Nikon Small World: Unbelievable Macro Shots
Nikon Small World is regarded as the leading forum for showcasing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope. For over 30 years, Nikon has rewarded the world's best photomicrographers who make critically important scientific contributions to life sciences, bio-research and materials science.
Here are a few of my favorite shots from the competition:
Credit: Dr. Igor Siwanowicz Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology Martinsried, Germany
First place in the 2011 Nikon Small World photograph competition went to this photograph of a green lacewing larva.
Credit: Dr. Donna Stolz University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
A blade of grass magnified 200 times took 2nd place in the 2011 competition.
The third place winner of the 2011 Nikon Small World contest was this photo of living Melosira monliformis, a type of algae.
An ultra-close shot of a microchip took 5th-place.
The marine copepod Temora longicornis took the 9th-place-winning photograph.
Credit: Joan Röhl Institute for Biochemistry and Biology Potsdam, Germany
This is a freshwater water flea, Daphnia magna, and took 10th place in the competition.
Credit: Dr. Jan Michels Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Kiel, Germany
11th place went to this shot of the head of a fluorescing ant.
Wondering what these are? Grains of sand – and they took 14th place.
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