This photography contest is organised by the Photonics Society Eindhoven at TU/e in collaboration with the Institute for Photonic Integration (IPI) and Te Lintelo Systems BV.
Topic of the photo contest: An optical effect
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Deadline: 22nd of November 2020 at 23:59 CEST.
Description:
Light is becoming more important in our approach to nature, science and daily life. From the understanding of the universe, material, energy and its uses in technologies like smartphones, illumination systems, internet and telecommunications, it is proved that light is ubiquitous in our daily lives. As researchers or people involved in understanding optics and photonics, we continuously study and/or utilize optical effects to increase our understanding of the complex nature of light or to create new applications that will benefit us all. However, we sometimes forget how beautiful all these optical effects can be. Therefore, we, the Photonics Society Eindhoven, organize a photography contest to expose the beauty of optical phenomena and to share it with others.
To inspire yourself a little bit, click here to visit the works of the winners of the international OSA contest. Here are already 3 examples:
Diffraction of light, Arsham Hamidi
Reflections of a display of diamonds, Robert Schalck
Laser streams in soap membrane, Jordan I. Diaz
The competition is open to PhE members and IPI staff, amateurs and professionals alike. You can submit photos taken with a camera or your smartphone (high-resolution photos are preferred). Your work will be evaluated by an international board composed of fellow TU/e PhE members and professionals from our sponsor Te Lintelo Systems BV.
Be creative and catch the beauty of the optical effects around us on camera!
Prizes:
We have two prizes for the photo contest:
- Prize of the jury: our jury will decide who has the most creative, beautiful and appealing picture.
- Prize of the public: on the 26th of November we will share the pictures on our website such that people can vote on them. We will award the photographer of the picture with the most likes.
Both the prize of the jury and of the public is a voucher of 100 euros! Note that each participant can only win one of the two prizes. In other words, the winner of the public prize will not be able to also win the jury prize.
Rules:
The picture must align with the following rules:
- No post-editing (Photoshop or/and another photo editing software) is allowed. You can only use the settings of your camera/smartphone.
- Only two submissions are allowed. In case of 3 and more photos being submitted, only the first two photos are considered for evaluation.
- We came up with 4 evaluation criteria:
- The title is evaluated for originality and relevance to the photo.
- The image description is evaluated for creativity and relevance to the topic. a. Tell a nice story behind your shot!
- The photo itself is evaluated for originality and composition.
- The photo is evaluated for the relevance to the theme (optical effects).
Creative Commons license:
Submitted pictures for this photo contest will fall under the Creative Commons license of the type called “Attribution Alone”.
This means that we and our partners (PhE Eindhoven, IPI and Te Lintelo Systems) can use your submitted pictures (e.g. on our website, …) whilst mentioning the name of the photographer. In other words, the Copyright of the images will remain at all times with the photographer.
Submit:
Please use the following link to submit your picture(s):
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Deadline: 22nd of November 2020 at 23:59 CEST.
Contact: phe_hq@tue.nl