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Christine Glade Conceptual Artist

Photomicroscopy: Art with the Microscope

Branches, 2006
Pond Scum

False Memory, 2005
Bubble wrap, synthetic sponge

Bees, 2005
Bee legs

Blood Cycle, 2006
Antenna, 2006
Moth		 False Memory II, 2005
Bubble wrap, synthetic sponge, leaf

 

Wood-Boring Insect Whole Wood Border Exoskeleton of Tiny Horsehoe Crab
Brignt Pink Trimmed North American Real Moth Pond Scum

Wasp Butt
Rolo Candy Wrapper
Wasp Appendage
Wing of unknown Critter

Feather
Wasp Foot in Natural light
Fresh Human Blood
Cluster Fly Wing

Wasp scale:

Today's Muse 40x Body and Wing 100x Wing Tip 40x
Wing Detail 100x Wing Detail 400x Wing Vein 1000x
Quaking Aspen Elm Tear in an unknown leaf I brought back from France

I've received a couple emails asking about the equipment. I have:

New Trinocular Illuminated Microscope and a used Nikon Coolpix 990 both acquired via Ebay plus a converter from Zarf Enterprises. Jack decided to get the Nikon even though I have a brand new digital SLR (Canon Eos Rebel XT) because he read in several places that the Nikon 990 was among the best and easiest to use for photomicroscopy and he didn't want me to struggle to get photos. He also got me the camera's remote so there's no camera motion - ain't he smart! It works great. The 990 is a 3.4 megapixel camera; the Rebel is 8.1 - You know I will be researching how to connect that one too. He said read that it's possible but it seemed far more techincal and beyond his understanding of the new camera. Right now I am just enjoying all the new possibilities...feeling totally spoiled and loving it!

 

[updated January 23, 2007 ]