http://sdymphoto.com/ Recent content on Sdym photo Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 03 Dec 2021 13:00:48 -0800 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2021/12/03/ants-vs-termite/ Fri, 03 Dec 2021 13:00:48 -0800 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2021/12/03/ants-vs-termite/ Carpenter ants vs dampwood termite, seen in June in Oregon state, USA. If you like my photos, prints and apparel available via Redbubble. You can also license my photos for commercial and personal use via Alamy: https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/sdymphotography http://sdymphoto.com/post/2021/06/13/moss-10x-x1.4/ Sun, 13 Jun 2021 13:47:12 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2021/06/13/moss-10x-x1.4/ Very young moss (likely Bryum argenteum) from a garden soil sample under the microscope (10x objective), vertical field of view is about 1.1mm, focus stack: If you like this image, prints and apparel available via Redbubble. You can license the photo for commercial and personal use via Alamy: https://www.alamy.com/very-young-moss-likely-bryum-argenteum-under-the-microscope-vertical-field-of-view-is-about-11mm-image429191693.html http://sdymphoto.com/post/2021/03/02/derodontus-trisignatus-10x-x1.4/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:14:32 -0800 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2021/03/02/derodontus-trisignatus-10x-x1.4/ This is a small fungus beetle Derodontus trisignatus under the microscope, bright field illumination, 10x objective, horizontal field of view is about 1.2mm, focus stack: If you like this image, prints and apparel available via Redbubble. You can license the photos for commercial and personal use via Alamy: https://www.alamy.com/brightfield-micrograph-of-derodontus-trisignatus-small-fungus-beetle-horizontal-field-of-view-is-approximately-119mm-image413357812.html http://sdymphoto.com/post/2021/02/14/galvezia-juncea/ Sun, 14 Feb 2021 13:36:53 -0800 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2021/02/14/galvezia-juncea/ This is Gambelia juncea (syn. Galvezia juncea) flower, photographed in California: Here is the same flower from the side: If you like this image, prints and apparel available via Redbubble. You can license the photos for commercial and personal use via Alamy: https://www.alamy.com/search/lightbox/4209500.html http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/11/10/penicillium-100x/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 22:51:40 -0800 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/11/10/penicillium-100x/ This is Penicillium mold under the microscope, mounted in lactophenol cotton blue, 100x objective, horizontal field of view is about 170 microns, digitally inverted: Here is the same picture, but not inverted: If you like this image, prints and apparel are available via Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/sdymchenko/works/34618193-penicillium-mold-under-the-microscope You can license the photos for commercial and personal use via Alamy: https://www.alamy.com/inverted-bright-field-micrograph-of-penicillium-mold-stained-with-image155161413.html and https://www.alamy.com/bright-field-micrograph-of-penicillium-mold-stained-with-methyl-blue-image155161412.html http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/10/25/lychee-shell-2x-x1.4/ Sun, 25 Oct 2020 14:00:12 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/10/25/lychee-shell-2x-x1.4/ Lychee (Litchi chinensis) shell under the microscope, 2x microscope objective, pictured area is approximately 6mm wide. This photo won a honorable mention prize in Nikon Small World 2018 photomicrography competition. If you like this image, prints and apparel are available via Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/sdymchenko/works/42919155-lychee-shell-under-the-microscope You can license the photo for commercial and personal use via Alamy: https://www.alamy.com/light-micrograph-of-a-lychee-litchi-chinensis-fruit-shell-pictured-area-is-approximately-6mm-wide-image178121724.html http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/10/18/lobster-mushroom-micro/ Sun, 18 Oct 2020 12:02:41 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/10/18/lobster-mushroom-micro/ This is Lobster mushroom (Russula brevipes host parasitised by ascomycete fungus Hypomyces lactifluorum) under the microscope, reflected light, 10x objective, horizontal field of view is about 1.2mm: Here is the same view, but using transmitted light: And here is a much closer look at the spores (100x objective, horizontal field of view is about 121 microns, the spores mounted in lactophenol cotton blue): And this is the same picture as above, but digitally inverted with some color channels swapped: If you like this image, prints and apparel available via Redbubble. http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/10/04/mold-4x-x1.4/ Sun, 04 Oct 2020 13:35:20 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/10/04/mold-4x-x1.4/ Mold, likely Aspergillus sp., about 1.5mm in height, on a plum seed. This photo won a honorable mention prize in Nikon Small World 2019 photomicrography competition. If you like this image, prints and apparel available via Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/sdymchenko/works/49234686-mold-under-the-microscope You can license the photo for commercial and personal use via Alamy: https://www.alamy.com/micrograph-of-mold-likely-aspergillus-sp-about-15mm-in-height-on-a-plum-seed-image332448972.html http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/09/26/wasp-head-2x-x1.4/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 12:39:33 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/09/26/wasp-head-2x-x1.4/ Wasp head (Vespula sp.) under the microscope, 2x objective, horizontal field of view is about 6mm. First photo uses mix of reflected and transmitted light: Second photo uses only reflected light, so the background is black: Third photo uses reflected visible and UV light, so the eyes are glowing blue because of fluorescence: If you like the images, prints and apparel available via Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/sdymchenko/shop?artistUserName=sdymchenko&collections=978669 You can license the photos for commercial and personal use via Alamy: https://www. http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/09/20/conifer-pollen-100x/ Sun, 20 Sep 2020 02:52:25 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/09/20/conifer-pollen-100x/ Conifer pollen grain under the microscope, stained with iodine, 100x