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Scienctific imaging competition 2006

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The familiar image of DNA fragments visualised by PAGE is juxtaposed with the New York skyline, raising the duality of competing ideals such as big business and biology, identification and anonymity, the American Dream and genetic determination. Digital montage.
"Animal behaviour"
Nic Cummings
"Oriental Lily"
Sebastian Doak
"New York Underground"
James Dann
Nouragues Natural Reserve, French Guiana. Osteocephalus oophagus females go back several times to the Bromeliaceae where they have laid their eggs to lay again ovocytes to feed the tadpoles. This plaque was removed froma patient’s carotid artery during surgery at Christchurch Hospital. The plaque was dissected into 3-5 mm fragments for analysis. Each fragment being photographed during the dissection.
"Osteocephalus feeding its tadpoles"
Antoine Fouquet
"Cyathea dealbata frond"
Blake Hale
"Dissection of an Atherosclerotic Plaque"
Liz Flavall
Ephemeral native buttercup photographed on a slope below Castle Hill Peak, Torlesse Range South Island Robin, West Coast. South Island Robin, curious as to my presence.
"Ranunculus haastii"
Melissa Hutchison
"Robin I"
Jonathon Bray
"Robin II"
Jonathon Bray
Salvin's Mollymawks feeding off Bounty Island Titi in Foveaux Strait from the deck of the Stewart Island Ferry.
"Mollymawks"
Jemma Simon-Stewart
Cruisin'
Amy Whitehead
"Natures Tinsel"
Tasha Smith
Photographed at Conical Hill. Scanning electron micrograph. Unusual pore structures on shell surface, with two pores being so close. 954 x magnification.
"Mirage"
Haojin Tan
"Reach towards the ground"
Sebastian Doak
"Surface of a European Starling Eggshell"
Ben Burrows
Scanning electron micrograph of a clonal aquatic mustard leaf. Scanning electron micrograph of leaf vein cells and xylem rings of an aquatic clonal mustard. Scanning electron micrograph of one leaf with a clone forming at the base of a leaf left in water for 8 days.
"Neobeckia aquatica leaf"
Katherine Bushman
"Neobeckia aquatica Cell and Xylem Rings"
Katherine Bushman
"Neobeckia aquatica Leaf to Full Plant"
Katherine Bushman
Genus Aeonium, Family: Crassulaceae. Photographed at Diamond Harbour. Infected cells fuse together to form one single syncytium cell (green).
"Succulent"
Blake Hale
"Swirly cactus"
Hannah Russell
"Cell infection by the Varicella Zoster Virus"
Sandra Negro
Photographed with disposable automatic camera.
"What are you looking at?"
Brendon Kircher
"Tree Knot"
Hannah Hemara
Native bidibidi photographed on lichen-covered rocks, Port Hills A moss at Lake Matheson.
"Magenta Magic"
Tasha Smith
"Acaena novae-zelandiae"
Melissa Hutchison
"Moss"
Ronny Groenteman
Taken on a rock in stream bed of Cold Stream, Lewis Pass. Received at least 20 sandfly bites while lying half in the water trying to get the shot.
"Like water off a weta's vertex"
Stephen Pawson
"Butterfly"
Ashley Card
"Parma Ham"
Ashley Card
"Water Droplets"
Jason Lee
"Seven and a Half Legs"
Joshua Dickson
"Dinner on the mountain tops"
Laura Young
Macro photo of a pink rose.
"Enter the white orchid"
Rebecca Norris
In-Conceivable"
Delyse Campbell
"Weevil make it"
Michelle Greenwood
"Cat"
Sarah James
Photographed with disposable automatic camera NZ fur seals show polygynous mating system. Dominant males defend territirial resources and females.
"Complexity"
Brendon Kircher
"Not only dogs bark"
Brendon Kircher
"Pinus bark"
Hannah Hemara
"Dominant males war for territory"
Sandra Negro
A Leptophlebiid mayfly from Panama. Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae: Traverella sp. Top: Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae; Bottom: Odonata: Polythoridae Illustrations for the description of the previously unknown immature stages of P. planiventris, one of the largest and most mysterious flies in Central America. Top: mature larvae habitus (60mm). Middle: pupa head. Right: larval caudal shield. Bottom: pupa habitus (45mm).
"A bug-eyed rock-slider"
Mathieu Rapp
"Aquatic aliens of Central America"
Mathieu Rapp
"Immature stages of the giant timber fly Pantophthalmus planiventris (Diptera)
Mathieu Rapp
Canterbury, New Zealand. The Great Outdoors. One of the many spectacular views enjoyed while sampling snow tussock grasses during summer. Turnbull site, 1300 metres, looking towards the ski field, 1600 metres.
on Enderby Island
Pleurrophyllum speciosum on Campbell Island
These two one-week old whio ducklings at the base of Sutherland Falls, Milford Track, were located by radio-tracking the adult female. The photo was taken while hiding in the forest cover on the bank at a distance of approximately 3 m.
"Mount Hutt"
Veronica Clifford
"Bulbinella rossi"
Jemma Simon-Stewart
"Pleurophyllum"
Jemma Simon-Stewart
"Double Trouble"
Amy Whitehead
Austrolestes colensonis resting on red tussock on the edge of a garden pond.
"Rocky Shore"
Hannah Russell
"Moeraki on a winters morning"
Kimberley Seaward
"Punga"
Jason Lee
"Damselfly Delight"
Amy Whitehead
Digital photo at Melbourne Zoo.
The sacrifice of the yeast to make a delicious loaf of bread. Movie playing on laptop.
Live Nocrassa hyphae stained with membrane sensitive dye IM-4-64, epifluorescent microscopy.
South Africa
"Butterfly"
Pieta Pemberton
"From one organism to another - Video"
Claudia Lang
"Untouched"
Sandy Suei
"Giraffe's silhouette"
Patricia Rosengrave
Inverse pxt image of a fern at Hinewai Reserve
Taken during a late morning break between showers.
"Rose"
Dawn Robertson
"Fern Print"
Dawn Robertson
"Water-on-leaf"
Blake Hale