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Nikon's Small World Gallery
2005 Images of Distinction
Images of specimens entered into the 2005 Small World contest included insects, recrystallized chemicals and biochemicals, fluorescently labeled tissue sections, plants, various microorganisms, liquid crystals, and fibers. Judges for the 31st annual contest were Jennifer C. Waters (Harvard Medical School), Todd James (National Geographic), Emily Harrison (Scientific American), and Alexey Khodjakov (Wadsworth Center).
Image of Distinction
Mr. Mark H. Armitage
Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Fresh gill tissue from fish (Gillichthys mirabilis) (25x)
Interference contrast Image of Distinction
Mr. Mark H. Armitage
Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Firefly tissue (Photinus pyralis) (50x)
Interference contrast Image of Distinction
Dr. Pedro J. Barrios
National Research Council of Canada/Institute for Microstructural Sciences
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Etched groove in silicon (200x)
Darkfield Image of Distinction
Mr. Rakesh Bhatnagar
Department of Biological Sciences, Advanced Microscopy Facility
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Corn stem section (100x)
Confocal Image of Distinction
Dr. Francisco Capani
Insitituto de Biologia Celular y Neuroscience Prof Eduardo de Robertis
University of Buenos Aires
Beccar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Purkinje cell (63x)
Fluorescence Image of Distinction
Mr. Paul Cuddon
The Babraham Institute
Sawston, Cambridgeshire, UK
Primary rat hippocampal neurons (630x)
Confocal Image of Distinction
Mr. Paul Cuddon
The Babraham Institute
Sawston, Cambridgeshire, UK
Primary rat hippocampal neurons (200x)
Confocal Image of Distinction
Dr. Edna Cukierman
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Pollen grains (60x)
Spinning disc confocal Image of Distinction
Mr. Richard W. Daniels
School of Medicine
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Neuromuscular synapses in a Drosophila larva (20x)
Confocal Image of Distinction
Mr. Karl E. Deckart
Eckental, Germany
Injection molded CD jewel case (10x)
Polarized light Image of Distinction
Mr. Stefan Eberhard
Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, USA
Recrystallized saccharin (16x)
Polarized light Image of Distinction
Dr. Andy J. Fischer
Department of Neuroscience
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Retina thin section (20x)
Differential interference contrast and fluorescence Image of Distinction
Ms. Irmgard Fischer
University Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Human skin (40x)
Brightfield Image of Distinction
Mr. Jerry A. Gleason
Institute of Neuroscience
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Urea crystals (100x)
Polarized light Image of Distinction
Dr. Edgar R. Gomes
Department of Anatomy Cell Biology
Columbia University
New York, New York, USA
Fibroblast microtubule organizing center (60x)
Fluorescence Image of Distinction
Mr. Raul M. Gonzalez
Raul Gonzalez Photography
Mexico City, Mexico
Water crystal (25x)
Brightfield Image of Distinction
Mr. Ralph C. Grimm
Science Department
Woodridge State High School
Jimboomba, Queensland, Australia
Radiolarians (100x)
Differential interference contrast Image of Distinction
Mrs. Marieka Gryzenhout
Forestry & Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Cladonia (lichen) (0.8x)
Stereomicroscopy Image of Distinction
Dr. John E. Hart
Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (PAOS)
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Mixture of acetaldehyde and carbon tetrabromide (7x)
Polarized light Image of Distinction
Dr. Patrick C. Hickey
LUX Biotechnology LTD
Edinburgh, UK
Neurospora crassa germinating spores (20x)
Confocal Image of Distinction
Dr. Borge Holme
SINTEF Materials Technology
Oslo, Norway
Silica sol on a polished steel surface (200x)
Differential interference contrast Image of Distinction
Dr. Jan Huisken
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
Dransfeld, Germany
Medaka fish embryos (20x)
Fluorescence stereomicroscopy Image of Distinction
Mrs. Zdenka Jenikova
CVUT - FSI
Praha 2, Czech Republic
Moth wing scales (200x)
Episcopic polarized light and darkfield Image of Distinction
Mr. Edy Kieser
Ennenda, Switzerland
Crystallized nickel nitrate and resorcinol (45x)
Polarized light Image of Distinction
Dr. Paul Knox
University of Leeds
Leeds, UK
Transverse section of Arabidopsis stem (200x)
Fluorescence Image of Distinction
Mr. Milan Kosanovic
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Copper sulphate, nylon fishing Line, and nylon bag (1x)
Polarized light Image of Distinction
Mr. Milan Kosanovic
