2017 Photomicrography Competition

Tracheoles (respiratory tubes) of Apis mellifera (bee)

Dr. Lorenzo Domenis

Affiliation
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta
Sezione di Aosta/National Reference Centre for Wildlife Diseases
Aosta, Italy
Technique
Brightfield
Magnification
40x (objective lens magnification)

Water centipede

Dr. Jason Dinelli

Affiliation
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
School of Photographic Arts and Sciences
Rochester, New York, USA
Technique
Differential Interference Contrast, Image Stacking
Magnification
20x (objective lens magnification)

Botryococcus sp. (freshwater plankton)

Glen Forbes Pettigrew

Location
Caracas, Venezuela
Technique
Differential Interference Contrast
Magnification
40x (objective lens magnification)