(CNN) – This picture does not depict any of the new creatures.”Dragon HouseThis isn’t an excerpt from a horror movie, either: it’s an award-winning close-up…Ant.
The stunning image is one of 57 featured images in Nikon Small World Photomicrography Contest. The terrifying photo was captured by Lithuanian photographer Eugenius Kavaliauskas.
Credit: Nikon Small World / Eugenijus Kavaliauskas
This is the 48th year of the competition that seeks to “recognize excellence in photography through the microscope,” according to a press release shared by CNN.
The 2022 competition received nearly 1,300 entries from 72 countries, according to Nikon.
Kavaliauskas previously worked as a bird photographer before moving on to insects, According to your website. Use the reflected light to take the close-up of the ant, complete with dark red eyes and what appears to be an angry expression.
Although the photo received a viral reception on the Internet, Kavaliauskas did not receive the first prize in the competition.
This honor went to Swedish photographers Grigorii Timin and Michel Milinkovitch, who produced a Beautiful fluorescent picture From the introduction of the giant day gecko fetus in Madagascar. They used 63x magnification to document the fine veins and bones of the hand.