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Fishing line and cellophane tape (1x)
Polarized light Image of Distinction
Mr. Charles B. Krebs
Charles Krebs Photography
Issaquah, Washington, USA
Water boatman (Hemiptera:Corixidae) rear leg (50x)
Rheinberg illumination Image of Distinction
Mr. Jan C. Kros
Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Pine leaf transverse section (48x)
Brightfield (Inverted image) Image of Distinction
Ms. Kathryn A. Leach
Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces Group
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Silicone oil on a polished silicon wafer (80 um wide)
Reflected light Image of Distinction
Dr. Jacques Lefebvre & Pedro Barrios
National Research Council of Canada/Institute for Microstructural Sciences
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Contact pad array (500x)
Darkfield Image of Distinction
Dr. Ingo Lieberwirth
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Mainz, Germany
Light emitting polymer (200x)
Polarized light Image of Distinction
Dr. Ingo Lieberwirth
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Mainz, Germany
Light emitting polymer (200x)
Polarized light Image of Distinction
Dr. Taija Makinen
Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology
München, Germany
Mouse dermal lymphatic vessels (10x)
Stereomicroscopy Image of Distinction
Ms. Peggy L. Mann
Ametek
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Dislocations in etched germanium single crystal (100x)
Differential interference contrast Image of Distinction
Mr. Robert Markus
Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Szeged, Csongrád, Hungary
Wing scales of Deilephila elpenor (Elephant hawk-moth) (50x)
Darkfield Image of Distinction
Dr. Luis Marrero
Health Sciences Center Gene Therapy
Louisiana State University
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Mouse digit tip with nail (40x)
Confocal Image of Distinction
Mr. César S. Mendes
The Rockefeller University
New York, New York, USA
Killer gene Hac-1 in the developing Drosophila (fruit fly) eye (60x)
Fluorescence Image of Distinction
Mr. Rodrigo Mexas
Maria Emilia da Cunha Mexas and Jose Eugenio Mexas Filho
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Megabalanus azoricus (40x)
Differential interference contrast Image of Distinction
Dr. Monika C. Müller
University of Osnabrueck
Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany
Tentacular crown of the polychaete Spirorbis spirorbis (1000x)
Confocal Image of Distinction
Dr. Kuruganti G. Murti
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Fluorescent antibody precipitate dried on a slide (1000x)
Fluorescence Image of Distinction
Mr. Ronald N. Neumeyer
Delta, British Columbia, Canada
Tilia stem (60x)
Polarized light Image of Distinction
Mr. Ron J. Oldfield
Department of Biological Sciences
Macquarie University
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Fresh unstained whole leaf of the liverwort Podomitrium phyllanthus (165x)
Brightfield Image of Distinction
Mr. Alan C. Opsahl
Pfizer Inc.
East Lyme, Connecticut, USA
Rat seminiferous tubule (40x)
Brightfield Image of Distinction
Dr. Shirley A. Owens
Michigan State University
Flushing, Michigan, USA
Leaf-like structures of a moss gametophyte (20x)
Confocal Image of Distinction
Dr. Stephen W. Paddock
Department of Molecular Biology
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Butterfly pupal wing epithelium (200x)
Confocal Image of Distinction
Miss. Costanza Panbianco
Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK
Caenorhabditis elegans dissected gonad (200x)
Fluorescence Image of Distinction
Dr. Heiti Paves
Tallinn University of Technology
Tallinn, Estonia
Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana flower (120x)
Differential interference contrast Image of Distinction
Dr. Donald W. Pottle
The Schepens Eye Research Institute
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA
Kaleido-micrograph of bovine artery cells (200x)
Fluorescence Image of Distinction
Mr. Piotr Rotkiewicz
Droplet Microscopy
Amherst, New York, USA
Soap bubbles (100x)
Polarized light Image of Distinction
Dr. Greg W. Rouse
South Australian Museum
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Dorsal view of female syllid polychaete with embryos (50x)
Darkfield Image of Distinction
Dr. John Runions
School of Biological and Molecular Sciences
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford, UK
Eight-cell plant embryo (100x)
Confocal Image of Distinction
Dr. John Runions
School of Biological and Molecular Sciences
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford, UK
A living root tip growing in agar (100x)
Confocal Image of Distinction
