Male human head louse

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    Male human head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis.

    Technical settings :
    - focus stack of 57 images
    - microscope objective (Nikon achromatic 10x 160/0.25) directly on the body (with adapter ~30 mm)

    Alan Cressler, haban hero, Baubo Bittern, hgviola ♫, and 45 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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    1. Sam Martin (abikeOdyssey) 20 months ago | reply

      so sharp!

    2. vytko1.618 19 months ago | reply

      alien like

    3. Jim Rees 16 months ago | reply

      Thanks again for the CC license. I've used this photo here:
      www.rapunzelslice.com/facts_of_lice.html

      My own pathetic first attempt is here:
      www.flickr.com/photos/83025347@N00/6829354655/in/photostr...

      I'm using a real microscrope, so composing and lighting the subject is fairly easy, but my $40 Celestron camera doesn't do nearly as nice a job. It also has a tiny sensor so even with my lowest power objective I can't get the whole louse in the shot.

    4. RumpledElf 14 months ago | reply

      Hi, I used this photo too: photographicdictionary.com/l/louse

      Thanks for sharing with a CC license!

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