Nikon Small World 2016: Finalists

1. Scales of a butterfly wing underside, Vanessa atalanta (10x). Francis Sneyers, Brecht, Belgium

2. Sixty-five fossil Radiolarians (zooplankton)
carefully arranged by hand in Victorian style
(100x). Stefano Barone, Palazzo Pignano, Italy

3. Head section of an orange
ladybird, Halyzia
sedecimguttata (10x). Geir
Drange, Asker, Norway

4. Karl Gaff, Dublin Institute of Technology, School of
Physics, Dublin, Ireland: Caption​Mullein flower
(Verbascum nigrum) – Reflected Light, 5x

5. Cross-section through a multi-layered carbon-fiber
reinforced composite structure for defect analysis
(100x). Peter Pook, Riverport, Nova Scotia, Canada

6. Egg of a Gulf Fritillary butterfly, Agraulis vanilla (4x). David Millard, Austin, Texas, USA

7. Poison fangs of a centipede, Lithobius erythrocephalus (16x). Walter Piorkowski, South Beloit, Illinois, USA

8. Air bubbles formed from melted ascorbic acid crystals (50x). Marek Mis, Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland

9. Ant pupae, Myrmica sp. (5x). Geir Drange, Asker, Norway

10. Douglas L Moore,
University of Wisconsin -
Stevens Point Museum
of Natural History,
Stevens Point,
Wisconsin, USA:
Polished slab of Teepee
Canyon agate –
Stereomicroscopy, 90x

11. Caudal gill of a dragonfly larva (25x). Marek Mis, Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland

12. Eyes of a jumping spider, Hasarius adansoni (9x). Yousef Al Habshi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

13. Analgesic compound (salicin) extracted
from Willow tree bark (50x). Dr. David
Maitland, Feltwell, United Kingdom

14. Jurinea mollis seed (5x). Viktor Sykora, Prague, Czech Republic

15. Cristales de cobre (5x). Honorio Cocera-La Parra, Valencia, España

16. Trompa mariposa (6,3x). Jochen Schroeder, Chiang Mai, Tailandia

17. Las hojas de una hepática (Cephalozia bicuspidata) planta (125x). Magdalena Turzańska, Wroclaw, Polonia

18. Sección de un escarabajo joya rojo moteado,
Chrysochroa buqueti rugicollis (19x). Yousef Al
Habshi, Abu Dabi, Emiratos Árabes Unidos

19. Frontonia mostrando ingerido alimentos, los cilios, la
boca y trichocysts (200x). Rogelio Moreno Gill,
Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá

20. Dr Alvaro Roura, Instituto de
Investigacións Mariñas,Ecology
and Marine Biodiversity, Vigo,
Spain: Viperfish (Chauliodus
sloani) – Reflected
Light/Darkfield, 20x

21. Marek Mis, Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland: Leg of a water boatman (Corixidae) – Polarized Light, Darkfield, 25x

22. Ácaro agua Unionicola sp. (100x). Jacek Myslowski, Wloclawek, Polonia

23. Laurie Knight, Tonbridge, Kent, United
Kingdom: Black elder tree flower stamen
(Sambucus nigra) – Focus Stacking, 10x

24. Dr Csaba Pintér,
Keszthely, Zala, Hungary:
Goatsbeard flower
(Tragopogon orientalis)
seeds – Focus Stacking,
1.4x

25. David Millard, Austin, Texas, USA: Curvepod Fumewort (Corydalis curvisiliqua) seed – Image Stacking, 4.5x

26. Wildflower stamens. By Samuel Silberman

27. Dr Oscar Ruiz, the University of
Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Centre, Houston, Texas, USA:
Four-day-old zebrafish embryo
– Confocal, 10x

28. Parts of wing-cover (elytron),
abdominal segments and hind leg
of a broad-shouldered leaf beetle
(Oreina cacaliae). By Pia Scanlon

29. Jose Almodovar, University of Puerto
Rico, Mayaguez Campus, Biology
Department, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico:
Slime mould (Mixomicete) – Image
Stacking/Reflected Light, 5x

30. Michael Crutchley, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom: Fungi on cow dung – Darkfield, 30x

31. Las patas falsas de una oruga
peluda agarrando una pequeña
rama (4x). James Dorey, Fairfield,
Queensland, Australia

32. Matt Inman, Cremorne, New South Wales,
Australia: Beta-alanine and taurine crystals –
Transmitted Polarized Light/Focus Stacking, 10x

33. Dr Igor Siwanowicz, Howard
Hughes Medical Institute
(HHMI), Janelia Research
Campus, Ashburn, Virginia,
USA: Front foot (tarsus) of a
male diving beetle – Confocal,
100x

34. Culture of neurons
(stained green) derived
from human skin cells,
and Schwann cells, a
second type of brain
cell (stained red).
By Rebecca Nutbrown

35. Ojos avispa. Jochen Schroeder, Chiang Mai, Tailandia

36. Mouse retinal ganglion cells.
By Dr. Keunyoung Kim

37. Testis of a fruit fly (Drosophila
pseudoobscura) stained for DNA and
pseudocolored for depth, showing the
stages of sperm development.
By Christopher Large

38. Espresso coffee crystals. By Vin Kitayama and Sanae Kitayama

39. Diclofenac crystals (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug). By Adolfo Ruiz De Segovia

40. END14-OCTUBRE-2016