Rheinberg Filters Starter Manual

by Michael Shaw

Overview

Rheinberg filters allow you to add brilliant contrasting colors to your microscope viewing and photography in a very inexpensive way. Most microscopic specimens are clear, and since microscopes use light, it passes through these mostly transparent objects. From microorganisms in a pond, to ancient micro fossils called diatoms, allergy causing pollen spores in the air, crystals like sugar and salt, and many other interesting specimens—they are all clear when viewed under a microscope.
So, these very beautiful things are difficult to see against a white background of pure light passing from the illuminator through your eyepiece.

The only way to see these things is by using contrast. This booklet is about a special method of creating contrast by Optical Staining. That’s a fancy way of saying we color the light, selectively. It’s like dyeing cloth—without the chemicals. This 39 page E-book with dozens of instructional photos, teaches you the Rheinberg method using tools and materials easily obtained at your local office supply store.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940164107390
Publisher:	Michael Shaw
Publication date:	05/22/2020
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Michael Shaw has written several photo-essay books, one winning an award for inspirational poetry.

His degree in Fine Art from The New York Institute of Technology inspired him to combine art with science in a series of books for teachers and their young scientists to help prepare winning science fair projects.

Mr. Shaw’s reproductions of ancient Egyptian Art have been sold at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and at The Field Museum in Chicago. His life-size reproduction of the north wall of King Tutankhamen’s tomb was purchased by the Museum at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia for permanent display. His commercial art has sold in department stores nationwide, and his art and photography have been featured in books, magazines, and on television.