Emerging trichome
Emerging trichome
This is a photograph of a small trichome on the surface of a seedling through the 40x objective. Not sure if it is a happy trichome looking up at what it will become or a sad trichome looking down 😆 I liked the colors and the scene, reminds me of a painting.
Here is a photo through the 10x:
Seeing these posts kinda makes me want to buy a microscope. To research the poo of the pigeons on my balcony 😆
What kind of a microscope are you using? Do you do that just as a hobby?
EDIT: I just checked and I actually have the SW380T, not 350T. It is similar but slightly better from what I can find: https://www.microbehunter.com/swift-sw380t/
Interesting! I ran a quick search to look into what you might see. I found a paper titled "ESTABLISHING NORMAL FECAL FLORA IN WILD AUSTRALIAN PASSERINE BIRDS BY USE OF THE FECAL GRAM STAIN, and in that paper they find no parasites in the feces sampled and mostly gram-positive bacterial with cocci shape. Yeasts were found some rarely. To actually identify the bacteria they use DNA sequencing. Other than the bacteria, if the sample is fresh, you might be able to find crystals (like uric acid), and epithelial cells... If the sample is a bit older you would also be able to identify microorganisms that feed on it.
The version I have at home is a SWIFT SW350T. It costs ~360 € in the EU. It has the eye pieces and third a tube for mounting a camera. For mounting the camera I purchased an adapter separately for my Nikon camera (it mounts to the DSLR camera as a regular lens and then the tube is inserted through the top port of the microscope). The SW350 (without 'T') is slightly cheaper at $300 and it missing the top port, but it is still possible to mount a camera through an eye piece. Having the third one is just a bit more convenient as you can look through the microscope while the camera is mounted.
I use it as a hobby. I have worked with a few fancy microscope types in a research setting, but then the kinds of samples I have looked at have been very restricted.
Ha, i was just thinking about the pigeon poo because it was what i was looking at the last time i looked through a microscope. And there were in deed also cocci bacteria there.
That looks like a real cool microscope, and not even that crazy expensive. And with an actual camera mount. I'll have to let the thought simmer a bit, not just buy one to look through it a few times then have it collect dust. Gonna follow your microscopic adventures :) Thanks for the info!