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David Spears

Photography: Macro and Micro Photography

David Spears is a retired cameraman, producer and photographer. He is a Zoologist graduate from London University and holds two FRPS distinctions, an ASIS qualification from the RPS and is a Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society.

His companies Science Pictures and Clouds Hill Imaging produced over 300 documentary programmes for BBC, C4, ITV, Discovery etc. Some won awards from Royal Television Society, British medical Association, and European Educational Association among others.

David delights in exploring the range of imaging techniques used by scientists and technologists and provides images that demonstrate that informative pictures produced for scientists do not have to be unattractive and badly composed.

The equipment in his studio includes 1967 Zeiss photomicroscope converted to LED lighting and mirror less digital cameras and a Zeiss LEO 430 scanning electron microscope. David has also been pioneering the focus stacking technology, building two different systems, working with mirror less cameras.

Published book: Unseen Companions: Big Views of Tiny Creatures (published by Last Refuge)

Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a Fig leaf
Dinoflagellate, Ceratium
Human Embryo
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a stem of Fragrant Virgin's Bower (Clematis flammula) stem
Light Micrograph (LM): Tomato seed
Human finger tip print
Bedbug
Cat Flea
Human White and Red Blood Cells
Scanning Electron micrograph (SEM) showing stomata on a Yew (Taxus baccata) Leaf
Termite
Light Micrograph (LM): Longitudinal section showing xylem elements of old sunflower stem(Helianthus sp.) showing spiral chloroplasts
Light Micrograph (LM): plant cell chloroplasts - the site where photosynthesis takes place
Oriental Rat Flea
a gut tumour
Light Micrograph (LM): Transverse section of a leaf of Marram Grass (Ammophila sp.)
Germination in Lilly
Footman moth
Follicle Mite
Scanning Electron micrograph (SEM) showing stomata on a Yew (Taxus baccata) Leaf
Light Micrograph (LM): Transverse section shows Sclerenchyma Ground Tissue in Helianthus stem
Groundsel Pollen
Gecko foot hairs
Earwig
Jumping Spider
Confused Flour Beetle
Gecko Claw
Crab larvae
Wasp Sting
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a Dandelion stem (Taraxacum officinale)
Nerve cells grown in a culture
Rat Embryo
American Cockroach
Crane Fly or ‘Daddy-Long-Legs’
Light Micrograph (LM): Longitudinal section showing xylem elements of Scots pine wood, (Pinus sylvestris)
Light Micrograph (LM): Cells from a hair on the stamen of the common spiderwort (Tradescantia)
Light Micrograph (LM): Longitudinal section showing xylem elements of Mahogani (Swietenia mahagoni)
Human sperm
Human Retina
Jumping Spider
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a stem of Clover (Trifolium sp.) with an unidentified parasite attached.
Froghopper (nymph)
A Mouse Blastocyst
SEM: Cactus Pollen
Eggs of Green Lacewing
Human Skin
Spider Eggs
SEM: Human White and Red Blood Cells; Magnification x 21,000 for A4 size print
Human Foetus
Leaf Section
Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): Silk fabric material
Human Fallopian Tube
Human Hairs
Lavae of Woodworm or Furniture Beetle
Megalop
Dinoflagellate, Ceratium
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a stem of Whisk Fern (Psilotum nudum)
Fungus Gnat
Woodboring Weevil
Leaf Weevil
Woodworm or Furniture Beetle
Calanus
Human Retina
Human Head Louse
Jumping Spider
Rat Embryo
Rat Embryo
Light Micrograph (LM): Longitudinal section showing xylem elements of Mahogany wood, (Pinus sylvestris)
Scanning Electron micrograph (SEM): Open Stoma of  Chrysanthemum plant leaf
SEM: Stinging Nettle, Urtica dioica
Praying Mantis
Harvestman
Dandelion seed
Black-legged or Deer Tick
Human sperm
Light Micrograph (LM): transverse section of Dehiscence Lilium Anther shows Filament and Vascular Bundles
Human Cochlea
A Mouse Ovum being fertilized
Green Lacewing
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a stem of a Pepper
