nov 2, 2005, at 7:22 AM, Don Williams wrote: The camera is doing a good job and while its still here and not yet on its way back to the agents for exchange I've been taking a few fun shots. All start as big TIFF files but I've converted one to a small jpg and here it is: http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/121A.jpg Looks like it could be a 70's album cover. - Dave
