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An image of ink droplets inside a printer has won first prize at the Nikon Small World photomicrography competition, which focuses on images taken through a microscope.
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An image of ink droplets inside a printer has won first prize at the Nikon Small World photomicrography competition, which focuses on images taken through a microscope.
Ole Bielfeldt, a student and experimental photographer from Germany, took the photo using an imaging rig he built himself, according to a statement from the organizers published Wednesday.
Bielfeldt, who is based in Cologne, Germany, said he was inspired by the mystery of how inkjet printers transfer images onto paper so precisely.
“I think it was super interesting because I didn’t know how it really worked,” Bielfeldt said in the statement.
“It’s like it was magic, and I didn’t understand it, but now I do.”
Bielfeldt’s work won him the 52nd edition of the competition, and Eric Flem of Nikon Instruments said that his image “embodies what makes Nikon Small World so powerful: the intersection of microscope imaging, ingenuity and artistry.”
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“By using a microscope objective in a different way, he transformed a familiar object into something altogether new and previously unseen,” Flem said in the statement.
“It is a reminder that the microscope is not only a scientific tool but also a creative one, capable of expanding how we see and imagine the world around us.”
Second place went to John-Oliver Dum for an image of a jumping spider with pollen, and third was awarded to Kaelin Wulf and Rachel Flannery for a photo of neurons inside an expanded mouse brain.
Nikon also runs the annual Small World in Motion video competition, which was embroiled in controversy this year.
In mid-October, the company announced that the winner had been disqualified after organizers concluded that his use of generative AI broke the rules.
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一张打印机内部墨滴的照片在尼康微观世界显微摄影大赛中荣获一等奖，该大赛专注于通过显微镜拍摄的图像。
据组织者周三发表的声明称，这张照片是由来自德国的学生兼实验摄影师奥勒·比尔费尔特使用他自己搭建的成像装置拍摄的。
居住在德国科隆的比尔费尔特表示，他受到了喷墨打印机如何如此精确地将图像转移到纸张上的奥秘的启发。
“我觉得这非常有趣，因为我之前并不了解它是如何运作的，”比尔费尔特在声明中说道。
“这就像魔法一样，我以前不明白，但现在我明白了。”
比尔费尔特的作品为他赢得了第 52 届比赛的冠军，尼康仪器公司的埃里克·弗莱姆表示，他的作品“体现了尼康微观世界如此强大的原因：显微成像、独创性和艺术性的交融”。
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尼康因人工智能使用问题撤销了“小世界动态”视频大赛的一等奖。
弗莱姆在声明中说：“他以不同的方式使用显微镜物镜，将一个熟悉的物体变成了一种全新的、以前从未见过的东西。”
“这提醒我们，显微镜不仅是一种科学工具，也是一种创造性工具，能够拓展我们观察和想象周围世界的方式。”
约翰-奥利弗·杜姆凭借一张跳蛛与花粉的照片获得第二名，凯琳·沃尔夫和瑞秋·弗兰纳里凭借一张放大的鼠脑内神经元的照片获得第三名。
尼康还举办一年一度的“小世界动态影像大赛”，该赛事今年卷入了一场争议。
10月中旬，该公司宣布取消获奖者的参赛资格，因为组织者认定他使用生成式人工智能违反了规则。