From Medgadget, I find that Nikon has posted the winning photographs in its Small World competition for photomicrography - photographs of microscopic structures and critters.
They are so cool!
Here is a picture of a cedar leaf in cross section, using polarized light.
And here’s a marine worm using a technique called confocal photography (which is explained in detail on the site, for you photomicrography bugs.
This one is the seed of the small-flowered willowherb (Epilobium parviflorum).
And this lovely scene is some rat hippocampal neurons being attacked by Alzheimer’s related neurotoxins>
I don’t know that these images demonstrate the beauty of nature, so much as the beauty of photographic images that depict nature in clear lines and bright, nifty colors.
Still, they’re great to look at.
Andrew:
What a great photograph….reminds me of my days as a Bio major in college….
Looking forward to booking clients now at the office…
Hope you are well…
I just posted some of my new artwork..if you are curious to check out….
www.flickr.com/photos/scottharrington
Regards,
Scott
Wow, that is great, Scott!
The cedar leaf and the willowherb are particularly stunning. They could be enlarged and framed.