Zhang You, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Overall Winner: A rice weevil perched on a grain of rice
Dr. Jan Rosenboom Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
2nd Place: Colonial algae (Volvox) spheres in a drop of water
Mishal Abdulaziz Alryhan, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Honorable Mention: Crystallized-soy-sauce fusion with alum
Zachary Sanchez, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
20th Place: Marine copepod
Ye Fei Zhang, Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China
Image of Distinction: Butterfly (Artopoetes pryeri) eggs
Eduardo Agustin Carrasco, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador
19th Place: Parasitic fungus (Cordycipitaceae) on a fly (Calliphoridae)
Marek Miś, Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland
Image of Distinction: Crystallized soy sauce
Robert Schmittling Hillsborough, North Carolina, USA
Image of Distinction: Eye of potato (stomate)
Wim van Egmond, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
Ninth Place: A fungus (Talaromyces purpureogenus) known for its red, diffused pigment
Solvin Zankl, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Image of Distinction: A floating sea slug (Glaucus atlanticus), also known as the blue sea dragon
Dr. Rory L. Cooper and Professor Michel Milinkovitch, Geneva, Switzerland
Image of Distinction: Wing of a chicken embryo after 11 days of development
Rogelio Moreno, Panama, Panama
16th Place: Spore sacs (sporangia) of a fern
Gregory B. Murray, Pritchard, British Columbia, Canada
Honorable Mention: Frost on a wooden railing
Bernard Allard, Sucy-en-Bry, France
Image of Distinction: Parasitic fly (Crataerina hirundinis)
Dr. Walter Ferrari, Rio Cuarto, Cordoba, Argentina
Image of Distinction: True bug (Hemipteran) eggs on a leaf
Dr. David Maitland, St. Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
Image of Distinction: Vascular bundles in a bamboo leaf (Phyllostachys sp.)
Frederic Labaune, Auxonne, Burgundy, France
Image of Distinction: Slime mold (Arcyria denudata)
Jianguo Mao, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Image of Distinction: Pregnant water flea (Daphnia)
Kendall O. Myers and Dr. Matthew S. Lehnert, North Canton, Ohio, USA
Honorable Mention: Hooklike crochets on the larva of an Io (Automeris io) moth
Özgür Kerem Bulur, Istanbul, Turkey
Image of Distinction: Spotted-eye hoverfly
Be sure to visit the Nikon Small World contest website to see the full set of winning and honored images.
