In the Nature India Photo Contest 2015, here’s our finalist number eight:

Sheesh Paul S., Haryana, India

Photo caption: ‘Seed Galaxy’

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Sheesh Paul S.

For the competition, Sheesh arranged these seeds of Calotropis procera, a common weed, on an orange sheet and clicked this creative picture with his Nokia N97 Mini cellphone. The effect was spectacular. “The seed and wings were looking as if they were interlinked galaxies in the cosmos,” he says of his amazement at the result.

Congratulations Sheesh and welcome to the top 15 in the Nature India Photo Contest 2015!

In it’s second edition this year, the photo contest has received an overwhelming response — hundreds of entries from around the world. Conceived with the idea of appreciating the art in all things science, the theme for 2015 was ‘Patterns’ — geometric, natural, abstract, under the microscope, in/on the human body or in space.

As a run up to the final announcement, we will be rolling out the top 15 finalists of the photo competition (in no particular order of merit) over the next few days on the Indigenus blog as well as our social media platforms (Twitter and Facebook). The final results will be announced in November 2015.

Nature India’s final decision to chose the winner will be partly influenced by the engagement and reception he/she receives 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 watch out for our other finalists and feel free to promote, share and like your favourite entries with the hashtag #NatureIndphoto.