Great video. I am looking forward to seeing some of the videos you are planning on doing. I like to see some on the bonus & insects like Flores ant beetles. Thanks, Steve.
With the "fixed" specimen (presumably 10% formal saline or post fixed in alcohol - how are you going to handle these tissues that will be brittle? Also, fixation removes a lot of colour - how will you propose to recolour them.? Over the years, this has been a challenge for me when recording pathological specimens. Ta.
Really good questions Nigel, we will pose them to the biological photography and imaging team and see if we can produce a good methodology in a future video!
@@Adaptalux thanks for that. We used to recolour formalin fixed tissue with a short immersion in alcohol - but that was only after short term fixation. They did become brittle. Used to dab absolute alcohol on the surface of large specimen to remove highlights when photographing with lights. Long term fixation - such seen in biology / pathology museums - have their own difficulties. Have fun.
I'm sure that's a thing too, though those would be the more conventional courses anyway. We're certainly learning a lot just from having so many specimens around!
Great video. I am looking forward to seeing some of the videos you are planning on doing. I like to see some on the bonus & insects like Flores ant beetles. Thanks, Steve.
Thanks Steve, im sure we will have the opportunity to take a closer look at some of the insects and beetles!
The various types of stag beetles could be fascinating. Dung beetles can be cool, too.
There are certainly a lot of different beetles to choose from. I think some of the more colorful ones will look very cool!
With the "fixed" specimen (presumably 10% formal saline or post fixed in alcohol - how are you going to handle these tissues that will be brittle? Also, fixation removes a lot of colour - how will you propose to recolour them.? Over the years, this has been a challenge for me when recording pathological specimens. Ta.
Really good questions Nigel, we will pose them to the biological photography and imaging team and see if we can produce a good methodology in a future video!
@@Adaptalux thanks for that. We used to recolour formalin fixed tissue with a short immersion in alcohol - but that was only after short term fixation. They did become brittle. Used to dab absolute alcohol on the surface of large specimen to remove highlights when photographing with lights. Long term fixation - such seen in biology / pathology museums - have their own difficulties. Have fun.
11:06 can you use white and black translucent papers to avoid the reflection of the light from falling on the jar, and shoot from an alternate angle
I'm not sure what you mean about white and black paper? I think it's possible simply by light position but we will give it a go in a future video!
@@Adaptalux using translucent sheets or acrylic sheets as filters
How about students from art and photography background being taught the science stuff?
I'm sure that's a thing too, though those would be the more conventional courses anyway. We're certainly learning a lot just from having so many specimens around!