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Winning Videos from Nikon's Small World In Motion Competition
September 24, 2025
From a remarkable demonstration of flower self-pollination to algae swimming in a water droplet in a Japanese 50 Yen coin, the winners of this year’s Nikon Small World in Motion competition capture some of the natural world’s most beautiful, otherworldly, and otherwise invisible phenomena.
The top prize was awarded to Michigan-based photographer Jay McClellan, who captured a timelapse of a thymeleaf speedwell flower, incorporating image stacking techniques to depict the blossom at 5x magnification.
Sep 24, 2025
Jay McClellan for Nikon's 2025 Small World in Motion Competition
Sep 24, 2025
Benedikt Pleyer for Nikon's 2025 Small World in Motion Competition
2nd Place: Benedikt Pleyer (Germany). Volvox algae swimming in water drop that has been pipetted into the central opening of a Japanese 50 Yen Coin
https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/