Making the Ordinary, Extraordinary

If you enjoyed the gallery of photographs last week called Lives Within a Drop of Water, then we’ve got a treat for you! Neatorama’s Spotlight Blog has a new gallery of images from the Nikon Small World microphotography competition called Making the Ordinary, Extraordinary. You’ll get a microscopic look at sand, grass, feathers, and more in a big way! Pictured here is a needle and yarn. See it full size at the Spotlight Blog. Link

(Image credit: Marc van Hove/Nikon Small World)

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2009 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition

Stereomicrograph: Fabrice Parais of DIREN Basse-Normandie

I’m a big fan of Nikon Small World, an annual photomicrography competition (featured before on Neatorama in 2007 and 2008). The winners of the 2009 contest have just been announced.

I particularly like this one above, the Atherix ibis (watersnipe fly) aquatic larva magnified 25x by Fabrice Parais of DIREN Basse-Normandie in Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France.

Link | Check out the whole gallery here: Link

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