Microworlds

[...]    The difference between microscopes and macro lenses is not that significant at first glance. The optical principles are the same. What microscopes [...]

[...] course, hydras make an appearance. Don't forget to turn on HD!    This time I used macro lenses to get more angles and a better depth of field. In combination with microscopy footage, I [...]

[...] of dead stuff and find a rotten, mutilated, and disgusting looking underdeveloped embryo of a water flea being consumed by fungi and ciliates? That's a weird question! Of course the best thing to do [...]

[...] are made out of glass. That fact makes taking pictures very difficult. In  case of this water flea, which happens to be Simocephalus vetulus, I spent 4 days by Photoshop manually stacking and [...]

[...] available on youtube. In this video you will see the invisible world from a perspective of a water flea. Mayfly nymphs, ostracodes, water mites, ciliates, and, of course, hydras make an appearance. [...]

[...]     The Great Barrier Reef is renowned for amazing underwater sights... but the weather might seriously let you down. [...]

[...] yet. I am hoping to get some fresh material soon. This time I'm filming on an island on the Great Barrier Reef, and with plenty of cool tricks that I want to try. Besides, there's a lot of room for [...]

[...] only one diver with 5000+ logged dives who have seen this gorgeous creature in its natural habitat. I guess that makes me fortunate to be able to see it, at least in an aquarium. [...]

[...] microscopy footage, I believe, it works well. With the set of techniques I could show a more natural habitat, the kind of environment in which the invertebrates actually live. It's no longer flat, and [...]

[...]    PETAR national park is situated close to Sao Paulo in Brazil, I happened to visit it as I participated in an [...]

[...] in an astrobiology school in December 2011. I might not be able to impress anyone with photography skills, but I really want to share this 3 day long experience of visiting such a fantastic place [...]

[...] Continuing the topic of macro photography of waves, I'll show a number of other pictures. When I figured that this activity is very [...]

[...]    Most of small and microscopic invertebrates are transparent and sometimes make you feel that they are made out of glass. That fact [...]

[...] ;I made most of the filming in September, but was hoping to license the material to the wildlife movie studio that approached me. While things didn't work as planned, I got a lovely videography  [...]