Arte Fotográfico Microscópico

Olympus America Inc. is in the eighth year of sponsoring a dynamic international photo competition that honors the world's most extraordinary microscope images of life science subjects.
"Microscope images forge an extraordinary bond between science and art," said Osamu Joji, Olympus America's Vice President and General Manager for the Scientific Equipment Group. "We founded this competition to focus on the fascinating stories coming out of today's life science research laboratories. The thousands of images that people have shared with the competition over the years reflect some of the most exciting work going on in research today - work that can help shed light on the living universe and ultimately save lives. We look at BioScapes and these beautiful images as sources of education and inspiration to us and the world."
Fuente: http://www.olympusbioscapes.com/index.html

Olympus BioScapes 2010 Winners and Honorable Mentions Gallery
(incomplete):

Mr. Thomas Deerinck - University of California,
San Diego San Diego, California, USA

Specimen: Rat Hippocampus - Technique: Multiphoton

Mr. Nathan Pallace - Rochester, New York, USA
Specimen: Algae - Technique: Darkfield

Mr. Wolfgang Bettighofer -Kiel, Germany
Specimen: Licmophora juegensii on red alga
Technique: Differential interference contrast

Mr. Fernán Federici -Department of Plant Sciences,
University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom
Specimen: Arabidopsis thaliana seedling
Technique: Confocal

Mr. Edwin Lee - Carrollton, Texas, USA
Specimen: Lamium amplexicaule stamens
Technique: Polarized light

Dr. Steve Lowry - School of Biomedical Sciences,
University of Ulster Coleraine, United Kingdom

Specimen: Crystals of potassium bitartrate in red wine
Technique: Polarized light

Mr. Mike Samworth - Catterick Garrison,
North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Specimen: Melonin sterile wound dressing
Technique: Polarized light

Mr. Spike Walker - Penkridge, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Specimen: Prosthogonimus macrorchis, a flatworm poultry parasite
Technique: Rheinberg illumination

Dr. M.R. Dadpour - Department of Horticultural Sciences,
University of Tabriz Tabriz, Iran
Specimen: Flower primordium of Tribulus sp
Technique: Epi-Illumination, 100 z-stacked images