![Microscopic Photography Barnacle](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Microscopic-Photography-Barnacle-appendages.jpg)
3rd Place: Dr. Igor Siwanowicz – HHMI Janelia Research Campus // Ashburn, VA, USA.
The appendages of a barnacle are used to move food for consumption. Technique: Confocal microscopy, 100x
Now in its second decade, the Olympus Bioscapes photography competition celebrates the stunning beauty of and discoveries in the field of science. But it comes with a catch: this beauty must be found beneath the lens of a microscope. Amateur and professional scientists from over 70 different countries submit thousands of entries per year in the hopes of being recognized in the competition, which is widely regarded as the world’s best showcase for this unique brand of photographic landscapes. The images that follow contain both winners and honorable mentions for 2014.
![Microscopic Photography Mosquito Larvae](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Microscopic-Photography-mosquito-larvae.jpg)
Honorable mention: Mr. Charles Krebs – Issaquah, WA, USA.
Specimen: Mosquito larva.
Technique: polarized dark field illumination, 100x
![Microscopic Photography Micro Algae](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Microscopic-Photography-micro-algae.jpg)
Honorable mention: Mr. Rogelio Moreno Gill – Panama City, Panama.
Micro algae from a river – with chloroplasts, isthmus and accumulation of crystals
Technique: Polarized light with image stacking
![Microscopic Photography Skin Cancer](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Microscopic-Photography-skin-cancer.jpg)
Honorable mention: Dr. Gopinath Meenakshisundaram – Institute of Medical Biology // A-Star, Singapore.
A human skin cancer cell
Technique: Confocal microscopy
Co-prizewinners: Prabha Sampath
![Microscopic Photography Crab Spider](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Microscopic-Photography-crab-spider.jpg)
Honorable mention: Mr. Geir Drange – Asker, Norway.
Head of a young crab spider
![Microscopic Photography Mosquito Pupae](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Microscopic-Photography-mosquito-pupae.jpg)
Honorable mention: Mr. Jerzy Rojkowski – Krakow, Poland.
Mosquito pupae
Technique: Differential interference contrast and image stacking, 10x
![Microscopic Photography Butter Daisy](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Microscopic-Photography-butter-daisy.jpg)
7th Place: Mr. Oleksandr Holovachov – Ekuddsvagen, Sweden.
Magnified Butter Daisy; Technique: Fluorescence
![Microscopic Photography Peacock Feather](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Microscopic-Photography-peacock-feather.jpg)
Honorable mention: Mr. Charles Krebs – Issaquah, WA, USA.
A peacock feather
Technique: Reflected light, 100x
![Microscopic Photography Fruit Fly](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Microscopic-Photography-fruit-fly-larvae.jpg)
1st Place: Dr. William Lemon – HHMI Janelia Research Campus // Ashburn, VA, USA .
Embryonic development of the fruit fly. This entry is a short timelapse video showing the larvae crawling off the screen at the end. Technique: Custom-built simultaneous multi-view light sheet microscopy
Co-prizewinners: Fernando Amat and Philipp Keller
![Microscopic Photography Vampire Moth](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Microscopic-Photography-vampire-moth-mouth.jpg)
8th Place: Dr. Matthew S. Lehnert – Kent State University at Stark // North Canton, OH, USA.
The proboscis of a vampire moth
Technique: Confocal microscopy
Co-prizewinners: Ashley L. Lash