 鲜花( 87)  鸡蛋( 1)
|
 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

) @- a& E% W3 q' q+ A! RHere we present ten of the finalists from Nikon’s 35th Annual Small World Photomicrography Competition, which recognizes photographs shot through a microscope. Contest winners will be announced on October 8. Until October 2, the public can select their favorites in the “Popular Vote” section of the Nikon Small World web site.( W5 Q2 a- t' L+ g: x6 J
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
& e0 x" D A- d v* DEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)" e" `0 j" ]2 [" ]! s: b
Reflected light by fiber-optics5 u# r, e0 ~" p" O, H- P
0 t5 n5 u: p3 w3 c& W1 D2 Q/ `; e. w; y
7 P# O+ Y" j( J* `7 O( Y
, G% \" W+ A5 ~) E" ?$ w© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
% I% R2 p3 ^4 f6 Q- ^1 A1 kAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
* X; }1 L$ q' G4 D; UStereomicroscopy
# q" [9 q2 T8 Q1 v! k; r) X) U
6 S) Q6 u7 d4 y3 N: t* |! y© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
8 w6 y, {- i. B, M1 ARaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)" G2 \9 ]6 e, J
Differential interference contrast
$ {1 M2 U2 K1 D* w
9 T f: U5 u0 z& k© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China q( r7 a/ {$ a. N
Snowflake (40X)
( K" H8 q% `+ Z7 V- n- ]- EReflected and Transmitted Light/ g& t" u2 b8 U- ^
/ P. ?+ Q& T$ E$ T& T
© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
w1 S3 Y3 T% F- Y+ uSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
N4 y8 R ]: k6 Q- mDarkfield
, W) T! H! S w1 f $ g9 ^3 w1 p2 ~8 q6 o0 ?1 j
© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States4 E) V5 g5 q& @
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
! W0 T7 q8 O$ r, k1 g U) [1 cReflected light from fiber optic% E% ]: j0 Q( R9 v9 I

) i8 e; N2 B ?. |9 {. i7 Y© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
! r* \* Q" f8 z% yHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)) s, E9 t8 \% @# D* }
Darkfield
2 m5 Q S7 x+ S0 C; F- _$ A 0 m7 R9 g4 P/ S" h$ a5 N
© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain' o/ \8 l# X2 i% b& I* d8 G
Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)2 g, t+ q1 Z8 n& [
Incident light and transillumination3 T/ E ?& t w9 K+ ~! @0 w
7 [& R: ^3 I/ p- W* W3 r. W7 q
© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
0 K( M! j$ W& ISnail eggs (200x)
: b5 n% c" j; F& s! q1 [Differential Interference Contrast
" W6 T) z" ?2 X9 \8 P
% x' Z$ G( w9 b) O/ f© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States0 q8 }6 h$ v/ O
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
& H5 o$ k- L: l8 S1 iConfocal
' U3 Q2 n" T* U3 i, b' ?Tags: Photomicrography
|
|