What’s scarier, a cockroach or an ant?
Most of us probably think a cockroach is scarier, but you just might think differently after this.
Up Close and Personal
Lithuanian wildlife photographer Eugenijus Kavaliauskas submitted a snapshot of an ant’s face to the 2022 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition, and it looks straight out of a horror movie.
The snapshot of the ant’s face was magnified five times under a microscope.
Looks like something straight out of Lord of the Rings.
Just for comparison, this is what a cockroach’s face looks like:
One’s clearly scarier than the other.
The competition celebrates the art of microscope photography, which allows people to capture details the human eye cannot see.
Well, ironically we now can’t seem to un-see the image of the ant.
Kavaliauskas’ submission was one of the 57 selected “Images of Distinction”, deservedly so.
For his photo of the ant, he won one Nikon item with a retail value of $35.
The photographer has a substantial list of awards and achievements, including other photography awards for his snapshots of birds of prey.
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As Kavaliauskas lives near a forest, he said that it was easy for him to catch an ant.
He decided to put the ant under a microscope and take snapshots of it, as it isn’t exactly very exciting to see a photo of an ant simply running on the ground.
I mean, we see ants in our houses everyday.
“I’m always looking for details, shadows, and unseen corners. The main goal of photography is to be a discoverer,” Kavaliauskas said.
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“When I first started with microphotography, I, too, thought all beetles looked a little like monsters,” he added. “But now, I’ve gotten used to it, and am surprised that there are so many interesting, beautiful, and unknown miracles under our feet”.
Anyone else just felt chills on their feet?
Although the image was definitely a striking one, the top honour and the $3,000 cash prize went to Grigorii Timin and Michel Milinkovitch from the University of Geneva’s department of genetics and evolution.
The pair captured a Madagascar giant day gecko’s front paw, zoomed in 69 times.
The picture showcases the structures in a gecko’s paw, and when magnified in certain regions, allows one to see the structures’ organisation on a cellular level.
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The photomicrography contest is open to anyone interested in microscopy and photography.
The 2023 competition is now welcoming submissions as well, so if you’re interested, do send in your pictures for consideration before 30 April 2023!
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