Using a clipon

 I was thrown in at the deep end, sent two clipons with no instructions.

Most beginners start out, just holding the clipped-on clip-on against something, but I prefer a set-up like this:   

I added the clipon to my phone, set a skull that was handy in place near three books, then set the phone and clip on in place over the active lens with camera mode started.

You are looking here at a suture in the skull of a dead rabbit, with a few scraps of soil. 

I found that gentle downward pressure brought the object into sharp focus. This is fine for dead things and never-living things, and you get a result like this, using the camera app on a phone or tablet, once you get the clip-on carefully placed over the phone or tablet lens: here, my placement was a bit to one side.

Try photographing some cloth, first: you can see the weave, and also the fibres that make the thread.

Other things to try: currency notes and coins.

 

 

 

 Then try your skin, and some sand: