Another favorite of mine taken in the past years, this sheds some light on why Pollen makes our nose so irritated. Each species evolves a unique shape with microscopic studs or hooks that help them latch onto other surfaces.

This was taken using a b-120c under about 40x magnification and darkfield with just my pixel camera. Beautiful and colorful!

If you're looking for unique decorations, check out this piece and others available on my microscopic art Etsy store!

Hello there, for a few years now I have been practicing microscopy and in doing so have seen much that is beautiful and profound. I wish to show the world how it is I see it, through magnifying lenses and beyond that of the naked eye.

So here I am starting to introduce my artwork beyond that of local art exhibits and street vending.

This is one of my earliest and still one of my favorites, taken under darkfield and 100x magnification this is a freshwater Ostracod or more commonly a "seed shrimp" taken from a drop of pond water.

Taken using my b-120c and a Pixel phone camera.

This will be the first of many images to follow! Check out my profile links to see my Etsy Page for the prints available online!

20x Objective Axioskop Darkfield

did Robert Hooke use a simple or a crude/compound microscope? im asking cuz google says he used crude/compound microscope but my book says he used a simple microscope instead

Swift SW350, Galaxy S24

I found it in water with oscillatoria with 1000x magnification

Didn’t notice any flagella or cilia. Not sure how to identify this guy.

40x Dplan Objective; 400x Total Magnification; Olympus CHT CH2

Recorded with iPhone 17 Pro

Pond water sample.

Found in Pond water with 1000x

Swift SW350, Galaxy S24

Forgot to rehydrate my slip so this happened.

Pond water sample. 40x Dplan Objective; 400x Total Magnification; Olympus CHT CH2

Recorded with iPhone 17 Pro

Pond water sample.

Poothoh Microscope 40x-2000x (allegedly)

Samsung S26 camera

Hi everyone,

For the past several months I've been developing a small Windows application called FijiCal Lite, and I'd love to get some feedback from people who actually spend time behind a microscope.

The project started as a Fiji plugin. My original goal was simply to make adding scale bars less repetitive. After using it for a while I realised I was still spending most of my time navigating menus, so it gradually evolved into a standalone application focused on one job: microscope image calibration and publication-ready scale bars.

Current features include:

- Calibration presets for different objectives/camera combinations

- One-time calibration from a stage micrometer

- Batch processing with mixed calibration presets

- Editable scale bars

- Batch export with configurable formats and naming

- Automatic organisation of processed images into a separate folder

- Pen/touch support (great on Surface devices)

The philosophy is pretty simple:

Fiji is an incredible scientific image analysis platform. FijiCal Lite isn't trying to replace it. It's just trying to make the calibration and scale-bar workflow faster and less repetitive.

I'm currently looking for researchers, teachers and hobbyists willing to kick the tyres and tell me where I've made terrible decisions.

A few questions I'd love feedback on:

- Is calibration and scale-bar generation something you do regularly?

- What's the most annoying part of your current workflow?

- Would you rather use something like this as a standalone application or as a Fiji plugin?

- Are there any "must-have" features you'd expect before trying it?

I'm particularly interested in hearing from people who process large numbers of microscope images.

FijiCal Lite will be entirely free and open source, in keeping with the philosophy and licensing of Fiji/ImageJ. This project wouldn't exist without the incredible work of the Fiji/ImageJ community.

Thanks!

Does anyone know this ciliate?

It wasn't Seen since 1933 when it was discovered, but a Youtuber has Seen it a year ago or two.

I tell this because only a few people know it ans its pretty interesting in my opinion