Critter ID?

chris1121 · 04-04-2008, 11:46 AM

Can anyone tell me what this is growing on my LR and glass??

lcstorc · 04-04-2008, 01:17 PM

Can you get a closer pic?

chris1121 · 04-04-2008, 02:02 PM

Thats about as good as I can get it.

Chirashi · 04-04-2008, 02:26 PM

If I had to guess, I'd say it is just coralline algae. Is it 3-dimensional? It's very hard to tell from the image.

P.S. If you own a regular film SLR camara, I found recently that the close-up diopter lenses (the kind that screw onto the front of the regular lens) work if held in front of a digital camera -- you can get really close and in focus. Maybe you can get a better image that way...

chris1121 · 04-04-2008, 03:06 PM

It is 3D, it almost looks like plant roots.

naperenterprise · 04-04-2008, 04:12 PM

Might be a spegetti work with sand on it??

Boomer · 04-05-2008, 07:29 PM

I looks like some type of Hydroid. There are hydroids that look like that.

chris1121 · 04-06-2008, 10:12 AM

Whats a hydroid? Should I remove it?

04-04-2008, 01:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
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chris1121 Bryozoan Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 46 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Critter ID? Thats about as good as I can get it.

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Chirashi Tunicate Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bethlehem, PA, USA Posts: 6 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Critter ID? If I had to guess, I'd say it is just coralline algae. Is it 3-dimensional? It's very hard to tell from the image. P.S. If you own a regular film SLR camara, I found recently that the close-up diopter lenses (the kind that screw onto the front of the regular lens) work if held in front of a digital camera -- you can get really close and in focus. Maybe you can get a better image that way... Last edited by Chirashi : 04-04-2008 at 02:29 PM. Reason: remembered something I wanted to add

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chris1121 Bryozoan Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 46 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Critter ID? It is 3D, it almost looks like plant roots.

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