Some macro photos of amber and Kem Kem bones

[Aurelius]

Spent a few hours tonight mucking around trying to get some nice macro shots of some insects in Baltic amber. Here are the results. Field of view is approximately 7mm, but some of these have been cropped considerably.

 

 

[Aurelius]

 

I also stuck a few bits of junk bone from Kem Kem under the microscope objective, just out of curiosity. 

 

This is the edge of a tooth fragment. It's a smallish fragment of a very large tooth, but it does have the worn serrations present. Must be theropod, but not sure what type.

 

[Aurelius]

This is a view through a broken bone of entirely unknown (to me) origin.

[Aurelius]

Last one - a piece of large, flat, unidentified bone, which I think is rather attractive close-up. This is about 4mm across.

[Vieira]

Fantastic fossils and pictures.

 

Thanks for sharing

[Fossildude19]

Wonderful pictures! 

Thanks for posting them. 

Regards,

[Troodon]

Absolutely remarkable pictures, the lighting is amazing.  Macro photography is always the best.  Good call on the tooth fragment, theropod.

[-Andy-]

Incredible details on the amber pieces there. You have a great set-up!

[aerogrower]

I could look at those pictures of the insects in amber for hours! Thank you for posting these!

[Aurelius]

Thanks for your kind comments. I intend to do more in the near future.

[LordTrilobite]

Great photos!

[Aurelius]

Had a bit of a play with extreme magnification today. This is the same piece of amber used in the fifth image down, but shot at 10x instead of 5x. The difference this makes is enormous, and the difficulty in shooting and editing it was immense. I had to re-polish the amber and use different techniques to produce the final image. Quality isn't as good, but I can't afford the top of the range gear for this kind of thing.

This is about 1.5mm across.

 

 

[Aurelius]

Final one for now. A composite, shot at 10x, the total insect is about 3mm across. Took about a day to shoot and edit - not worth it, but I'm getting some new specimens too so needed to get back into it.

 

[Susan from PA]

Beautiful specimens and photos!  Thanks so much for sharing!