Using a dissection microscope, I’m searching for that accidental beauty seen in close-up views, when a tomato can become an otherworldly, surreal landscape.
After months of searching for a microscope, I turned for help to a microscope specialist who works at a nearby lab that conducts research on infectious diseases. She showed me three types: the electron (way out of my price range), the wet (requires slide preparation), and the dissection microscope.
From AmScope.com, I bought a Canon adapter and the 7X-45
X Trinocular Stereo Zoom Microscope with Dual Halogen Lights. You can illuminate a translucent subject from beneath, as well as from above. Through enough toil, trial and error, you can capture that perfect “microscape”. I still need a lot of practice "to make perfect".
