Olympus IOTY 2021 Microscopy Contest

[Macro_Cosmos]

Results here: https://www.olympus-lifescience.com/en/landing/ioty-2021/
All of them were fluorescence images this year.

My photomicrograph captured with the Nikon Z6 was the winning image of Asia Pacific.

"Spores bursting out of fern sori capsules".


Below are the other 2 submissions, moss leaf and the diatom "Entogoniopsis morlandii".

[Fons Baerken]

Wonderful! Congratulations!

[Birna Rørslett]

Superb. Well done.

I take it the fluorescence is induced by UV? Would be nice if you wish to share some details on this approach.

[Akira]

Congratulations!  Very well deserved!  I fully enjoyed these stunningly detailed and beautiful images.  Thank you for sharing.

[golunvolo]

Congratulations! Amazing captures

[Hugh_3170]

Congratulations.  Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!     

Are you a researcher - maybe tell us about your work sometime? 

[Øivind Tøien]

Congratulations, well done! Fluorescence really work well on this small scale.

[Macro_Cosmos]

Congratulations.  Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!     

Are you a researcher - maybe tell us about your work sometime? 

Not a researcher anymore, might go back one day.

Superb. Well done.

I take it the fluorescence is induced by UV? Would be nice if you wish to share some details on this approach.

Yep, autofluorescence induced with the use of a wideband UV-DAPI filter cube.  Photographed with a microscope.

Thanks for all the kind comments!

[rosko]

Well done !
Love all pics.

[Nasos Kosmas]

Excellent captures

[Erik Lund]

Very impressive images! Congratulations 

[aerobat]

Congratulation - I love your images

[Bruno Schroder]

Congratulations. Impressive images.