1st prize


WINNER: Michael Gibson (Northamptonshire Natural History Society)
“Blowfly Darkfield Image” - Pseudo darkfield image showing the proboscis of a Blowfly from a slide by Norman. Sony Cybershot W50 digital camera attached to an Olympus widefield eyepiece coupled with a x3.7 Lomo achromatic objective lens on a Russian Biolam microscope.
Prize: iPad generously donated by 
2nd prize

WINNER: Harold Taylor
“Marrow Cucurbita flower bud TS" - Darkfield photomicrograph
Prize: Leica Camera generously donated by
3rd prize


WINNER: David Robertson (Breakthrough ICR)
“Cytoskeleton" - Cultured mouse fibroblast immunostained for alpha tubulin (green) and Vimentin (red).
Imaged in a confocal microscope.
Prize: £100 cash generously donated by 