Fluid Preserved Invertebrate Imaging

Fluid-preserved Invertebrate and Microscopic Slide Imaging Workshop Wiki

This wiki contains materials supporting iDigBio's Fluid-preserved Invertebrate and Microscopic Slide Imaging to be held at the University of Michigan, September 16-18, 2013. Included are links to resources, outlines, and training materials related to workshop content. Use the link immediately below to return to the main Digitization Resources wiki.

Workshop Agenda and Logistics

• Tentative Workshop Outline
• Information about Michigan League
• Bell Tower Hotel
• Google Map link: Walking from Bell Tower to Michigan League
• Downloadable pdf map from Bell Tower to Michigan League
• U. Michigan Campus map

Images for Review

• Spider from Sandy Brantley
• Spider from Sandy Brantley

Documentation

• Essig Museum of Entomology microscopic slide image database. Search for "Aetheca" in the filename (as an example) and click on the filename link to see the image. Contributed by Pete Oboyski.]
• Crowd Sourcing project for glass slides at Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Google Chrome translates the site nicely)
• How to Take High Resolution Macro photographs Using a Simple Studio Setup: Camera Equipment (Sam Droege)
• Insect Photo Enhancement: Photoshop Tutorial (Sam Droege)
• How to Preserve Insect Specimens in Hand Sanitizer....the Video (Sam Droege)
• Detailed Macrophotography of Insect Specimens: A Laboratory Setup (Alexander & Droege)
• iDigBio's Recommendations for the Acquisition, Processing, Storage, and Distribution of Digital Images