{"id":4097,"date":"2016-12-14T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T06:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/indigenus\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2016-12-19T08:19:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T08:19:31","slug":"ni-photo-contest-2016-finalist-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/indigenus\/2016\/12\/ni-photo-contest-2016-finalist-7.html","title":{"rendered":"NI Photo Contest 2016: Finalist #7"},"content":{"rendered":"

The contest’s hotting up! Today we\u00a0announce the\u00a0Nature India<\/em> photo contest 2016 finalist number seven:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aditya Kanwal, Mohali, Punjab, India.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photo caption: ‘Human flower’<\/p>\n

\"Human<\/a>

{credit}Aditya Kanwal{\/credit}<\/p><\/div>\n

Aditya<\/strong>, a PhD scholar in the Biological Sciences Department of IISER Mohali, says:<\/p>\n

\"Aditya<\/a>

Aditya Kanwal<\/p><\/div>\n

“This is a macro shot of the ‘Tropaeolum majus’ flower with an unmissable human like contour (complete with a heart and blood vessels, if you look closely). The flower, commonly known as the\u00a0Indian cress,\u00a0grows on a small plant originating from the Andes and now used around the world as an ornamental plant. <\/em><\/p>\n

More importantly, it has long been used as herbal medicine in combination with other herbs to treat ailments such as bronchitis, urinary tract infections, swollen airways and cough. Ayurveda or the Indian system of medicine uses such plants since ancient times to cure a wide array of disorders. With time, a lot of these traditional systems have been forgotten. We need to preserve such traditional knowledge, where humans were one\u00a0with Nature (as this picture symbolises), and keep them alive for our future\u00a0generations.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Congratulations Aditya<\/strong>, for being in the top ten!<\/p>\n

As the contest comes close to its finale, the\u00a0Nature India<\/em>\u00a0editorial and design team is having a tough time selecting just three winners, who stand a chance of seeing their entries grace the cover page of one of our forthcoming print publications. The winner and two runners-up will receive\u00a0a copy of the\u00a0<\/strong>just released\u00a0Nature India Special Annual Volume\u00a0<\/strong>and a bag of goodies<\/strong>\u00a0from Springer\u00a0Nature.<\/p>\n

As a run up to the final announcement, we are rolling out the top 10 finalists of the photo competition (in no particular order of merit) on the Indigenus<\/a> blog as well as our social media platforms (Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>).\u00a0The final results will be announced in\u00a0late December\u00a02016<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Nature India\u2019<\/em>s final decision to chose the winner will be partly influenced by\u00a0the engagement and reception he\/she receives here at the Indigenus blog, on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and on Facebook<\/a>. To give all finalists a fair chance, we will\u00a0take into consideration the\u00a0social media engagement of each picture only during the first seven days of its announcement.<\/p>\n

So watch out for our other finalists and feel free to promote, share and like your favourite entries with the hashtag\u00a0#NatureIndphoto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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