Nikon объявляет Конкурс микрофотографии «Микромир» (2013 Small World) .
Small World - это конкурс работ, демонстрирующих красоту микромира. Конкурс проводится уже более 30 лет, за это время компания Nikon наградила авторов лучших микрофографий (это и стукрутуры материалов и биологические объекты).
К участию приглашаются все желающие в возрасте старше 18 лет.
Максимальный размер фотографии на конкурс 100 MB, рекомендуется не загружать фотографии меньше 3 MB.
Файлы загружать после регистрации в форматах JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PICT, PSD.
Критерии оценки:
Оригинальность
Информативность
Техническое мастерство
Выразительность
Победитель получит 3 000 долларов на покупку оборудования Nikon, а также будет приглашен на церемонию вручения наград. Остальные призы от 2000 до 100 долларов (в виде сертификатов на покупку оборудования Nikon) будут вручены призерам от 2 до 20 места.
Работы принимаются до 30 апреля
2013 Small World Contest Rules
Anyone over the age of 18 interested in photography through the microscope is eligible, with the exception of employees of Nikon Instruments Inc. ("Nikon"), their families, the contest judges, and individuals engaged in the manufacture or sale of microscopes or photographic equipment. Former first prize winners are ineligible to win first prize in the three contests immediately following the contest they won, but can win other prizes.
Photomicrographs must be taken using a light microscope, such as one of the Nikon series of compound or stereoscopic microscopes. The use of Nikon equipment is not required.
Any type of specimen is acceptable. All techniques of light microscopy are acceptable: brightfield, darkfield, phase contrast, differential interference contrast, fluorescence, multiphoton, modulation contrast, Rheinberg, oblique, confocal, deconvolution, mixed techniques, etc.
Images must be submitted either:
Digitally - by uploading images in electronic digital format to the Small World Competition Entry Area on the Nikon Microscopy U website. Maximum file size is 100 Mb (megabytes), and it is recommended the file size be no smaller than 3 Mb, although smaller file sizes will not be disqualified. Files must be submitted in one of the following electronic file formats: *.JPEG (also *.JPG; Joint Photographic Experts Group), *.TIFF (also *.TIF; Tagged Image File Format), *.PICT (also *.PIC or *.PCT; Macintosh Picture), or *.PSD (Adobe Photoshop Document). Please submit the highest quality image with regard to file size, bit depth, and resolution.
Photographically - for images acquired either digitally or on film, in the form of a 35 millimeter mounted transparency. Glass mounts will not be accepted.
A combination of uploaded images and slides may be submitted by an entrant. Each entrant, whether an individual or a group, may submit up to a total of three images for judging. A completed and signed official entry form, facsimile, or complete Internet entry form must be used. There is no purchase necessary.
Entries will be judged on:
Originality
Informational Content
Technical Proficiency
Visual Impact
Entries must be received no later than April 30, 2013, to be eligible for prizes.
Address all entries to Nikon's Small World Competition, Nikon Instruments Inc., 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, New York 11747-3064 USA, or enter online at the Entry Area on the Nikon Microscopy U website. You may also download a 2013 Competition Entry Form in portable document format for submission of entries by mail.
Prize winners will be notified by August 15, 2013.
The decision of Nikon's panel of judges will be final.
All winning entries will be retained by Nikon Inc. and cannot be returned. Non-winning entries will be returned if a stamped, self-addressed envelope is submitted. Only U.S. postage stamps or equivalent International Reply Coupons should be used for return postage.
All reasonable care will be taken in handling photos, but Nikon Instruments Inc. will not assume any responsibility for their loss or damage.
Offer void where prohibited.
Taxes, if any, on prizes are the sole responsibility of the prize winners.
Failure to comply with and accept all of the preceding rules will disqualify any entry.
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