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ESO Bug Eye Photo Contest!
Posted by on September 30, 2012
The results of the Entomological Society of Ontario Bug Eye photo contest were announced last night! We were treated to a slide show of the 130ish entries; there was some spectacular work!
Also this:
I took 2nd place in the “Ontario Insect” category for
2nd in “Photo by an Ontario Resident” category for
and 1st in the “Open Category” for
![Green Lynx Spider, Peucetia viridans [Explored]](https://i1.wp.com/farm8.staticflickr.com/7249/7860563796_1d57f4ac9e_n.jpg)
It was a good night! <—massive understatement. I’ll be one of the judges for next year’s contest 😀
I don’t think I mentioned this either: one of my photos was one of seven selected in the Entomological Society of Canada photo contest to be on the cover of the journal, The Canadian Entomologist, for 2013!
Other than simply being ridonculously thrilled over these results, I think what I’m most pleased about is that all four of these photos use different techniques (natural setting/outdoors and studio), lighting (ambient light and flash), use of backgrounds (white box, coloured, black) and subjects (spider, phasmid, fly, katydid). I’m happy to be producing decent AND diverse images! 🙂
Congrats! That is a great bunch of shots!
Thanks, Sean!
w00t! Congratulations you deserve it, those are some awesome images!
Thank you Scott! 🙂
Congratulations! I especially love the green lynx spider shot; amazing detail!
Thanks! That’s my fave shot of the year so far 🙂
Congratulations! Great shots, and I hope you have more up your sleeve for JAM in November!
I’m definitely going to apply, Adrian! Hey, maybe you could confirm this for me: I seem to recall that only photos of “Canadian Arthropods” are eligible (which would make sense, but I just wanted to check) 🙂
That is correct, although I don’t know that the pictures have to have been taken in Canada. That might be too provincial. Just as long as they celebrate arthropods that live in Canada. If your best shot is one from over the border, I don’t think it would make sense to disqualify it.
Congrats Geek! And also congrats for winning the President’s Prize for Best Oral Presentation! Science Communication for the literal WIN! 😀
A clean sweep – congratulations!