When a peach gets fuzzy....

[PeterAit]

....it goes under my macro rig! These are spore sacs on mold on a very ripe peach. 10x magnification, 120 image stack.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Oh dear.

And we have a load of southern peaches arriving in another week or so.

A fine image, however.

[John R]

Oh dear.

And we have a load of southern peaches arriving in another week or so.

A fine image, however.

Fabulous. The white sides coupled with light (or shadow?) sides, remind me of moon shots.

JR

[Arlen]

A very interesting image indeed, of a subject seldom seen in such detail.

I would only add that surely a 120 image stack deserves more than a 600 x 400 px presentation. The whole point is to make something very small large enough to appreciate the detail. 

[Todd Suttles]

I have a friend who uses a similar technique (I am assuming, of course) to create microscopic worlds from within crystals. What strikes me observing the two results is that I know, without knowing "what" I am looking at,-that I am seeing an artist's view of a natural thing; something that exists in nature, clearly not man-made. I also know your image is alive, and his is not. Your image lets me ponder how it is that I know that. An unanswerable question. I love it. -/t

[MattBurt]

That's pretty cool! Reminds me of a certain band...

[Bob_B]

Spore sacs aka ascii (ascus, singular)... I couldn't help myself, but that's what happens after 40 years of being a microbiologist. Very nice photo!