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At first glance, the winning images from the 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition--put on by the camera company's U.S. arm--look like distant worlds or psychedelic moon landscapes. But take a (much) closer look, and you'll see the images are of life science specimens that surround us every day: seeds, insects, plants, animals, and eyes...
Among the year's winners announced this week, first place went to this colorful specimen of the frontal section of a daddy longlegs' eyes.
First place, Dr. Igor Siwanowicz
Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology
Munich, Germany
Specimen: Frontal section of phalangium opilio (Harvestman/daddy longlegs) eyes
Technique: Confocal
Photo by Dr. Igor Siwanowicz, Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition
Caption by James Martin
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Among the year's winners announced this week, first place went to this colorful specimen of the frontal section of a daddy longlegs' eyes.
First place, Dr. Igor Siwanowicz
Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology
Munich, Germany
Specimen: Frontal section of phalangium opilio (Harvestman/daddy longlegs) eyes
Technique: Confocal
Photo by Dr. Igor Siwanowicz, Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition
Caption by James Martin
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