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
• Shuttle info, hotel assignments, and meal plan
• A few last-minute logistical details (text of e-mail, 2013-09-04)
• 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
• Walking map: Michigan League to the U. Michigan Museum of Zoology

Nearby (and not-so-nearby) Restaurants

• Restaurants at Michigan League
• Restaurants near Michigan League
• Map of restaurants in Ann Arbor (Michigan League is at flag J for reference)

Collaborative Notes Documents

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Issues Summary

Presentations

• Introduction to iDigBio, Gil Nelson
• Reflections on imaging invertebrate specimens in alcohol, Sandy Brantley
• DIY Techniques, Mark O'Brien
• Imaging spiders for the South Dakota Spider Survey: challenges and frsutrations, Brian Patrick
• Scanning Microscope Slides, Peter Oboyski
• Slide imaging at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Joost van Leusen
• Macro photography in hand sanitizer, Sam Droege
• Slide imaging at the Field Museum, Stphanie Ware
• Wet Specimen Imaging at CAS: Going with the flow into the 21st Century, Vic Smith
• Conceptualizing and implementing large-scale collection digitization, Gracen Brilmyer
• Imaging alcohol-preserved Arachnids using a Visionary Digital System, Marshal Hedin
• Imaging techniques in the study of fossil spiders, Paul Selden
• Processing images with Lightroom, Rich Rabeler
• Fluid-preserved imaging, Roy Larimer
• Paul Selden's workflow (including hardware and software notes) for imaging fossil spiders

Workshop Recordings

• Day 1 AM Session 8:15am-10:30am
• Day 1 AM Session 11am-12:30pm
• Day 1 PM Session 4:15pm- 5pm

• Day 2 AM Session 8:15am- 10:15am
• Day 2 AM Session 10:30am- 12:15pm

• Day 2 PM Lightroom Demo Session
• Day 2 PM O'Brien Demo Session
• Day 2 PM Closing Session 5pm- 5pm

Images for Review

• Spider from Sandy Brantley 1
• Spider from Sandy Brantley 2

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
• LEICA APPLICATION SUITE V 4.2 IMAGING MANUAL The Field Museum of Natural History — Moreau Lab (www.moreaulab.org) for high-resolution specimen image stacking, Gracen Brilmyer
• Ant Databasing Project Protocols, Field Museum, Gracen Brilmyer
• Paul Selden's workflow (including hardware and software notes) for imaging fossil spiders

Workflow Documents

• iDigBio community-generated modular workflows, including those for things in spirits in jars

Interesting Sidelights

• Recent news article from Australia highlighting Sam Droege and his images
• A few of Sam Droege's insect images
• Sam Droege's Flickr page
• Pinned insect digitization workshop, Chicago, Spring 2013
• Wet collections digitization wiki, U. Kansas, March 2013
• Nikon's Digital Camera Resolution Requirements for Optical Microscopy
• NanoZoomer from Hamamatsu
• IrfanView software for file re-naming
• Potential source for bar codes suggested by Mariel Campbell
• Potential source for labels suggested by Joost Leusen