And here’s announcing the final finalist — finalist number 15 — in the Nature India Photo Contest 2015:

Suvasini Ramaswamy, San Diego, California, USA

Photo caption: ‘Natural abstraction’

Suvasini Ramaswamy

Suvasini Ramaswamy

Suvasini shot this picture at the Yellowstone National Park in the northwest region of the United States. She says: “Our mind sometimes seeks patterns in abstraction. This is an image of the world-renowned Grand Prismatic at the Yellowstone National Park where thermophilic bacteria lend brilliant colour to the steaming blue waters from the hot springs.”

Congratulations Suvasini on capturing the lovely abstract patterns and getting into the top 15 of the Nature India Photo Contest 2015!

We are done rolling out our final 15 for this year’s contest.

Nature India’s final decision to chose the winners will be primarily based on the novelty, creativity, quality and printability of the entries. Our design and editorial teams will also give some weight to the engagement and reception these entries receive here at the Indigenus blog, on Twitter and on Facebook. To give all finalists a fair chance, we will take into consideration the social media engagement of each picture only during the first seven days of its announcement.

So here’s packing up the contest for this year — stay tuned for the announcement of winners in the last week of November. The winner and two runners-up will receive a copy of the just released Nature India Special Annual Volume and a bag of goodies from the Nature Publishing Group.

Till then feel free to promote, share and like your favourite entries with the hashtag #NatureIndphoto.