Nikon Small World 2014 Micrography Winners An**unced
 

Nikon Small World 2014 Micrography Winners An**unced
http://cdn.medgadget.com/wp-content/...10/rotifer.png1st Place – Mr. Rogelio More** Panama, Panama. *Rotifer showing the mouth interior and heart shaped corona. *Differential Interference Contrast 40X


Nikon Small World has an**unced winners of this year’s contest of microscopy images. The top prize goes to Rogelio More** of Panama for capturing the open mouth interior and corona of a rotifer. It is an amazing image, but the rest of the winners are quite spectacular as well. We’d like to congratulate everyone who has participated and has shown us a view of our world like never before.

From the an**uncement:

http://cdn.medgadget.com/wp-content/...mall-world.png18th Place – Mr. Jens H. Petersen. MycoKey. Ebeltoft, Denmark. Anagallis arvensis (scarlet pimpernel) Macroscopy 80X

Judges awarded More**’s shot of a rotifer caught open-mouthed and facing the camera – for its exemplary technique. Capturing the perfect moment when the rotifer opened its mouth for the camera required extreme patience from More**, who watched for hours waiting for his opportunity. With the rotifer in constant motion, he utilized the flash to freeze the movement as soon as the mouth opened – still leaving him with only a one- or two-second window to take the photo, and possibly only one shot to get it right. He also used differential interference contrast (DIC) to enhance the coloration in unstained, transparent samples, and to provide a more detailed image of the rotifer.

“When you see that movement, you fall in love. I thought – wow, that is amazing. I can’t believe what I’m seeing. This is something very, very beautiful,” said More** of his winning image. “I hope **w it can inspire others as much as it has inspired me – to learn about science, to look closely and **tice something truly amazing.”

Link: Nikon Small World 2014 Top 20 Winners…

An**uncement: “JAW-DROPPING” IMAGE OF OPEN-MOUTHED ROTIFER WINS 40TH ANNIVERSARY NIKON SMALL WORLD COMPETITION…

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