Light Micrograph (LM): A longitudinal section showing xylem elements of a Ribes sp. stem
Light Micrograph (LM): Onion skin cells
SEM: Human Ovum in Fallopian Tube : Magnification x 1,000 for A4 size print
Tapeworm from shark
Human Ovum in Fallopian Tube
SEM: Human White and Red Blood Cells; Magnification x 21,000 for A4 size print
Black Garden Ant
Seven-Spot Ladybird
Light Micrograph (LM): transverse section shows Sclerenchyma Ground Tissue in Helianthus stem
Tapeworm from a blue shark
Human skin
Cat Flea
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section shows Xylem in Helianthus stem
Light Micrograph (LM): Longitudinal section shows Scalariform vessels of Fern
Light Micrograph (LM): transvers section shows Parenchyma Ground Tissue in Buttercup stem
Sleeping Sickness Parasite in red blood cells
Lily Pollen
Eight cell stage mouse embryo
Light Micrograph (LM): transverse section shows Parenchyma or packing tissue from Cucurbita Stem
Cat Flea
Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): Pollen grains from an Umbelliferous flowering plant
Amoeba
Bedbug
Black Garden Ant
Human Foetus
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a straw of Wheat showing vascular bundle, cortex and epidermis
Springtail
Silverfish
Chigoe Flea
stigma of a lily
Frog tongue
Light Micrograph (LM): A light micrograph of the nuclei of plant cells
Scanning Electron micrograph (SEM): Yew (Taxus baccata) Leaf
Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): Human gut showing villi
Human Foetus
A foot of Pholcus Spider
Rat Embryo
American Cockroach
Wood-boring Weevil
Human finger tip print
Human Public Hair
Pharaoh Ant
Human sperm
Villi in human intestine
Common Centipede
Pholcus Spider - male
Termite (woker)
Light Micrograph (LM): Transverse section of Lilium Anthers with Mature Pollen
SEM: Human Red Blood Cells; Magnification x 6,500  for A4 size print.
Earwig
Light Micrograph (LM): The transverse section of a stem of Norway Pine (Abies Excelsa) shows the resin passages
Wood-boring Weevil
Tapeworm from a teleost fish
False Scorpion
Rat Embryo
Light Micrograph (LM): Tomato seed
Tapeworm from shark
Merchant Grain Beetle
Rat Embryo
Rat Embryo
Garden Spider-male
Common House Spider - female
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section showing xylem of a root of Creeping Buttercup, (Ranunculus repens)
Human testis tubes
A human Ovum  being fertilized
Crane Fly or ‘Daddy-Long-Legs’ lavae
Psocid
Eye of a Caddis Fly
Pond Skater
Brown Scale Insect
Light Micrograph (LM): plant cell chloroplasts - the site where photosynthesis takes place
Human embryo
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a stem of Clubmoss(Lycopodium sp.)
Human Retina
Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): Silk fabric material
Light Micrograph (LM): Cells from a hair on the stamen of the common spiderwort (Tradescantia)
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a stem of Clubmoss(Lycopodium sp.)
Four cell stage mouse embryo
Light Micrograph (LM): transverse section of Prunus Leaf
SEM: Human Ovum in Fallopian Tube : Magnification x 1,000 for A4 size print
Light Micrograph (LM): Transverse section of a leaf of Marram Grass (Ammophila sp.) showing Vascular Bundle;\
Rat Embryo
Black-legged or Deer Tick
Wood Boring Weevil
Cochlea of Guinea Pig
Bedbug
Common Rough Woodlouse
Deathwatch Beetle
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a stem of Whisk Fern (Psilotum nudum)
Megalop
Tapeworm from shark
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a leaf of a Cherry (Prunus sp.)
Yew Leaf
Scanning Electron Mirograph (SEM): Mycorrhizae Fungi on root
Soil Nematode
Oriental Rat Flea
Cat Hairs
Sleeping Sickness Parasite in red blood cells
A human Ovum  being fertilized
Garden Spider-female
Calanus
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a stem of a Horsetail Fern (Equisetum sp.)
Light Micrograph (LM): transverse section shows Sclerenchyma Ground Tissue in Helianthus stem
Driver Ant
Megalop
Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): Peony Pollen
Dust Mite
anther of a lily with pollen
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section shows Vascular Bundle in Helianthus stem
