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A grain of... sugar!
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A grain of... sugar!

by Paolo De Faveri

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted October 27, 20082,946 views19 comments
You may take it with a grain of salt, but I swear this IS indeed a grain of sugar!
Eos 50D, microscope with a 40x lens, and polarized source light.

Your C&C are as always welcome, thanks for your time. Paolo

P.S. a larger version is also available

Comments

19 comments
Comment posted by Bill Fach on October 27, 2008 at 11:57 PM
Paolo: Now this is macro! Spectacular. :toast: :toast: :toast: >=))>
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
Comment posted by Scott Reeves on October 28, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Very cool, Paolo!
Registered on May 30, 2007, 28 Posts, 261 Comments
Comment posted by Praveen Unni on October 28, 2008 at 2:51 AM
Supercool Paolo....Thanks for sharing this :toast:
Registered on March 20, 2006, 149 Posts, 416 Comments
Comment posted by Jeremy Week on October 28, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Way cool!! Thanks for sharing! :toast:
Registered on February 19, 2007, 62 Posts, 394 Comments
Comment posted by Tim Stenning on October 28, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Superb. Lovely colors. Oh, yes, Sweet! I´ve get a microscope. :toast:
Tim Stenning, Salvador, Brazil
Registered on March 26, 2006, 99 Posts, 343 Comments
Comment posted by Ganesh H Shankar on October 29, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Amazing colors, patterns and a unique work Paolo :toast:
Registered on March 1, 2004, 324 Posts, 1867 Comments
Comment posted by Wayne Jones on October 29, 2008 at 9:27 PM
More than macro -- this is MICRO! Very eye-catching composition. It reminds me of the experiments I did when I was a kid with my first microscope.
Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments
Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on October 30, 2008 at 8:10 PM
Who would have thought that a grain of sugar would have such a complex structure. Thanks for the lesson and thanks especially for this wonderful display of geometric shapes and colors. Really mind boggling.
Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments
Comment posted by David Cobb on November 4, 2008 at 11:25 AM
Cool shot Paolo, like a stained glass window of bird feathers.

David M. Cobb
Registered on December 14, 2007, 312 Posts, 3243 Comments
Comment posted by Christine Adams on November 4, 2008 at 5:47 PM
This is REALLY, REALLY cool Paolo!! I missed this before so I am VERY glad to see it now. Congrats on your EP!!! :toast:
Registered on January 24, 2006, 119 Posts, 1871 Comments
Comment posted by Paolo De Faveri on November 4, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Thank you all commenting on this, and thanks for the EP too.
Taking photographs through a microscope can be really funny, as the unseen is at least as much amazing and rich as the world around us. Because of the extremely swallow dof of a microscope though, it can also be very frustating, as finding focus through the viewfinder is often difficult.
That's why I have welcome very much the outstanding capabilities of the 10x live view magnification of the new 50D (and all the new Canon cameras of course). Finding focus on that screen is really a pleasure, and when the dof is not enough for the scene I want to capture, it's easy to take several pictures focussed at different distances and then stack them together in PS. I already took a couple of pictures with this technique and I eventually post them in the next days.

Thanks again to all
Paolo
Registered on August 29, 2007, 318 Posts, 1651 Comments
Comment posted by Alex Retzloff on November 7, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Really neat picture. Thanks for posting it, it's wondeful.
Registered on July 19, 2008, 22 Posts, 130 Comments
Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on November 11, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Ok ...no one else said it....SWEET! I missed this before and glad I didn't miss it completely.
Way cool! Sharon
Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments
Comment posted by Andreas Resch on January 4, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Haven't seen this one before. Too bad that I mostly look at images in ESS. Congrats on the pick, Paolo. It's well deserved.
Registered on November 14, 2007, 322 Posts, 6101 Comments
Comment posted by Christine Adams on January 4, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Hi Paolo again!! I want to congratulate you on the honorable mention. Well deserved image.
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Registered on January 24, 2006, 119 Posts, 1871 Comments
Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 5, 2009 at 12:35 AM
Nope, looks like salt to me. :wink:

Congratulations on the 2008 EPA Paolo. Looks like you post great pictures in places other than ESS.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments
Comment posted by Paolo De Faveri on January 5, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Hey, thank you all, both for the year pick and for the congratulations. Just flattered, and happy of course. So happy: :jump: :jump: :jump:

:wavey:
Paolo
Registered on August 29, 2007, 318 Posts, 1651 Comments
Comment posted by Toni Lankerd on January 6, 2009 at 10:45 AM
I'll never look at sugar the same way again! Fantastic capture, Paolo..congrats! :toast:
Registered on January 3, 2005, 360 Posts, 4004 Comments
Comment posted by kittipong Faengsri on June 25, 2009 at 1:23 AM
cool
Registered on June 25, 2009, 0 Posts, 2 Comments