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On Mar 13, 2012, at 3:43 PM, Tabatha Yang <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hello,
> Thanks for sharing that article. I actually know the author. His name is Alex Wild and he got his PhD here in the Entomology Dept. at UC Davis. Super nice and knowledgeable.
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> Like the ASTC community, he is very open about sharing his techniques. He gave an unusual dept. seminar (not your standard research talk) in Oct. 2011 about how to take great insect photos cheaply. The video from that can be found here. http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/news/webcastlinks.html <http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/news/webcastlinks.html>Just scroll down to Oct. 2011 and click on his talk. It is not as polished as TED talks, but it is something.
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> I highly recommend that you check out his website to see other examples of his photography. http://myrmecos.net/
> He is a great source for amazing insect images and you can guarantee they will be properly identified. We use his stuff all the time in exhibits.
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>> A really nice and simple way to magnify things, very similar to the water drop microscope of the 60's.
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>>> Check out the "iPhone microscope"...
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