Human Foetus
Anopheles Mosquito larvae
Foraminifera
SEM: Human Ovum in Fallopian Tube : Magnification x 1,000 for A4 size print
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of an aerial root from a Pandanus sp
Tapeworm, Taenia solium
Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): cotton bedsheet  showing skin flakes
Light Micrograph (LM): Onion skin cells
Amoeba
Rat Embryo
Dust Mites
Rat Embryo
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a Maize stem (Zea sp.) showing vascular bundle, cortex and epidermis
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a straw of Wheat showing vascular bundle, cortex and epidermis
Death Watch Beetle
Crab larvae
Common House Spider - male
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a stem of Whisk Fern (Psilotum nudum)
Rat Embryo
Light Micrograph (LM): Transverse section of a leaf of Marram Grass (Ammophila sp.)
Black Aphid
Human skin
Crab larvae
A foot of a House Fly
Common Wasp
Human skin
Light Micrograph (LM): A Tranverse section of a stem of a Common or European Ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior)
Common Centipede
Mosquito, Culex pipiens
Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): Silk fabric material
Light Micrograph (LM): tranverse section shows Parenchyma or packing tissue from Cucurbita Stem
Scanning Electron micrograph (SEM) showing stomata on a Yew (Taxus baccata) Leaf
Common House Spider - female
Water Measurer
Rat Embryo
Human Sperm
SEM: Human Ovum in Fallopian Tube : Magnification x 1,000 for A4 size print
Megalop
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Human Crab Louse
Foraminifera
Amoeba protective shell 'test'
Rat Embryo
Human vein showing red blood cells
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a stem of a Tree Fern (Dicksonia antractica)
Diatom
Human Skin with Hair Follicles
Human Retina
A Mouse Blastocyst
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a root of Conifer (Pandanus sp.)
Light Micrograph (LM): Filaments of fungi Endotrophic Mycorrhiza live within cells of a root
Chigoe Flea
Crab Spider
Kidney glomerulus
Bood vessels in intestine
Human Hair - African
Bluebottle
Human White and Red Blood Cells
Caddis Fly
American Cockroach,
Honeybee
Rat Embryo
Human Ovum in Fallopian Tube
A Mouse Ovum being fertilized
Rat Embryo
Human Embryo
Crane Fly or ‘Daddy-Long-Legs’
False Scorpion or Pseudoscorpion
Human Cochlea
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a stem of a Hedge Woundwort plant (Stachys sylvatica)
Jumping Spider
Human Skin with Hair Follicles
Bluebottle
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of an aerial root of Orchid (Dendrobium sp.)
Light Micrograph (LM): A longitudinal section showing xylem elements of a Ribes sp. stem
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a lower Epidermis of a Box leaf (Buxus sp.) showing Stomata
Common Centipede
Bumblebee
Spectacle Moth hatching
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a stem showing vascular bundle, cortex and epidermis of Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
Cheese Mite
SEM: Stinging Nettle, Urtica dioica
Light Micrograph (LM): Longitudinal section showing xylem elements of Scots pine wood, (Pinus sylvestris)
Scanning Electron micrograph (SEM) showing stomata on a Yew (Taxus baccata) Leaf
Eye facets of a House Fly
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of an aerial root of Orchid (Dendrobium sp.)
Light Micrograph (LM): A Tranverse section of a stem of a Common or European Ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior)
Follicle Mite
Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): Silk fabric material
Human Sperm
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a Helianthus stem
Fungus Gnat
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section shows Vascular Bundle in Helianthus stem
Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a leaf of Tasmanian Blue Gum (Eucalyptus globulus)
Powder Post Beetle, Priobium sp.
Bee Sting
Tapeworm, Taenia solium
Earwig
Rat Embryo
Black Aphid
Termite (woker)
Rat Embryo
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