Pollen Detail Of White Trillium (trillium Ovatum) version 2

I posted on this a while back, but had not yet finished these images. These are complex to produce because obtaining detail and depth of field at this scale can require 20 to 50 exposures or more. The technique is called focus stacking, and it has revolutionized microphotography in the digital image era.



pollen gathered on the filament of a white trillium (trillium Ovatum)



Pollen covers the pistil of a western white trillium (Trillium ovatum) in a 10X power close-up view

Pollen Detail Of White Trillium (trillium Ovatum)

Extreme close-up view of the pollen gathered on the anther of a white trillium (trillium Ovatum).


pollen on white trillium (trillium Ovatum)

Pollen Cones Of Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta)

Wind is the principal method of dispersing pollen for the lodgepole pine. Millions of tiny pollen grains are released by a single tree...



pollen cones of the lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta)




pollen cones of the lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta)