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Welcome to the Molecular Expressions Art in Photomicrography website. Using multiple-exposure techniques in classical film photomicrography (photography through a microscope) we have succeeded in constructing a series of unusual photographs that we have termed Microscapes. These photographs are intended to resemble alien and/or surrealistic landscapes. The basic construction of these images is discussed in our Photo Primer under the subsection on Creative Photomicrography and involves the classical microscopy techniques of brightfield and cross-polarized illumination, assisted by basic visible light color-filtering processes. Microscapes consist of multiple exposures (so far from 2 to 9) fashioned on a single frame of 35mm transparency film. The Microscape links below describe the name of the image and the chemicals used for construction. |
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Ascorbic Acid, Idaho - Constructed with crystals of vitamin C, xanthan gum, protein, and stretched polyethylene. Baghdad, after the storm - Constructed with petrographic thin sections of Moon rocks, and hardened epoxy, the microscope field diaphragm, and acetate gel filters. Black Hole in Space - Constructed with crystals of vitamin C, protein, and the microscope field diaphragm. Blue Mountain, Montana - Constructed with crystals of penicillin, vitamin C, the microscope field diaphragm, and stretched polyethylene. Buddhist Prayer Flags - Constructed with crystals of penicillin, protein, and polyethylene. Ceti Alpha 5 - Constructed with liquid crystalline DNA, protein crystals, a flue filter and the microscope field diaphragm. Crystal Forest - Constructed with liquid crystalline gramicidin and blue/purple filters. Del Ray Beach, Florida - Constructed with crystals of vitamin C, the microscope field diaphragm, and blue filters. El Paso Del Norte - Constructed with crystals of vitamin C, xanthan liquid crystals, Cibachrome bleach, and filters. Firestorm - Constructed with crystals of sulfur and aspirin. Hindsite - Constructed with crystals of vitamin C, protein, the microscope field diaphragm, and blue filters. Katmandu - Constructed with crystals of ampicillin, protein, and stretched polyethylene. Liquid Crystal Land - Constructed with liquid crystalline DNA and xanthan, protein, and the microscope field diaphragm. Lover's Leap - Constructed with crystals of sulfur, stretched polyethylene, and the microscope field diaphragm. Martian Sunset - Constructed with liquid crystalline gramicidin, hardened epoxy, and blue/purple filters. Mayday - Constructed with liquid crystalline DNA, ethidium bromide crystallites, and the microscope field diaphragm. McDonalds on Mars - Constructed with crystals of Cibachrome bleach, protein, and the microscope field diaphragm. Mount Meatloaf - Constructed with crystals of penicillin, vitamin C, the microscope field diaphragm, and polyethylene. Nebraska - Constructed with crystals of vitamin C, the microscope field diaphragm, and polyethylene. Nuclear Sunrise - Constructed with crystals of vitamin C, hardened epoxy, the microscope field diaphragm, and magenta filters. East Reykjavik, Iceland - Constructed with crystals of ampicillin, the microscope field diaphragm, and blue filters. Sioux City, Iowa - Constructed with crystals of vitamin C, the microscope field diaphragm, and stretched polyethylene. Space Birds - Constructed with crystals of vitamin C, protein, and the microscope field diaphragm. The Stand - Constructed with crystals of vitamin C, protein, and the microscope field diaphragm. Star Wars - Constructed with crystals of vitamin C, protein, and the microscope field diaphragm. Space Station Mir - Constructed with crystals of vitamin C, protein, and the microscope field diaphragm. Sulfur Canyon - Sulfur, Constructed with crystals of protein, a blue filter, and the microscope field diaphragm. Sunny Jupiter - Constructed with crystals of sulfur and aspirin. Tornadoland - Constructed with crystals of vitamin C, liquid crystalline xanthan and DNA, Cibachrome bleach, and blue filters. Sea of Tranquility - Constructed with liquid crystalline DNA, the microscope field diaphragm, and stretched polyethylene. Westworld - Constructed with hardened epoxy, the microscope field diaphragm, and purple/blue filters. Icestation Zebra - Constructed with crystals of ampicillin, the microscope field diaphragm, protein, and stretched polyethylene.
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