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by Carel Sartory

[Balsam Post Issue 82 (January 2009) page 11 to 19 continuation sheet 1.]


Note: for completeness please refer to the original article.


Sand from Shark Bay, full of foraminifera, several dozen of different species are visible.
(Additional image - not in BP).
Photographing a single foram using a DSLR and a 38mm bellows macro lens. I stood a tube lined with black suede Con-Tact on a dark blue filter over a small light panel. I then lit the foram with a LED torch, the white foram against the deep blue background works well.
(Fig.5 in BP).
Some forams from Shark Bay photographed with the set-up described above.
(Fig.6 in BP).
A nummulite: a giant fossil foram from the Isle of White.
(Fig.7 in BP).
A large foram common at Shark Bay; tentatively identified as an Amphisorus sp: Both surfaces of the same specimen are shown.
(Fig.8 in BP).
Amphisorus sp: A worn specimen showing the internal structure.
(Fig.9 in BP).



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