#1 Image Of Distinction – Zhang Chao
More info: nikonsmallworld.com | Instagram | Facebook | x.com Image source: Nikon Small World National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China “Beach sand.”
#2 Honorable Mention – Dr. Igor Robert Siwanowicz
Image source: Nikon Small World Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Janelia Research Campus Ashburn, Virginia, USA “Antenna of a mole crab.”
#3 5th Place – Thomas Barlow And Connor Gibbons
Image source: Nikon Small World Columbia University Department of Neurobiology and Behavior New York, New York, USA “Cluster of octopus (Octopus hummelincki) eggs.”
#4 2nd Place – Dr. Marcel Clemens
Image source: Nikon Small World Verona, Veneto, Italy “Electrical arc between a pin and a wire.”
#5 9th Place – John-Oliver Dum
Image source: Nikon Small World Medienbunker Produktion Bendorf, Rheinland Pfalz, Germany “Pollen in a garden spider (Araneus) web.”
#6 Image Of Distinction – Dr. Laurent Formery And Dr. Nathaniel Clarke
Image source: Nikon Small World Stanford University Department of Molecular and Cell Biology Pacific Grove, California, USA “Nervous system of a young sea star.”
#7 Image Of Distinction – Ted Kinsman
Image source: Nikon Small World Rochester Institute of Technology Photosciences Department Rochester, New York, USA “A common house cat claw.”
#8 Honorable Mention – Dr. Bruce Douglas Taubert
Image source: Nikon Small World Glendale, Arizona, USA “Ocelli between the compound eyes of a yellow jacket.”
#9 Honorable Mention – Daniel Evrard
Image source: Nikon Small World Aywaille, Liege, Belgium “Vinyl player needle on scratched vinyl disk.”
#10 11th Place – Dr. Ferenc Halmos
Image source: Nikon Small World Bánd, Veszprém, Hungary “Slime mold on a rotten twig with water droplets.”
#11 12th Place – Daniel Knop
Image source: Nikon Small World Oberzent-Airlenbach, Hessen, Germany “Wing scales of a butterfly (Papilio ulysses) on a medical syringe needle.”
#12 Image Of Distinction – Uwe Lange
Image source: Nikon Small World Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany “Pollen on the compound eyes of a fly.”
#13 Honorable Mention – Jochen Stern
Image source: Nikon Small World Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany “Golden bug eggs on a sage leaf.”
#14 Image Of Distinction – Elkhan Yusifov And Dr. Martina Schaettin
Image source: Nikon Small World University of Zurich Department of Molecular Life Sciences Zurich, Switzerland “Developing nervous system in the eye of a 7-day-old chick embryo.”
#15 7th Place – Gerhard Vlcek
Image source: Nikon Small World Maria Enzersdorf, Austria “Cross section of European beach grass (Ammophila arenaria) leaf.”
#16 Image Of Distinction – Timothy Boomer
Image source: Nikon Small World Vacaville, California, USA “Slime mold (Prototrichia metallica).”
#17 3rd Place – Chris Romaine
Image source: Nikon Small World Port Townsend, Washington, USA “Leaf of a cannabis plant. The bulbous glands are trichomes. The bubbles inside are cannabinoid vesicles.”
#18 Honorable Mention – Randy Fullbright
Image source: Nikon Small World Vernal, Utah, USA “Agatized dinosaur bone.”
#19 6th Place – Henri Koskinen
Image source: Nikon Small World Helsinki University Helsinki, Uudenmaan lääni, Finland “Slime mold (Cribraria cancellata).”
#20 Image Of Distinction – Jacek Myslowski
Image source: Nikon Small World Wloclawek, Kujawko-Pomorskie, Poland “Water mite (Arrenurus).”
#21 Image Of Distinction – Dr. Håkan Kvarnström
Image source: Nikon Small World Bromma, Sweden “Peacock plume feather.”
#22 13th Place – Paweł Błachowicz
Image source: Nikon Small World Bedlno, Świętokrzyskie, Poland “Eyes of green crab spider (Diaea dorsata).”
#23 Image Of Distinction – Thomas Neumann
Image source: Nikon Small World Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany “Ink dot on Japanese washi paper.”
#24 Image Of Distinction – Joshua Coogler
Image source: Nikon Small World Dallas, North Carolina, USA “Moss sporophyte with spores (green).”
#25 16th Place – Marek Miś
Image source: Nikon Small World Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland “Two water fleas (Daphnia sp.) with embryos (left) and eggs (right).”
