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Thread: Neat Photo of Orchid Seeds

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    Default Neat Photo of Orchid Seeds

    I discovered a while back that I can get a decent micrograph by holding my iPhone just right over the eyepiece of my antique dissecting microscope; here are some LC seeds on a scalpel thusly captured:


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    Thanks, Colin, it is really cool to see the orchid seeds like this. Very creative use of the camera on your iPhone too!

    cheers,
    BD

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    Very cool, Colin! (And quite cleverly done, too. )

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    Very cool!
    I really like it, the seeds are much different than I thought.
    Alex

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