This section is dedicated to amber, a fossil resin, which like a treasure chest contains small, invisible treasures. In this section I will share photographs obtained using extreme macro techniques.
All the images are acquired with the specimen submerged in glycerine, using as an objective an inverted Schneider-Componon-S 50mm/f2.8, Mitutoyo objectives series QV 2.5x, 5x or 10x, the iconic Russian LOMO 3.7x and Nikon 10x Plan. More the magnification is higher, more the light diffraction in the amber affect the quality of the image. At magnification greater than 10x is difficult to obtain good quality images, except if the subject is really close to the amber surface.
Baltic amber, Upper Eocene (Priabonian-Bartonian)
Trombidiformes Mite,( Arachnida, Acari), Baltic Amber 244img 1vs10sec 16µm Mitutoyo2.5x 
Trombidiformes Mite,( Arachnida, Acari), Baltic Amber 121img 1vs10sec 2.5µm Mitutoyo20x_detail setae 
Aderidae, Baltic Amber 112img 1vs20sec 15µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Trimium (Pselaphinae), Baltic Amber 332img 1vs20sec 16µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Hairy plant, Baltic Amber 146img 1vs3sec 15µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Pselaphinae, Baltic Amber 120img 1vs20sec 15µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Spider (amber under glycerine), Baltic Amber 208img 1vs8sec 20µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Petalium sp. (Ptinidae), Baltic Amber 164img 1vs15sec 15µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Endomychidae (Anamorphinae), Baltic Amber 123img 1vs13sec 15µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Chironomidae, Baltic Amber 211img 1vs8sec 15µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Chironomidae, Baltic Amber 136img 1vs8sec 20µm Mitutoyo2.5x 
Bethylidae wasp (Hymenoptera), Baltic Amber 182img 1vs20sec 15µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Ant, Baltic Amber 229img 1vs25sec 15µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Ptinidae (Death Watch Beetle), Baltic Amber 185img 1vs10sec 15µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Ptinidae (Death Watch Beetle), Baltic Amber 99img 1vs15sec 20µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Mycetophilidae, Baltic Amber 198img 1vs25sec 15µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Mycetophilidae, Baltic Amber 189img 1vs15sec 20µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Latridius alexeevi, Baltic Amber 123img 1vs13sec 15µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Latridiidae, Scarabaeidae, Coleoptera, Baltic Amber 164img 1vs8sec 7µm Nikon 10x 
Hemiptera, Baltic Amber 188img 1vs20sec 15µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Xyletinus cf. arturi (Ptinidae, Xyletinae), Baltic Amber 116img 1vs3sec 20µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Hairy mite, Baltic Amber 147img 1vs15sec 15µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Neoliodidae mite, Baltic Amber 123img 1vs13sec 15µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Hairy mite, Baltic Amber 227img 1vs13sec 12.5µm Mitutoyo 2.5x 
oak flower 237img 1/200 ” Mitutoyo 2.5x 
Spiny Myrmicinae, Baltic Amber 288img 1/200″ 15µm Mitutoyo QV 2.5x 
Formicidae, Baltic Amber 214img 1/160″ step 15µm Mitutoyo QV 2.5x 
Spiny Myrmicinae, Baltic Amber 325img 1/100″ 15µm Mitutoyo QV 2.5x
Extreme macro and Paleontology 