PETER JUZAK
Microcrystals in polarised light.

A melt of urea and paracetamol in polarised light.
Scale of reproduction 10x / Magnification approx. 120:1.
Microscope: Carl Zeiss Jena JENALB-Pol.
Objective: Carl Zeiss Jena GFPA 12.5x/0.25/oo/-A.
Connection to camera: MF photo adjustment APO for digital microphotography from BW-Optik.
Camera: Sony Alpha 6500.
For viewing the substances I use the LED light from the microscope, for taking photographs I swing in a manual flash unit.
All pictures are not stacked shots, but taken with one frame.

Author
Peter Juzak (61) is a bookbinder as well as a graphic and desktop publisher. He has been conducting experimental photo studies on micro crystals for more than 30 years. He has worked for Bayer Vital GmbH and was author and photographer for Medicalpicture GmbH.

I'm the winner of The Big Picture Competition 2016 in the category Art of Nature.
https://www.bigpicturecompetition.org/2016winners

I'm a finalist of The Big Picture Competition 2021 in the category Art of Nature.
https://www.bigpicturecompetition.org/2021-winners

Nikon Small World HONORABLE MENTION, 2016 SMALL WORLD IN, MOTION COMPETITION
https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/people/peter-juzak

Exhibition in the Lower Saxony Ministry of Culture April - June 2018
Hannover Medical School, November 27-February 2014 "The fascination of microcrystals"

Pictures of me are published in the book "Wonders: Spectacular Moments in Nature Photography", published by the California Academy of Sciences.
http://mikrokristalle.org/spectacular-mome

Website
https://mikrokristalle.org/

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