Following the overwhelming response to Nature India‘s first photo contest in 2014, we are back with our second edition. The theme this time is “Patterns” — and the more related your entry is to science, the merrier!
The theme for our inaugural photo competition was “Science & technology in India” and it saw some wonderful entries from across the world. You might want to take a look at the winning entries of the Nature India photo contest 2014 for some inspiration or the top seven to get an idea of what we look for while selecting winners.
As for the prizes — three lucky winners chosen by the Nature India editorial and design team will be featured on Nature India. The winning entries stand a chance of being on the cover of one of our forthcoming print publications. The winner and two runners-up will receive a copy of the just released Nature India Special Annual Volume and a bag of goodies (which includes Collector’s issues of the first ever issue of Nature from November 1869 and the first ever issue of Scientific American from August 1845, a beautiful NPG moleskine diary, a pen with a pen drive and some other keepsakes) from the Nature Publishing Group.
The contest is open to everyone – any nationality, any age, any profession. The only keyword for the subject of the picture is: ‘Patterns’ — geometric, natural, abstract, under the microscope, in/on the human body or in space. You could use whatever camera you wish to – even your cell phone – as long as the photograph you send us is unedited, original, in a digital format and of printable quality. Photographs will be judged for novelty, creativity, quality and printability.
Please send your entries in jpeg format to npgindia@nature.com with your name, phone number and address, both e-mail and postal. Please mention “Nature India Photo Contest 2015” in the subject line of your email. The photograph must be accompanied by a brief caption (please see the photo captions here for reference) explaining the subject of the picture along with the date, time and place it was taken . We will accept a maximum of five entries per person. The last date for submissions is October 15, 2015. If you are on social media, please use the hashtag #NatureIndphoto to spread the word around about the contest or to check out our latest updates.
Selfies are welcome as are pictures of sculptures, statues, paintings, and other works of art. Just make sure you are not violating any copyrights. Also, no obscene, provocative, defamatory, sexually explicit, or other inappropriate content please.
So, get, set, click and send!