{"id":218056,"date":"2025-10-16T15:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/218056\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:47:09","slug":"can-you-guess-what-youre-seeing-in-this-award-winning-extreme-close-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/218056\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you guess what you\u2019re seeing in this award-winning extreme close-up?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Revealing hidden complexity in nature is perhaps the finest art in microphotography. This year\u2019s winning photograph\u2014a rice weevil appearing as if in flight, fleeing a grain of rice\u2014is a prime example. Rice weevils are tiny agricultural villains, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umd.edu\/resource\/rice-and-granary-weevils\/\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">known for attacking crop seeds<\/a> like rice and laying their eggs inside the grains. In this shot taken by China-based photographer Zhang You, the weevil is shown at scale, emphasizing its small stature while also transforming it into the scourge it is\u2014a winged agent of destruction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The image, which took two weeks of work to create, brings into focus \u201cthe magnificence and fragility of insects,\u201d You says, adding that he hopes his images will \u201ccontribute to the protection, utilization of insects, and the preservation of Earth&#8217;s ecology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Of this year\u2019s 1,925 entries, Nikon recognized 71 for their originality, informational content, technical prowess, and visual beauty. They include the vasculature of an embryonic mouse, and spiny balls of mallow pollen germinating at the same moment as being parasitized by a fungus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Take a look at some of the standout images from this year\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Revealing hidden complexity in nature is perhaps the finest art in microphotography. This year\u2019s winning photograph\u2014a rice weevil&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,133183,133184,34930,133185,128,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-218056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-micro-photography","11":"tag-microphotography","12":"tag-nature-photography","13":"tag-nikon-small-world","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}