Stacking Microscope Photography

A series of images are shot at various focus depths, then stacked together with software to create a final image with much greater depth of field than traditional close-up photography.

I use a home-built, automated microsope (see the image in the Miscellaneous gallery) for photographing larger objects like insects, or a regular microscope focused manually for smaller subjects.

Most shots are at 5X, 10X, or 20X magnification, using brightfield or darkfield illumination.

Bugs 110 images	From the Spice Rack 101 images · 1 video	Food 69 images	Assorted Biological Samples Look, you probably just don't want to know what some of this stuff is. Just enjoy the images, and don't think too much about what they are, OK? 81 images
NEW Crystals 776 images · 44 videos	Integrated Circuits 67 images	Plants 109 images	Cast in Stone Or at least, in wood glue. After I learned that some people clean their vinyl records by putting on a layer of wood glue, letting it dry, then peeling it off, I decided I'd try it with integrated circuits, and it actually captures a lot of fine detail. Also tried it on other things. 16 images
Miscellaneous 89 images	Snow It is possible to preserve a snowflake on a slide with Krazy Glue. This is my first attempt, and while I failed to preserve any whole flakes, I did wind up with a lot of mutant fragments of snow. 27 images	Tears Tunrs out that dried tears are actually quite interesting under a microscope. 25 images