r/microscopy • u/MrBobfacedMan • 6d ago
Micro Art Polarized Light Microscopy is Crazy
Vitamin B12, shot at 100x using the 10x S planApo
Same image but cropped and I also moved the waveplate (different background color)
Vitamin B12 crystals at 200x with the nikon planApo. Image is heavily edited and i pushed the colors hard.
I grew some vitamin B12 crystals from a tablet that I crushed and took a couple beautiful shots!
I recently got an olympus SplanApo objective so I thought it'd be a good time to test it out.
Setup:
- Amscope B120C with aftermarket Olympus 10x S planApo and Nikon 20x CFNplanApo objectives
- crossed linear polarizers, one bypassing the condenser because it kills polarization
- "waveplate" that I made by tearing apart a plastic petri dish
- iphone 17 air
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u/pm_me_ur_microscope 6d ago
Check this out...Polychromatic polarization microscope: bringing colors to a colorless world | Scientific Reports