51 Stunning Photos From This Year’s Nikon Small World Photomicrography Contest

They say “the bigger they are, the harder they fall.” But in the world of photography, this doesn’t necessarily apply. Why? Well, simply because it’s all about the details. It’s what makes this art bloom to the nth level.

This is exactly what Nikon’s 2017 Small World Photomicrography competition wants to achieve. And yes, details are the main focus here. It’s about appreciating beauty from the smallest of perspectives. The competition basically involves all sorts of professionals from around the world – scientists, doctors, and macro photography enthusiasts.

As for this year’s competition, Nikon managed to include 2,000 participants from 88 countries. Photomicrography is simply the practice of taking a photograph using a microscope – or sometimes a similar magnifying tool. Its goal is to capture the intricate details of things that are invisible to the naked eye.

So, without further ado, here are the winners of the aforementioned Nikon competition.

#1. A jumping spider.

#2. The common body pain killer: Paracetamol.

#3. The head of a tapeworm found in pigs.

#4. A living Volvox Algae.

#5. A mold on a tomato.

#6. Plastic fracturing on a credit card.

#7. Immortalized human skin cells.

#8 Natural bridge (also known as Petiole Nodes) of an ant.

#9. Traxacum Officinale or Dandelion.

#10.3rd trimester fetus Of megachiroptera.

#11. The skin of a sea-cucumber.

#12. Asiladae’s (rubber fly) eye section.

#13. Senecio Vulgaris seed head.

#14. A mineral called Pyromorphite.

#15. The eye of Opiliones or also known as Daddy Longlegs.

#16. A small moth.

#17. Moth eggs captured in a spider’s silk.

#18. Lily pollen.

#19. The abdominal proleg of a caterpillar.

#20. Individually-labeled axons in an embryonic chick ciliary ganglion

#21. Ganglion cells expressing fluorescent proteins.

#22. A broccoli.

#23. Nsutite and Cacoxenite (minerals).

#24. Aspergillus Flavus (Fungus) and yeast colony from soil.

#25. Neurons derived from a Parkinson patient.

#26. A dyed human hair.

#27. Melaleuca Sp., which is commonly known as paperbark tree, leaf

#28. Parus Major (Titmouse) down feather.

#29. A liquid crystal.

#30. Just the simple eyes of Ectemnius with condensation.

#31. The Hippocampal (brain) region.

#32. Nerves found under the skin of a mouse.

#33. The head of a circocerus (Beetle).

#34. Growing cartilage-like tissue in the lab using bone stem cells.

#35. A flower organ called stamen.

#36. Newborn rat cochlea with sensory hair cells.

#37. A natural sponge.

#38. Exaerete Frontalis.

#39. Label-free optical imaging of a human breast tissue.

#40. Common Mestra butterfly eggs.

#41. Pleurotaenium Ovatum

#42. Prostate cancer cells.

#43. Phyllobius Roboretanus (Weevil).

#44. A warp knitted curtain fabric.

#45. Human tongue blood vessels injected with lead chromate.

#46. The early stage development of Alcea Rosea.

#47. Ciliated Respiratory Epithelial Cells (yellow) and Mucus Producing Goblet Cells (cyan), containing tight junctions (red) and nuclei (blue).

#48. The migrasome of a mouse fibroblast cell.

#49. The Sagittal section of a mouse’s cerebellum or Brain.

#50. Dye-injected Hippocampal Interneuron in a mouse’s brain section.

#51. The embryonic body wall from a developing mus musculus.

This year’s Small World Photomicrography competition goes to the researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, BioImaging Facility & Department of Cell Biology. They were the ones who captured the immortalized human skin cells.

So what do you think about these photos? Let us know in the comments below!

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