Every year Nikon sponsors the Small World competition for photomicrography, the art of photography through a microscope. In its 33rd year, the 2007 competition had more than 2,000 entries. For more about the competition, including info on when the exhibit tour of micrographs will be in a city near you, take a gander at the competition's <A HREF="http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/">Web site</A>.
1 of 20 Gloria Kwon, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Gloria Kwon
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute
New York, New York, USA
Double transgenic mouse embryo, 18.5 days (17x)
Brightfield, Darkfield, Fluorescence (GFP, RFP)
2 of 20 Michael Hendricks, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Michael Hendricks
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory
National University of Singapore
Kent Ridge, Singapore
Zebrafish embryo midbrain and diencephalon (20x)
Confocal
3 of 20 Wim van Egmond, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Wim van Egmond
Micropolitan Museum
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Testudinella patina (a rotifer) (400x)
Differential Interference Contrast
4 of 20 Charles Krebs, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Charles Krebs
Charles Krebs Photography
Issaquah, Washington, USA
Marine diatoms attached to Polysiphonia (red algae) (100x)
Differential Interference Contrast
5 of 20 Peter Parks, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Peter Parks
Imagequestmarine.com
Witney, Oxon, UK
Sea water with mixed zooplankton and needle eye (20x)
Reflected Light
6 of 20 Charles Krebs, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Charles Krebs
Charles Krebs Photography
Issaquah, Washington, USA
Hydrophilidae sp. (water scavenger beetle) larva (100x)
Brightfield with Crossed Polarization
7 of 20 Michael Klymkowsky, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Michael Klymkowsky
MCD Biology
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Xenopus (frog) embryos (20x)
Stereomicroscopy
8 of 20 Vera Hunnekuhl, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Vera Hunnekuhl
Department of Zoology
University of Osnabruck
Osnabruck, Germany
Erpobdella octoculata (fresh water leech) (25x)
Confocal
9 of 20 Shamuel Silberman, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
10 of 20 Dr. Stephen Nagy, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Dr. Stephen Nagy
Montana Diatoms
Helena, Montana, USA
Antique microscope slide featuring thin section of diseased ivory (15x)
Polarized Light
11 of 20 Dr. Robert Markus, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Dr. Robert Markus
Institute of Genetics
Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Szeged, Hungary
Opening stamen of Mirabilis jalapa (flower) (125x)
Confocal
12 of 20 Annette Bergter, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Annette Bergter
Zoology Division
University of Osnabruck
Osnabruck, Germany
Ophryotrocha diadema (marine worm) embryo, showing nervous
system and cilia (25x)
Confocal
13 of 20 Dr. Stephen Lowry, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Dr. Stephen Lowry
University of Ulster
Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
Coiled radula of Patella vulgaris (mollusk) (20x)
Polarized Light
14 of 20 Christian Gautier, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Christian Gautier
BIOS/PHONE Photo Agency
Avignon, France
Cedrus atlantica (cedar) leaf crosscut (200x)
Polarized Light
15 of 20 Rodrigo Mexas, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Rodrigo Mexas
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Trematode sp. (parasitic worm) (400x)
Differential Interference Contrast
16 of 20 Steven Valley, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Steven Valley
Oregon Department of Agriculture, Plant Division
Salem, Oregon, USA
Mimetidae sp. (spider) egg case (30x)
Stereomicroscopy
17 of 20 Dr. Jeffery Bowen, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Dr. Jeffery Bowen
Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA
Kaleidofly of a Halloween Pennant (dragonfly) (1x)
Stereomicroscopy
18 of 20 Klaus Bolte, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
19 of 20 Viktor Sykora, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Viktor Sykora
Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty
Charles University
Prague, Czech Republic
Epilobium parviflorum (small-flowered willowherb) seeds (10x)
Stereomicroscopy, Darkfield
20 of 20 Dr. Matthew Hooge, Photo courtesy of Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Dr. Matthew Hooge
Portland, Oregon, USA
Clione sp. (planktonic mollusk) larva (40x)
Differential Interference Contrast
