Tick mouthpart at 48×

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    I've made a higher magnification stack of the tick posted few days ago. Here I used the Nikon CF Plan 50/0.45 EPI SLWD microscope objective. 146 shots in 0,002mm steps were made then stacked in Zerene. Field of view = 0,50mm×0,75mm.

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    1. Nikola Rahme 26 months ago | reply

      9× magnification:
      Tick'n arms

    2. Insect~O~Saurus 26 months ago | reply

      that's gotta make a good back scratcher - excellent work

    3. Javier Torrent 26 months ago | reply

      Wonderfull lighting technique!!! I have so much to learn....

    4. Craig.Taylor 26 months ago | reply

      Never! Unbelievable images Nikola. If I ever got a tick I would freak out ... it will be even worse now I know the mouthpart is barbed. Did it take you long to get the tick set in that position?

    5. Nikola Rahme 26 months ago | reply

      No, I just glued it on its back to a pin's head. So the fixation would be invisible for a whole-body stack as well, but I made an accident and destroyed the preparation.

    6. Nikonian72 26 months ago | reply

      *Your picture is invited to the Macro Life Pool * this shot is just what we need Brilliant !!
      "please tag your wonderful macro *Macro-Life* before adding to the pool."

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    7. Weinstöckle 26 months ago | reply

      Ein tolle Aufnahme. Jetzt kann man gut nachvollziehen, warum dieses Bohrgerät nicht so leicht zu entfernen ist.

    8. tomatito rodriguez 26 months ago | reply

      excelent !! more pictures in this magnification! thank you :)

    9. macropoulos 26 months ago | reply

      Awesome!!!

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    10. nanomet's 26 months ago | reply

      how you get 48x and fine tuning is awesome!!! it seems to be impossible to me

    11. Stratio 26 months ago | reply

      holy shit kategória!

    12. Photo--Graphy [deleted] 26 months ago | reply

      Excellent

    13. Pat Kavanagh 26 months ago | reply

      ....off the charts amazing....

    14. mohammed al-mehmadi 26 months ago | reply

      wow
      great macro

    15. Nicolas Reusens Extreme Macro´s 26 months ago | reply

      I have no words.......amazing !

    16. Bushman.K 16 months ago | reply

      It makes me feel two absolutely different things..
      - this "harpoon" looks really fantastic, with all that small details, transparent spikes and hooks, "made of liquid glass at 900ºC"
      - I always remember all that dogs, died from piroplasmosis and people suffering from encephalitis - both diseases transmitted by ticks.
      But we are all creatures of the Nature.

    17. Terapixel² 13 months ago | reply

      Incredible.

    18. Dendroica cerulea 5 months ago | reply

      Very impressive.

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