I've done the normal beginer things. Onion skins, celery and blood. The blood being the most interesting. It moves! Looks like little rivers flowing through the deltas. Since I'm diabetic, I'm used to punching holes in my fingers, so blood is easy to come by. Of course, my wife isn't a diabetic and it was harder to get her blood.
Then I found this little speck on my window sill. Popped it into the scope, focused and lo and behold, it had legs. It looked like a grain of sand without the scope.
I then went to my aquarium, took an eyedropper of water, dropped a drop onto a well slide and lowered the cover on it. Put it into the scope and NOTHING MOVED! Tried a few more drops, still nothing. On the fifth try, something was moving in there! A small round object with spikes all over it. It darted all over the FOV. I watched it for around 30 minutes. I then had to go eat. It was gone when I returned and haven't found another since. Gonna have to get some pond water.
I've learned a lot during my first explorations. One thing I really learned is that I have a lot to learn.
I find I can simulate darkfield using the filter holder partly open, with the frame covering part of the entry of light into the stage. I adds some dimension to the objects you are looking at. I now know I need to get the darkfield condenser that is offered for this scope.
Thanks for reading this far folks. More to follow in the coming days.
