Darkfield Illumination Technique

Dr. Arlene Wechezak

2007

Anacortes, Washington, USA

Specimen: Red algae Scagelia, showing reproductive tetraspores and golden diatoms.

Technique: Darkfield

Mr. Viktor Sýkora

2005

Institute of Pathophysiology, Charles University

Prague, Czech Republic

Specimen: Asteraceae

Technique: Stereomicroscopy, Darkfield Illumination

Mr. Spike Walker

2013

Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Specimen: Lily flower bud, transverse section.

Technique: Darkfield illumination, stitched images

Dr. Christian Sardet

2012

The Plankton Chronicles Project

Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, and Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Specimen: Claw of crustacean amphipode Phronima sp. Muscles and rows of pigment cells (melanocytes) are visible.

Technique: Darkfield

Co-prizewinners: Sharif Mirshak

Mr. Spike Walker

2005

Penkridge, United Kingdom

Specimen: Gloeotrichia

Technique: Darkfield Illumination

Mr. Earl Nishiguchi

2007

Lihue, HI, USA

Specimen: Drosophila Testis

Technique: Darkfield Illumination

Mr. Ralph Grimm

2006

Jimboomba, Australia

Specimen: Housefly Proboscis

Technique: Darkfield Illumination

Mr. Harold Taylor

2005

Dunstable, United Kingdom

Specimen: Obelia Hydroids

Technique: Darkfield Illumination

Mr. Gerd A. Günther

2011

Duesseldorf, NRW, Germany

Specimen: Spherical colonies of Nostoc commune, a bluegreen alga

Technique: Darkfield illumination