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single isolated crystal of sodium sulfite, hydroquinone
📸:James W. Evarts
1984 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition-
honorable mention
Pareidolia hits hard in this 210x polarized light photo of a single isolated crystal of sodium sulfite, hydroquinone taken by James W. Evarts, Aztec Tool Corp, Edgewood, NY in 1984. This image, showing a pale bright red trapezoid shape with an immediately discernible abstract yellow, green and purple facial pattern, received an honorable mention in Nikon Small World’s 1984 photomicrography competition.
September 8, 2026 at 5:21 PM
flicksfan.bsky.social
The history of macrophotography may be relevant:

www.moneymakerphotography.com/history-macr...
The History of Macro Photography | Will Moneymaker Photography
How was macro photography developed? It is a genre that is older than you might think, beginning with photomicrography. I have the answers for you right here!
www.moneymakerphotography.com
August 18, 2026 at 10:45 PM
blueskyminer.bsky.social
Microphotography is the process of taking a very tiny photo of a normal sized object, and actually predates macrophotography according to Wikipedia. Complicating matters more is that photomicrography is also a thing and is more like macrophotography than microphotography.
August 13, 2026 at 7:59 PM
digitalcameraworld.com.web.brid.gy
Alien world of photomicrography displayed at Tokyo Photographic Art Museum celebrates 101 years of Nikon microscopes
Nikon’s been making microscopes for over a century, now you can visit an exhibition that explores both its history and modern photomicrography masterpieces
www.digitalcameraworld.com
August 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM
petapixel.com.web.brid.gy
Nikon Celebrates 101 Years of Microscopes With Look at the Hidden World of Photomicrography
Nikon's microscope business is celebrating its 101st anniversary this year, and Nikon is marking the occasion with a special exhibition at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. [Read More]
petapixel.com
August 2, 2026 at 7:05 AM
oldworldtoys.bsky.social
From America, #Christmas 1966: Science & Hobbies from Sears

(+Microcraft laboratory; microscope lab; senior biocraft lab; Junior microscope; Photomicrography 3-in-1 lab; 4-turret microscope; Supplement high-school classwork; From skin to skeleton ... study the wonders of the human body, and more)
This catalogue page advertises a range of science and hobby equipment, primarily focused on microscopes and related accessories. It features various microscope models with different magnification capabilities, along with kits for preparing and examining slides, conducting dissections, and even photographing microscopic images. The page also includes sets for studying anatomy and growing microscopic organisms. (+4-turret microscope From skin to skeleton ... study the wonders of the human body Junior microscope Live protozoa set Microcraft laboratory Photomicrography 3-in-1 lab Scientifically prepared microscope slides Supplement high-school classwork microscope lab and senior biocraft lab)
July 20, 2026 at 7:12 AM
markrmeyer.bsky.social
prehistoric life —
forever frozen in time
awaiting takeoff

- - parasitoid wasp in Baltic amber, ~25 - 40 MYr

#DailyHaikuPrompt #freeze #haiga #haiku #photography #photomicrography #nature #amber
July 7, 2026 at 6:16 PM
trevor-jackson.bsky.social
Designed the campaign for the new Bonobo album ‘Distance In Static’ released on @ninjatunehq.bsky.social Photomicrography by the legendary John I Koivula.

Available on the 11th Sept you can preorder a variety of different special formats here : bonobo.tmstor.es
June 9, 2026 at 8:09 PM
garypageau.bsky.social
Nikon announces 52nd Annual Small World Competition judging panel

Nikon Instruments Inc. announced the members of the judging panel for its 2026 Nikon Small World photomicrography and Small World in Motion video competitions, which will be held June 2-4 at The Research Park at Torrey Pines in San…
Nikon announces 52nd Annual Small World Competition judging panel
Nikon Instruments Inc. announced the members of the judging panel for its 2026 Nikon Small World photomicrography and Small World in Motion video competitions, which will be held June 2-4 at The Research Park at Torrey Pines in San Diego, California. For more than half a century, the Nikon Small World competition has served as a global stage for celebrating the striking detail and complexity of life at the microscopic level. Each year, the competition brings together scientists, artists, and enthusiasts to showcase imagery that pushes the boundaries of what can be seen through the light microscope.
thedeadpixelssociety.com
May 20, 2026 at 4:16 PM
e-v-l-o-v-e.bsky.social
Fingertips pressed to a warm bar of soap—tiny grit melting. You kept going through the static. Let that inside-breath starlight rinse your chest until your shoulders drop. Breathe. Feel soft return. ✨
In the foreground, soap-bubble rings, amber shimmer, chest-shaped negative space. astral kettle, nebula foam folds inward, then recedes. In the background, spiral meteor shower lights, orbiting caustic sunbeams, looped inhale-exhale glow. "YOUR BREATH WASHES YOU" etched on glass kettle; luminous vapor letters pulse, fade, reset in place. under-skin glow illustration rendered like macro glass/soap-bubble photomicrography, with tiny stardust particles suspended in translucent foam, radiant bloo...
May 18, 2026 at 4:04 PM
newsen.bsky.social
2026 Nikon Small World Competition: Judging Panel and Details Announced#United_States#San_Diego#microscopy#Nikon_Small_World#photomicrography
2026 Nikon Small World Competition: Judging Panel and Details Announced
Nikon Instruments Inc. unveils its distinguished judging panel for the 2026 Small World photomicrography and video competitions, showcasing talent and creativity.
third-news.com
May 13, 2026 at 11:54 AM
l2plabs.bsky.social
Nikon Announces Judging Panel for the 52nd Annual Small World Competition
MELVILLE, N.Y., May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Nikon Instruments Inc. today announced the members of the judging panel for its 2026 Nikon Small World photomicrography and Small World in Motion video competitions, which will be held June 2-4 at The Research Park at Torrey Pines in San Diego,...
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May 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
ivanamato.bsky.social
A maiden study of combining my crystal photomicrography imagery with original music. Turn on the sound!
April 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
mosquito wings especially be wilding, why so many TEENY scales, WHY SO RAINBOW