objective, horizontal field of view is about 170 micrometers. If you like this image, prints and apparel available via Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/sdymchenko/works/55619413-conifer-pollen-grain-under-the-microscope You can license the photo for commercial and personal use via Alamy: https://www.alamy.com/conifer-pollen-grain-under-the-microscope-horizontal-field-of-view-is-about-170-micrometers-image340364345.html http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/09/15/lapsana-seed-2x-x1.4/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 03:17:45 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/09/15/lapsana-seed-2x-x1.4/ Lapsana communis (Common nipplewort) seed under the microscope, 2x objective, vertical field of view is approximately 6mm. If you like this image, prints and apparel available via Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/sdymchenko/works/52274778-seed-of-lapsana-communis-the-common-nipplewort You can license the photo for commercial and personal use via Alamy: https://www.alamy.com/seed-of-lapsana-communis-the-common-nipplewort-image365204456.html http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/09/12/tree-frog-in-flower/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 16:16:50 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/09/12/tree-frog-in-flower/ Pseudacris regilla (Pacific tree frog) seen in Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, WA, USA. The frog is really tiny. This photo is 1:1 macro, horizontal field of view is just 17.3mm: And here is a bit farther away: If you like the images, prints and apparel available via Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/sdymchenko/works/42304458-tiny-pacific-tree-frog-pseudacris-regilla-sitting-in-a-flower You can license the photos for commercial and personal use via Alamy: https://www.alamy.com/tiny-pacific-tree-frog-pseudacris-regilla-sitting-in-a-flower-image259836856.html http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/09/12/mold-cherry-stem-2x-x1.4/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 14:10:46 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/09/12/mold-cherry-stem-2x-x1.4/ Mold on top of a cherry stem, 2x microscope objective, vertical field of view is about 5.7mm. If you like this image, prints and apparel available via Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/sdymchenko/works/52265233-mold-on-top-of-cherry-stem-under-the-microscope You can license the photo for commercial and personal use via Alamy: https://www.alamy.com/mold-on-top-of-cherry-stem-under-the-microscope-image365204417.html http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/09/07/lapsana-leaf-20x-x1.4/ Mon, 07 Sep 2020 11:31:42 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/09/07/lapsana-leaf-20x-x1.4/ Lapsana communis (Common nipplewort) leaf cells under the microscope, 20x objective. If you like this image, prints and apparel available via Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/sdymchenko/works/49328508-leaf-cells-under-the-microscope You can license the photo for commercial and personal use via Alamy: https://www.alamy.com/leaf-cells-under-the-microscope-leaf-of-lapsana-communis-nipplewort-image359549221.html http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/09/07/disposable-mask/ Mon, 07 Sep 2020 00:24:49 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2020/09/07/disposable-mask/ Here is how one type of now ubiquitous blue disposable mask looks under the microscope. Using 2x objective: Using 4x objective: If you like this image, prints and apparel available via Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/sdymchenko/works/54778063-disposable-protective-face-mask-under-the-microscope You can license the photos for commercial and personal use via Alamy: https://www.alamy.com/outer-layer-of-disposable-protective-face-mask-under-the-microscope-horizontal-field-of-view-is-about-6mm-image368204969.html http://sdymphoto.com/about/ Fri, 12 Apr 2019 00:12:14 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/about/ Hello, my name is Sergii Dymchenko. I’m originally from Ukraine, but now I live in Bellevue, WA, USA. I enjoy photographing nature, and mostly do photomicrography and macro photography. Some of the prizes and recognitions I’ve got for my photos: Nikon Small World (2021, 2019, 2018 – honorable mention, 2020 – image of distinction) Microscopy Today Micrograph Awards (2019 – open category 3rd prize) Clemson’s HOOKEd on Microscopy Light Micrograph Competition (2019 – semi-finalist, 2018, 2017 – third place) You can license my photos for commercial and personal use via Alamy: https://www. http://sdymphoto.com/post/2018/10/26/sprouting-avocado-seed/ Fri, 26 Oct 2018 02:57:59 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2018/10/26/sprouting-avocado-seed/ http://sdymphoto.com/post/2018/09/28/strawberry-seed-10x/ Fri, 28 Sep 2018 03:04:53 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2018/09/28/strawberry-seed-10x/ Strawberry “seed” (achene) under the microscope, 10x objective, focus stack. If you like this photo, you can buy prints. http://sdymphoto.com/post/2018/09/12/nauplius-100x/ Wed, 12 Sep 2018 21:20:09 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2018/09/12/nauplius-100x/ Nauplius (copepod larva) from a freshwater sample, about 100 microns in size, 100x microscope objective, focus stack of 2 photos. If you like this photo, you can buy prints at FineArtAmerica. http://sdymphoto.com/post/2018/09/03/orange-fungus-guy/ Mon, 03 Sep 2018 13:59:41 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2018/09/03/orange-fungus-guy/ Orange jelly fungus, Dacrymyces chrysospermus, in Washington state, USA. http://sdymphoto.com/post/2018/08/31/garden-slug/ Fri, 31 Aug 2018 18:09:47 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2018/08/31/garden-slug/ Garden slug, Arion ater or Arion rufus, in Washington state, USA. http://sdymphoto.com/post/2018/08/31/rove-beetle-antenna-50x-x1.4/ Fri, 31 Aug 2018 00:33:54 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2018/08/31/rove-beetle-antenna-50x-x1.4/ Rove beetle antenna, bright field micrograph, 50x microscope objective with 1.4x teleconverter, focus stack of ~20 photos, pictured area is approximately 240 micrometers tall. http://sdymphoto.com/post/2018/08/15/beetle-larva-10x/ Wed, 15 Aug 2018 01:38:22 -0700 http://sdymphoto.com/post/2018/08/15/beetle-larva-10x/ Beetle larva, bright field micrograph, 10x microscope objective, pictured area is approximately 1.7mm wide. And here is an inverted, “pseudo x-ray” version: