2000 Small World Competition Screen Saver
Enjoy the beautiful photomicrographs that were chosen as winners of the 2000 annual Small World Competition on your own personal computer as a screen saver. Small World screen savers have been developed for computers utilizing the Windows (2000, XP, and Vista) operating system and are available as free downloads to our visitors.
Each screen saver features 20 images that were carefully selected by the competition judges, and contains 12 user-configurable display modules that allow an almost infinite number of image display transition motifs. To initiate download of compressed screen saver files, choose a target directory and use the mouse cursor to click on highlighted links provided below that match the desired computer screen resolution.
Large Version - File Size: 16.2 Mb. Recommended for computer display sizes of 1152 x 864 and larger, this screen saver features images taken with a wide spectrum of illumination modes. Specimens include a mushroom, plastic bubble wrap, aluminum milling grooves, bamboo, hand soap, a canine eye, mouse tongue tissue, worm skin, chemical crystals, bovine heart cells, fish gills, ceramics, cancer cells, and human umbilical cord. Please do not attempt to install this screen saver on computers with a monitor display size higher than that recommended above.
Medium Version - File Size: 10.8 Mb. Recommended for computer display sizes of 1024 x 768 and larger, this screen saver features images taken with a wide spectrum of illumination modes, including differential interference contrast (DIC), polarized light, fluorescence, darkfield, and brightfield. Please do not attempt to install this screen saver on computers with a monitor display size higher than that recommended above.
Small Version - File Size: 6.79 Mb. Recommended for computer display sizes of 800 x 600 and larger, this screen saver features images taken with a wide spectrum of illumination modes. Specimens include a mushroom, plastic bubble wrap, aluminum milling grooves, bamboo, hand soap, a canine eye, mouse tongue tissue, worm skin, chemical crystals, bovine heart cells, fish gills, ceramics, cancer cells, and human umbilical cord. Please do not attempt to install this screen saver on computers with a monitor display size higher than that recommended above.
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The Nikon International Small World Competition is dedicated to furthering creativity and excellence in photomicrography. Combining microscopy and photography, a photomicrographer is able to capture an image of the world that the naked eye cannot see.
A photomicrograph is a technical document that can be of great significance to science or industry. But a good photomicrograph is also an image whose structure, color, composition, and content is an object of beauty, open to several levels of comprehension and appreciation.
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 (*.PDF) 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.
Small World Gallery - The Nikon Small World Gallery gives you a glimpse into a world that most have never seen. It is a window into a universe that can only be seen through the lens of a microscope. Included in the Small World Gallery are images from the 2005 contest winners and the 1st place winners for the past 31 years, all the way back to the beginning of the competition.
Downloading MicroscopyU Screen Savers - Downloading screen savers from our website is easy and can be accomplished with a few clicks of the mouse button. Follow the instructions detailed in this section to successfully download selected screen saver software.
Installing MicroscopyU Screen Savers - Built around the Install Shield programming interface, the MicroscopyU screen savers are very simple to install. First double-click on the appropriate icon, and then follow the instructions presented in the subsequent dialog boxes.
Configuring MicroscopyU Screen Savers - Each screen saver has 12 user-configurable image-switching modules that allow a variety of transitions between images. This feature enables the user to customize the screen saver display to suit personal tastes.
