Amazing Microscopic Creatures by photographer Daniel Stoupin. Click through the break for more images and a video!
Ceriodaphnia sp., a water flea. The size of the animal is about 0.5 mm. The surface of the shell is clearly visible.
A freshwater copepod. The size of the animal is about 1 mm. The shot taken in polarized light and muscles and fibrillar structures appear like bright bands.
A cyclops, freshwater copepod. The size of the animal is about 0.5 mm. It is a female carrying eggs, close observation can reveal red dots inside the eggs, the red dots are the single eyes of the developing babies.
Polyphemus pediculus, a predatory water flea. The size of the animal is about 0.5 mm.
Polyphemus pediculus,a head and an eye of a predatory water flea. The size of the animal is about 0.6 mm.
An ostracod – a crustacean whose body is encased in shell. The size of the animal is about 0.8 mm. The surface of the shell is clearly visible.
Culex sp. – a mosquito larva, the head with mouth (ventral view). Muscles moving mouth pieces are visible as bright white bands due to the polarized light contrasting technique.
Culex sp. – a mosquito larva, the size of the insect is roughly 1 cm (0.4 in). The largest resolution picture in the gallery and it reveals a lot of hidden details. The small preview is unable to display everything. Notice that the inner structure of the larva is partially visible.
Hydra sp. – a freshwater cnidarian. The size of the animal is about 1 cm.
Hydra sp. – a freshwater cnidarian. A very common animal in lakes and ponds, which captures small invertebrates like water fleas.
Hydra sp. – a freshwater cnidarian. The size of the animal is about 1 cm. Muscle folds clearly visible along the body, the hydra is in a contracted stage.
Hydra sp. a freshwater cnidarian. The size of the animal is about 1 cm. Bright-field version of a hydra, notice that background colors are a result of the contrasting technique and they actually were desaturated to make the hydra stand out. Upon request I can show and offer different versions of bright-field versions, which are: natural saturation and highly desaturated and making the object look like on a grey field.
Scapholeberis mucronata,a head and an eye of a water flea. The size of the animal is about 0.6 mm.
Images and information via Microworldphotography.
