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11/14/2008 04:51:54 PM · #1 |
Nikon Small World Competition winners
Here's the winner; the others are just as beautiful:

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11/14/2008 05:05:44 PM · #2 |
That is just NUTS! WOW ... what images ...
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11/14/2008 05:50:34 PM · #3 |
Doubt Santa will bring me a $25,000 microscope plus attachments, certainly not with the current economic situation. :-( Would come in handy this week, however. |
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11/14/2008 06:38:23 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by ErikV: Doubt Santa will bring me a $25,000 microscope plus attachments, certainly not with the current economic situation. :-( Would come in handy this week, however. |
In the early 90's I worked for a company that built some of these confocal machines w/laser+microscope+computer etc., but the price wasn't $25,000, it was more like $250,000-$350,000. I wasn't into photography then, but the lasers sure were fun to play with ;)
(eta: more accurately, they were interactive laser cytometers I believe.)
Message edited by author 2008-11-14 18:42:30. |
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11/14/2008 07:01:56 PM · #5 |
wow, really nice images
10th place is my favorite
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11/14/2008 07:02:51 PM · #6 |
#31 looks similar to
hmm need to revisit this sometime
maybe we should have a macro chall..
...oh/...
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11/14/2008 08:12:23 PM · #7 |
They are beautiful, but they might as well be using the Hubble telescope. Does it matter that much if there is a Nikon, Canon, or Barbie camera attached to the end of it? The microscope does most of the heavy lifting. |
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11/14/2008 09:00:43 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by aplomb76: They are beautiful, but they might as well be using the Hubble telescope. Does it matter that much if there is a Nikon, Canon, or Barbie camera attached to the end of it? The microscope does most of the heavy lifting. |
Look at 2nd place... shot using a lowly Nikon 995 and an SMZ10, which is a relatively low-cost stereo microscope! |
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11/14/2008 09:20:05 PM · #9 |
& cool
2 in the top 10 are within the ottawa area ..
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11/14/2008 09:29:16 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by kirbic: Originally posted by aplomb76: They are beautiful, but they might as well be using the Hubble telescope. Does it matter that much if there is a Nikon, Canon, or Barbie camera attached to the end of it? The microscope does most of the heavy lifting. |
Look at 2nd place... shot using a lowly Nikon 995 and an SMZ10, which is a relatively low-cost stereo microscope! |
I looked that up and it's $2,500 for the microscope. I guess that passes for cheap in the microscope field.
Message edited by author 2008-11-14 21:30:35.
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11/14/2008 10:22:04 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by kirbic: Originally posted by aplomb76: They are beautiful, but they might as well be using the Hubble telescope. Does it matter that much if there is a Nikon, Canon, or Barbie camera attached to the end of it? The microscope does most of the heavy lifting. |
Look at 2nd place... shot using a lowly Nikon 995 and an SMZ10, which is a relatively low-cost stereo microscope! |
Ah, I didn't realize Nikon also made the microscope. I guess that is worth bragging about. |
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11/15/2008 02:59:33 AM · #12 |
What fabulous shot's !!
I am endlessly fascinated by the wonder and order of creation. These shot's look are looking at impossibly small things, but still they are perfectly formed, whole worlds within worlds . . |
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