{
  "id": 16047328,
  "title": "From a ‘miraculous’ booby to fungus on sheep dung – Nikon’s latest competition winners will stop you in your tracks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/from-a-miraculous-booby-to-fungus-on-sheep-dung-nikons-latest",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-22T12:50:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Amateur Photographer",
    "slug": "amateur-photographer",
    "url": "https://amateurphotographer.com/latest/photo-news/from-a-miraculous-booby-to-fungus-on-sheep-dung-nikons-latest-competition-winners-will-stop-you-in-your-tracks/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The 74th Nikkor Photo Contest and the 52nd Nikon Small World competition concluded with a series of impressive winners. The Nikkor Photo Contest, held annually since 1953, saw Mayumi Takeuchi crowned the grand prize winner for her remarkable underwater photograph showcasing a booby bird capturing a fish. Takeuchi's image, labeled as a 'miracle' by judges, was captured using a wide-angle lens, underwater housing, and a strobe.\n\nAnother bird photographer, Koichiro Ikeda, earned the Gold prize in the Nature category for his stunning image of two owls in flight. British photographer Rui Nagumo secured a 'kawaii' (cute) spot with her portrait of a squirrel, titled 'Harsh Winter.'\n\nNikon's Small World photomicrography competition, on the other hand, showcased the incredible world of microscopic photography. German student and experimental photographer Ole Bielfeldt claimed the top prize, fascinated by inkjet printing, he built an imaging rig to capture the process of photographic printing. John Oliver Dum won second prize with his image of a jumping spider with pollen.\n\nBritish photographer Mike Crutchley performed well in this year's contest, with his image of the closed structure of an inner daisy ranking fifth. Additionally, Crutchley placed 14th with an image of Pilobolus fungi growing on sheep dung, earning him praise for his creativity.",
  "summary": "Check out the impressive winners of two major photographic competitions organised by Nikon – the winners are nothing if not diverse! The post From a ‘miraculous’ booby to fungus on sheep dung – Nikon’s latest competition winners will stop you in your tracks appeared first on Amateur Photographer .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}