2019 Nikon Small World photography competition The winning photographs of the 2019 Nikon Small World have been revealed, showcasing an incredible collection of shots captured in the contest’s 45th year.
Founded in 1974, Nikon Small World aims ‘to recognize excellence in photography through the microscope’ and ‘is widely regarded as the leading forum for recognizing the art, proficiency and photographic excellence involved in photomicrography,’ in Nikon’s own words. Below is a list of the judges for this year’s competition:
Dr. Denisa Wagner, Edwin Cohn Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and the head of the Wagner Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Rita Strack, Senior Editor at Nature Methods.
Tom Hale, Staff Writer at IFLScience.
Ben Guarino, Science Reporter at The Washington Post.
Eric Clark (Moderator): Research Coordinator and Applications Developer at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University.
Over 2000 entries were submitted for the 2019 competition from scientists in nearly 100 countries. After being ‘evaluated on originality, information content, technical proficiency and visual impact,’ microscopy technician Teresa Zgoda and university graduate Teresa Kugler took home first prize for their incredible capture of a turtle embryo that was created using fluorescence and stereo microscopy. The image is a result of the duo taking hundreds of images and stacking them together to create the final image, ‘as the organism’s size meant only very small parts of the turtle could be imaged on the focal plane at a time,’ according to Nikon’s press release.
We’ve rounded up the top 15 images from the contest and shared them in the following gallery to enjoy. Images and information were kindly provided to DPReview through Nikon Small World.
1st Place
1st Place — Teresa Zgoda & Teresa Kugler, Fluorescent turtle embryo
Location: Campbell Hall, New York, USA
Methodology: Stereomicroscopy, Fluorescence, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)
2nd Place
2nd Place —Dr. Igor Siwanowicz, Depth-color coded projections of three stentors (single-cell freshwater protozoans)
Location: Ashburn, Virginia, USA
Methodology: Confocal, 40x (Objective Lens Magnification)
3rd Place
3rd Place — Daniel Smith Paredes & Dr. Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar, Alligator embryo developing nerves and skeleton
Location: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Methodology: Immunofluorescence, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)
4th Place
4th Place — Jan Rosenboom, Male mosquito
Location: Rostock, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Germany
Methodology: Focus stacking, 6. 3x (Objective Lens Magnification)
5th Place
5th Place — Caleb Foster, Snowflake
Location: Jericho, Vermont, USA
Methodology: Transmitted Light, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)
6th Place
6th Place — Javier Rup
Location: Alm
Methodology: Reflected Light, Image Stacking, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)
7th Place
7th Place — Dr. Guillermo L
Location: Alicante, Spain
Methodology: Focus Stacking, 3x (Objective Lens Magnification)
8th Place
8th Place — Garzon Christian, Frozen water droplet
Location: Quintin, Cotes-d’Armor, France
Methodology: Incident Light, 8x (Objective Lens Magnification)
9th Place
9th Place — Andrei Savitski, Tulip bulb cross section
Location: Cherkassy, Ukraine
Methodology: Reflected Light, 1x (Objective Lens Magnification)
10th Place
10th Place — Jason M. Kirk, BPAE cells in telophase stage of mitosis
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Methodology: Confocal with Enhanced Resolution, 63x (Objective Lens Magnification)
11th Place
11th Place — Dr. Yujun Chen & Dr. Jocelyn McDonald, A pair of ovaries from an adult Drosophila female stained for F-actin (yellow) and nuclei (green); follicle cells are marked by GFP (magenta)
Location: Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Methodology: Confocal, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)
12th Place
12th Place — Anne Algar, Mosquito larva
Location: Hounslow, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Methodology: Darkfield, Polarizing Light, Image Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)
13th Place
13th Place — Dr. Emilio Carabajal M
Location: Madrid, Spain
Methodology: Focus Stacking, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)
14th Place
14th Place — Antoine Franck, Femail Oxyopes dumonti (lynx) spider
Location: Saint Pierre, R
Methodology: Focus Stacking, 1x (Objective Lens Magnification)
15th Place
15thPlace — Marek MiDaphnia magna (small planktonic crustacean)
Location: Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland
Methodology: Modified Darkfield, Polarized Light, Image Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)
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