Mr. Neal R. Scruggs
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California, USA
Ferroelectric liquid crystal (10x)
Polarized light Image of Distinction
Mr. Stuart Shand
Center for Biologic Imaging
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Rat gut (10x)
Fluorescence Image of Distinction
Dr. David R. Sherwood
Department of Biology
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Caenorhabditis elegans expression of the vertebrate proto-oncogene fos in whole worms (1000x)
Fluorescence Image of Distinction
Dr. Oliver Skibbe
AlgaTerra Information System
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Berlin-Dahlem
Berlin, Germany
Caloneis amphisbaena (Bacillariophyceae) diatom (1000x)
Differential interference contrast Image of Distinction
Mr. Ron Sturm
CTL Group
Skokie, Illinois, USA
Dried film of amorphous silica and aqueous colloidal solution (10x)
Darkfield Image of Distinction
Mr. Joshua D. Sugar
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, California, USA
Surface cavities partially filled with a metal alloy (300x)
Reflected light Image of Distinction
Mr. Viktor Sykora
Institute of Pathophysiology
Charles University
Prague, Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Drosera scorpioides (30x)
Stereomicroscopy Image of Distinction
Mr. Viktor Sykora
Institute of Pathophysiology
Charles University
Prague, Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Drosera coccicaulis (20x)
Stereomicroscopy Image of Distinction
Mr. Tomasz Szul
Cell Biology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Cultured rat lung fibroblasts (40x)
Fluorescence Image of Distinction
Mr. Harold Taylor
Kensworth, UK
Diatoms (100x)
Heine phase contrast Image of Distinction
Ms. Kristina Thaemelt
Student at SCION
Rotorua, New Zealand
Radiata pine impregnated with chitosan (16x)
Confocal Image of Distinction
Dr. Carsten Tschierske
Institute of Organic Chemistry
University of Halle
Halle, Germany
B1 liquid crystal phase (200x)
Polarizing microscopy Image of Distinction
Physiology Course 2004 and Dr. Rudolf Oldenbourg
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Orkun Akin and Dyche Mullins
Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
Marine Biological Laboratory
San Francisco, California, USA
Five-micron polystyrene sphere coated with ActA protein moving with an actin
tail in a purified protein component motility system (3900x)
Polarized light Image of Distinction
Mr. Nikolai N. Vsevolodov
George Mason University
Kensington, Maryland, USA
Recrystallized lysine (100x)
Phase contrast Image of Distinction
Mr. Morgan Woods
Discovery Research
Purdue Pharma L.P.
Allentown, New Jersey, USA
Rat spinal cord astrocytes (1000x)
Fluorescence Image of Distinction
Dr. Robert M. Zucker
USEPA
RTP, North Carolina, USA
Mosquito larvae (100x)
Confocal Image of Distinction
Dr. Robert M. Zucker
USEPA
RTP, North Carolina, USA
Mosquito larvae (100x)
Confocal 2005 COMPETITION PRIZE WINNERS
The Nikon Small World Competition is open to anyone with an interest in photography through the microscope. Truly international in scope, entries have been received from the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Winners have included both professionals and hobbyists.
The subject matter for this year's contest is unrestricted and any type of light microscopy technique is acceptable, including phase contrast, polarized light, fluorescence, interference contrast, darkfield, confocal, deconvolution, and mixed techniques. Entries submitted to Nikon are then judged by an independent panel of experts who are recognized authorities in the area of photomicrography and photography. These entries are judged on the basis of originality, informational content, technical proficiency and visual impact.
Entries may be submitted either on film (in 35 millimeter transparency format) or uploaded digitally through your web browser. The links below provide options for entering the contest.
Digital Entries - Entrants may enter Nikon's Small World Competition by uploading digital images directly to our servers. Before you begin, read the Contest Rules and prepare your images for uploading according to the instructions. You may also download a 2008 Competition Entry Form in portable document format for submission of entries by mail.
Prize List - Winners will receive one of 20 prizes, sorted according to rank in the competition. First place is a vacation trip valued at $3000 (US) or the equivalent amount of photographic, scientific, or industrial equipment and accessories at their suggested retail selling prices in the USA. Honorable mention winners will receive an 16 x 20-inch print of their entries.
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