Photographer Eugenijus Kavaliauskas of Lithuania has just received a prize in a Nikon photography contest for his incredible image of an ant’s face. The Lithuanian photographer submitted a five-times-magnified shot of an ant to the 2022 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. After posting the photo on Instagram quickly went viral, receiving over 655,496 likes and dozens of kind comments. Kavaliauskas, in an interview with Insider this week, praised the medium of microphotography for enabling him to discover fresh and engaging facets of his subjects.
Fear was spread on social media when a snapshot of a magnified ant gave the bug enormous proportions. This shot was entered into the Nikon 2022 Photomicrography Competition and was just one of many outstanding entries. Microscope images are being judged to determine which ones are the best. As reported by The Independent, the Nikon Photography Competition has been held for 48 years. The company that held a 2022 contest and got 1,300 entries announced the winners last Thursday.
As Dr. Eugenijus Kavaliauskas’s photo shows, even an insect as little as an ant may seem terrifying when seen under a microscope and magnified five times.
The bug in the shot seemed to have violet eyes and golden fangs, giving it a sinister appearance. Similarly, the image has received some attention on social media, with one user going so far as to label it “horrifying.”
If bugs are your thing, you should check out all of Nikon’s Small World Award winners. In 2022, Grigorii Timin of the University of Geneva took the greatest photo of the year, a closeup of a gecko from Madagascar with its growing hand. The stunning landscape is shown with 63x magnification. The translucent skin, tendons, and bones of the gecko make visible all of its internal organs, including the cyan-colored nerves.
Although it received very little attention in the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition, a startling shot of an ant’s face magnified five times has been making the rounds on social media. Photographer Kavaliauskas has shifted his attention from birds of prey to insects, as seen by his current portfolio.
The 48th annual Nikon competition, which highlights microscopy photography that shows details usually unseen to the naked eye, was held this year. Only 57 “Images of Distinction” were chosen, but Kavaliauskas’s shot was among them. He missed out on the Top 20 and Honorable Mentions lists. Everyone interested in photography and microscopy are encouraged to submit work to the 2023 Small World Photomicrography Competition. The Small World In Motion video is also included.
Nikon says anybody interested in microscopy and photography may enter the photomicrography contest. It was the 48th iteration of the contest this year. Among 1,300 submissions, the top photos were chosen and revealed on October 11.
Submissions for the 2023 competition are currently being accepted and must be received by April 30, 2023. University of Geneva geneticists Grigorii Timin and Michel Milinkovitch won first place and received $3,000. The pair took a stunning photo of the front paw of a large Madagascar day gecko, complete with its signature bright coloration.
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