The face of an ant seen up close (and 10 other microscopic photos that left us cold)

Multiple users of Twitter Y Reddit They were surprised to see the Photography in an extreme close-up of an ant’s face. Searching for the origin of the photo, it was learned that it is part of the 2022 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Contest, which also includes other surprising participants.

The author of the peculiar photo is Eugenijus Kavaliauskas, a photographer of Lithuanian origin who, despite not having won the contest, became famous in networks for his popular capture of an ant.

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“It seemed boring to me to take a picture of an ant banally running on the ground, so I took one and put it under a microscope. I am always looking for details, shadows and invisible corners. The main objective of photography is to be a discoverer” Kavaliauskas explained about the choice of the objective of his camera, in an interview for the ‘Insider’ media.

Alongside the Kavaliauskas image, we’ve compiled 10 other amazing microscope photos featured in the Nikon contest.

Face of an ant under a microscope. (Photo: Nikon Small World/Eugenijus Kavaliauskas)

Face of a spider under microscope. (Photo: Nikon Small World/Andrew Posselt)

Face of a beetle under a microscope. (Photo: Nikon Small World/Yousef Al Habshi)

A fly under the chin of a tiger beetle. (Photo: Nikon Small World/Murat Özturk)

Long legged spider under microscope. (Photo: Nikon Small World/Andrew Posselt)

Winged ant encased in amber approximately 20 million years old. (Photo: Nikon Small World/Enrico Bonino)

Egg of a butterfly. (Photo: Nikon Small World/Ye Fei Zhang)

Wasp stinger. (Photo: Nikon Small World/Pablo Piedra)

Head of the embryo of a fish. (Photo: Nikon Small World/Layra G. Cintrón-Rivera)

Male rat embryo. (Photo: Nikon Small World/Brian J. Ford)

mouse embryo. (Photo: Nikon Small World/Carlo Donato Caiaffa de Carvalho)

Source: Elcomercio