I photographed a flatworm on my aquarium glass (Convolutriloba retrogemma accoording to Delbeek and Sprung). I found a lot more than I expected. The dots in the flatworm may be zoozanthellae. The long strand on the glass may be a a type of blue green algae. I don't know what the pair of egg like structures are in the upper left corner. No wonder it's hard to judge what is going on in an aquarium. You can't see much of the action.
flatworm plus
- Thread starter Wampatom
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I used a Nikon D100. I am not sure I would waste film on flatworms. I used a Nikkor 105mm f2.8 micro lens with a 50mm prime lens mounted, in the reverse position, on the front end. The camera was then mounted on a tripod. The whole mechanism is quite unwieldy. The two lenses are very heavy and cause my cheap tripod to vibrate. I had to use the self timer so the vibrations would die down before the shutter opened. The depth of field is very small. Most of the pictures are blurry--either from movement or from shooting through the aquarium glass. I was startled to see this one, since it looks like it was taken through a microscope.
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