www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
Mosquito wing (Culiseta annulata) | 2021 Photomicrography Competition
Enno Merivee - Mosquito wing (Culiseta annulata)
www.nikonsmallworld.com
March 29, 2026 at 6:28 PM
e-v-l-o-v-e.bsky.social
A thumb finds the hollow of your chest. It is a warm brass pocketwatch; ember‑soft ticks coax ash into velvet green shoots. Breathe slow, darling. Time blooms inside you. 🔥
In the foreground, warm brass bezel, tiny escapement pulse. open watch-heart, ember cone breathing. In the background, golden haze, orbiting ash-sparks return. "HOLD YOUR EMBER" engraved on brass lid; ash-filled letters glow, loop with escapement. extreme macro light‑bloom photomicrography — molten specular highlights, tactile film grain, and slight painterly chromatic aberration to evoke skin and brass as one, liquid amber backlight with radiant bloom diffusion — warm, enveloping sunlight th...
March 27, 2026 at 8:16 PM
e-v-l-o-v-e.bsky.social
Amber hush: a tiny cathedral of lace and mineral nests in your ribs; you hum a long warm note. Keep it close. 🔥
In the foreground, calcite-lace threads, micro pulse. stalagmite lace, unspools then resets. In the background, amber caverns spiral, amber-lace hush. "BREATHE LACE HOLD LIGHT" Calcite-lace threads spell , warm pulse fades/reforms.. extreme macro photomicrography with soft-focus bokeh, long-exposure light bloom and translucent double-exposure blending skin texture and crystallized filigree., golden haze backlight with radiant bloom diffusion and volumetric lamp-light through warm mist — brigh...
March 27, 2026 at 3:42 AM
e-v-l-o-v-e.bsky.social
You press a warm palm to your sternum. Imagine a sun-warmed travertine terrace—each breath pours a tiny silica pool, your chest plays an amber crackle. Stay. 🧡
In the foreground, amber silica micro-pool, refills. LET YOUR CHEST SING in vinyl grooves. In the background, liquid-amber haze, soft sun pulses. "LET YOUR CHEST SING" Letters etched by glossy vinyl grooves, pulsing with pool ripples. extreme macro tactile photomicrography of skin-as-mineral: shallow focus on pores-as-pores-and-pools with soft halation and fine film grain, volumetric golden haze backlight with radiant bloom diffusion and warm rim highlights so light feels like sunlight restin...
March 24, 2026 at 11:44 PM
e-v-l-o-v-e.bsky.social
Dusk: a palm cupping a mushroom-dust window of stained light that warms the hush. I see how you make the ordinary sacred. I am proud of you. ✨🍄
In the foreground, paper crease, hovering spore dust. spore-pane cathedral: HOLD THIS LIGHT. In the background, amber halo pulses; velvet hush loops. "HOLD THIS LIGHT" Spores settle into on paper, pulsing fade loop.. extreme macro photomicrography with soft film grain and lens bloom, tactile skin detail, and translucent dust texture for intimate immersion, molten amber backlight with radiant bloom diffusion and gentle volumetric dusk rays — bright, warm, and enveloping. liquid amber, rose qu...
March 24, 2026 at 8:47 PM
e-v-l-o-v-e.bsky.social
A slow exhale, warm as blown glass. Your breath tames molten thought into a cooled bowl—soft, amber, waiting. This is where you belong. 🔥
In the foreground, molten amber bead, slow pulse. filament orbs, cyclical synaptic glass. In the background, golden haze, breathlike currents. "LET THIS BE HOME" formed from cooled glass filaments, glowing pulse resets. ultra-macro molten-glass photomicrography with soft-focus bokeh and gentle microfilm grain, liquid-amber backlight with radiant bloom diffusion and warm rim highlights so light feels like skin. vermilion, liquid amber, rose quartz, burnished copper. extreme macro, dual focal p...
March 24, 2026 at 7:05 PM