Tag: photography

  • Midges and mosquitoes under the microscope

    Some insects are so small it becomes very hard to photograph them with traditional macro lenses and even though my Loawa macro lens goes up to 5X magnification, unless the subject obligingly sits absolutely still, and even if you haven’t drunk too much coffee, at such high power it is very difficult to use on…

  • Dragonfly and damselfly eyes

    This summer, I have greatly enjoyed watching and photographing dragonflies and damselflies. I particularly like to take macro photos and whenever I review these I am particularly impressed by the size and complexity of these insects’ eyes. Dragonflies are among the most agile of flying insects, turning in an instant and at high speed, to…

  • When do you call yourself ‘a photographer’?

    It’s a more interesting question than it seems and until recently I would not have said that I am a ‘photographer’ rather, I would have said that I take photographs. My friend Gary an accomplished artist, in response to my question, “How do you become an artist”, replied “When you say you are”. I think…

  • What’s in a viewfinder? The every-day-carry camera.

    This essay wanders around subjects from my new ‘street’ every-day-carry camera to the advantages and disadvantages of viewfinders and JPEGs. Perhaps the place to start is how most people take photographs and what they then do with them. About 1.8 trillion photos are taken annually, translating to 5 billion daily or 57,246 every second. Whoa! The…

  • Adding a camera to the Bresser Infinity Microscope

    The Bresser Infinity microscope is pretty good but like all microscopes it has its limitations. I am a passionate macro-photographer and thus a camera port on a microscope was a ‘must’ for me. A few minutes reading on the microscope forums provides some information on how to best utilize the port but also flaged up…

  • Can an amoeba think?

    At 72 years of age one comes to reflect upon why it is that one chose a particular path through life. There are only a few things of which I am certain. The first is that I am a scientist and a firm believer in the Scientific Method. In a world where the irrational seems…

  • Spirostomum the fastest thing in Vaour?

    This is another short essay on some of the fascinating creatures that live in the water of the rather intriguing pond to be found at the Cite du Lac in Vaour. In this case, a unicellular worm that lives on the floor of that pond. When thinking about fast animals one’s mind usually springs to…

  • A tale of two ponds

    This essay is about two of our local ponds in France. The 20th century has not been kind to ponds. In both France and Britain, many were drained to create more farmland or filled in to make room for new developments. Some ponds went to waste and others were stuffed full of it! In France and…

  • Outing to the lakes

    This is my first post under ‘Macro’ but it could equally well perhaps have appeared under another of my web-site’s headings (‘Eco’, ‘France’, etc.). It’s about a couple of short trips to find and photograph dragonflies. There are a number of places near Penne and Vaour where one can find many species of these most…

  • Electro – electronics and electro-optical projects

    Nothing here yet but old projects can be found at www.petermobbs.wordpress.com. New projects will be added here. All the pictures and content on these pages are the copyright of the author and of petermobbs.com. They may not be reused in any form without the express permission of the author.

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