Name: David Maitland
Picture title: Banded Pincer Weed
Category: Plants and Fungi
Nationality: United Kingdom – Scotland
Occupation: Full-time Photographer
Technical information
Camera: Sony Alpha 7R mk IV
Lens: Olympus BX51 Microscope & 4x microscope objective
EXIF: 0.6 seconds; 1000 ISO; Stacked image; Autofluorescence
Accessories: Olympus BX51 Microscope; UV illumination – Autofluorescence
HIGHLY COMMENDED CATEGORY PLANTS AND FUNGI
David Maitland | Banded Pincer Weed
Name: David Maitland
Picture title: Banded Pincer Weed
Category: Plants and Fungi
Nationality: United Kingdom – Scotland
Occupation: Full-time Photographer
Technical information
Camera: Sony Alpha 7R mk IV
Lens: Olympus BX51 Microscope & 4x microscope objective
EXIF: 0.6 seconds; 1000 ISO; Stacked image; Autofluorescence
Accessories: Olympus BX51 Microscope; UV illumination – Autofluorescence
David Maitland says:
Banded pincer weed, Ceramium ciliatum, viewed under UV light to reveal hidden auto-fluorescing structure. Photo-stacking
The chlorophyll in the pincer weed fluoresces red – dead and dying cells are fluorescing yellow/orange. The weed is covered in a transparent slime in which are living a multitude of unicellular organisms such as diatoms, other algae and bacteria – all fluorescing as red dots.
Rocky shore, St. Andrews Bay, Fife Scotland.
David Maitland
United Kingdom
David is a UK-based professional nature and science photographer specializing in small and microscopic forms, raising awareness and understanding of the natural world and science. He has a Doctorate in Zoology and is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.
He is the recipient of numerous international awards including Sony World Photography, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, British Photography Awards, Nikon Small World, Olympus Image of the Year and NPOTY. He was named the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year in 2008 and is the RPS Gold Medalist and winner of the International Images for Science awards.
David’s specialist super-macro and microscopic photographic skills have been commissioned for bespoke advertising campaigns including Aberlour Whisky and Sharp Electronics, and for collaborations with the BBC on “Wonders of Life”, “Human Universe”, and the “Science of Food.”
David speaks at international conferences, and has been a jury panel member on leading international photography competitions including: European Wildlife Photographer of the Year; MontPhoto; and HIPA, Dubai. He is a longstanding member of the judging panel for the Close-Up Photographer of the Year competition.