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Looking through a microscope is very often a one-dimentional, low resolution, fuzzy experience. However, when all the elements of a properly done microscopy session come together as regards the lighting, optics, subject matter, composition and specimen thickness, a viewing experience of exceptional clarity and contrast can be acheived. Here, the lighting ratios emulated by Differential Interference Contrast approximate those of a multiple-light macro setup. The viewing experience under these conditions is as if a 3 or 4 light studio setup was being used to illuminate fish in an aquarium. When these criteria are achieved, the experience of viewing the very minute through a microscope is suspended and the micro-organisms take on a three-dimensional quality and allow he viewer to experience the life forms as if they were huge creatures swimming by in a gigantic aquarium.
