35+ Beautiful Photomicrography and Macro Photography Shots

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The macro photography and photomicrography take you behind the normal photography world to let you discover a wider world of beauty and inspiration that is measured with units as small as microns. This small world if full of inspirations and beauty.

This post is about this amazing world whatever the tool that took it. Here, I divided this world into two sections. the first one is photomicrography which uses microscopes, stereoscopes and dyes to take shots of fungus, bacteria, small insects and plants.

The second world is little bit larger and uses macro lenses and digital cameras to focus on the very small parts in every insect and plant around us and let us see the creativity behind it.

Photomicrography

When I was in collage, I used to study science materials such as microbiology, botany and insects. I was having an idea that these materials are far away from art and creativity. But I was totally wrong. After my first look at the microscope , I would myself looking to a totally new world that is full of colors and inspiring shapes. At this moment, I realized that I am standing in front of amazing world. The following collection is selected from Nikon Small World contest winners in different years.

19th place in Nikon Small World contest 2008
By Eric Kalkman
Hyperbranching of the fungus Neurospora crassa (bread mold)

2nd place in Nikon Small World contest 2008
By Paul Marshall
Carbon nanotubes, post growth (30X)

18th place in Nikon Small World contest 2008
By Tamily Weissman
“Brainbow” transgenic mouse hippocampus (40X)

3rd place in Nikon Small World contest 2008
By Albert Tousson
Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley)

8th place in Nikon Small World contest 2009
By Lloyd Donaldson
Cotton fibers stained with berberine sulphate and color depth shaded

12th place in Nikon Small World contest 2009
By Tsutomu Seimiya
Flow pattern in draining soap film

7th place in Nikon Small World contest 2009
By Shirley Owens
Hair-like trichomes on Thunbergia alata (Black-eyed Susan vine)

11th place in Nikon Small World contest 2009
By Dominik Paquet
“Alzheimer” Zebrafish, stained for Tau (red), neurons (green), and pathologic Tau (blue)

1st place in Nikon Small World contest 2009
By Heiti Paves
Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) anther

14th place in Nikon Small World contest 2007
By Christian Gautier
Cedrus Atlantica (cedar) leaf crosscut

2nd place in Nikon Small World contest 2007
By Michael Hendricks
Zebrafish embryo midbrain and diencephalon (20X)

20th place in Nikon Small World contest 2007
By Matthew Hooge
Clione sp. (planktonic mollusk) larva (40X)

4th place in Nikon Small World contest 2007
By Charles Krebs
Marine diatoms attached to Polysiphonia (red algae) (100X)

1st place in Nikon Small World contest 2007
By Gloria Kwon
Double transgenic mouse embryo, 18.5 days (17X)

13th place in Nikon Small World contest 2007
By Stephen Lowry
Coiled radula of Patella vulgaris (mollusk) (20X)

11th place in Nikon Small World contest 2007
By Robert Markus
Opening stamen of Mirabilis jalapa (flower) (125X)

9th place in Nikon Small World contest 2007
By Shamuel Silberman
Papaver subpiriforme (corn poppies) flower bud (20X)

Macro Photography:

Now, it is the time for a bit larger world. Macro photography discovers the beauty and inspirations shots of small insects and plants. The idea behind macro photography is to focus on a very small part whatever the object is. Here we will enjoy some of the amazing macro shots for small animals, plants and insects.

Tags: Macro Photography, photography inspirations, photomicrography

Category: Inspirations