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== First artistical tries == | |||
[[File:Microscope-jakob-drying-condiments.jpg|195px|right|thumb|Condiments drying at a radiator)]] | |||
In her talk about the basics of microscopy, Adriana showed us some nice images captured with microscopes, such as the ones on [http://scienceblogs.com/retrospectacle/2007/01/30/beer-microscopy-project/ this site]. Since I liked the way the artists colored their specimen, I asked myself how to achieve a similar effect with possible cheap equipment. | |||
So, I considered to dye sugar, salt and meal with food coloring and then take gaudy images of it. In the photo to the right, one can see the three condiments drying at a radiator after coloring. | |||
And here is a gallery of some images I shot: | |||
<gallery perrow="4"> | |||
File:Microscope-jakob-plain-sugar-1.png|Usual sugar | |||
File:Microscope-jakob-blue-sugar-1.png|Blue colored sugar | |||
File:Microscope-jakob-red-sugar-1.png|Red colored sugar | |||
File:Microscope-jakob-gaudy-sugar-1.png|Sugar in multiple colors | |||
File:Microscope-jakob-usual-salt-1.png|Usual salt | |||
File:Microscope-jakob-blue-salt-1.png|Blue colored salt | |||
File:Microscope-jakob-yellow-salt-1.png|Yellow colored salt | |||
File:Microscope-jakob-gaudy-salt-1.png|Salt in multiple colors | |||
File:Microscope-jakob-usual-meal-1.png|Usual meal | |||
File:Microscope-jakob-green-meal-1.png|Green colored meal | |||
File:Microscope-jakob-red-meal-1.png|Red colored meal | |||
File:Microscope-jakob-gaudy-meal-1.png|Meal in multiple colors | |||
</gallery> | |||
Some of the images are nice-looking, but after all I'm not satisfied with the results. One big problem I noticed when taking these photos is that the camera has an automatic white balance; so, it was the best to always keep the Petri dish in motion, which made it quite hard to shoot good photos. | |||
However, I will look for other exciting effects that can be achieved with our self-made microscope. | |||