Saturday, October 17, 2015

The Winner of Nikon's Small World Photomicrography



Winner:  Australian Ralph Claus Grimm




Photo by Ralph Claus Grimm:  Eye of a honeybee covered in dandelion pollen.



From LiveScience:


"A photo contest that pays tribute to the tiny wonders of the world has a particularly buzzworthy winning image this year: a close-up of a bee's eye, covered in dandelion pollen. More than 2,000 photographers submitted images to the 2015 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition, but just 20 of those images were chosen as winners. The first-place picture of the bee's eye was taken by Australian photomicrographer Ralph Grimm, who spent 4 hours mounting the eye under a microscope and focusing the instrument to capture the stunning shot. Grimm, a high school teacher and former beekeeper, said that, in light of the ongoing collapse of bee colonies worldwide, he hopes his imageis a reminder of the important role these pollinators play in local ecosystems."








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3 comments:

  1. AhabOctober 17, 2015 at 10:39 AM

    Gorgeous photos! Nature is brimming with wonderful sights.

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  2. Jan KeayOctober 17, 2015 at 11:56 AM

    Thanks for posting this. Amazing to see the details of what is not visible to the naked eye! A whole different world. Great stuff.

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  3. BB-IdahoOctober 17, 2015 at 1:27 PM

    I viewed all the photos and thought that like me, microscope's 'founding fathers' would have been amazed.

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