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The discussion centers around a photo contest themed on science and engineering, emphasizing the requirement for submissions to be taken with standard cameras rather than scientific instruments. Participants are instructed to submit one digital photo relevant to the theme, adhering to specific rules regarding size, editing, and originality. The contest encourages clear presentation of scientific concepts while ensuring that all entries are the original work of the participants. Clarifications are provided regarding what constitutes a "regular camera," confirming that any device used as part of a scientific instrument is not eligible. The thread also includes a participant sharing their own photo of ferrofluid, taken with a Nikon lens, and reminders about the submission deadline.
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Since this is technically a Physics/Science forum, we should periodically have themes that reflect that topic. This is one of them.

Your photo must have clear presentation of something related to science and/or engineering. Please note that your photo must be taken using a regular camera, not using scientific instruments.

Good luck.

Zz.

Contest Rules:

1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the contest period. In case there's a gray area, or you're not sure if the picture is suitable, check with me first.

2. Please resize your digital photo to no more than 800 x 600 or 600 x 800 pixels. You may also crop your picture if you wish. You are also allowed to adjust the brightness and contrast of your picture but these should not dramatically alter the look of the picture. But other than those, any form of picture editing or modification is not allowed. This is a photo contest, not a picture editing/special effect contest. You may add a watermark or your name/nickname to the photo for identification purposes.

3. Upload your photos to any of the photo servers such as imageshack or photobucket. Then post it the relevant contest thread and link your picture using the img command. PM me if you do not know how.

4. Only ONE picture per member per contest. Once a picture is posted, it cannot be changed other than a total withdrawl by that member from that week's photo contest. Exceptions will be made for modification to comply with the rules, such as resizing.

5. At the end of the contest period, I will open a poll and every PF member can vote for the picture they like best.

6. Note that in case we have a large number of entries, I will do the polling in more than one thread. If that's the case, you can vote in each of the polling threads. The photos will be assigned in the polling threads in the order they were submitted.

7. These pictures must be something that you took, not something taken off someone else's photo albums or taken by someone else. I have no way of checking if you did this, so we'll go by the honor system.

8. You can use a picture only once. Once it is used in a contest, it cannot be reused in another contest.

9. Please post only pictures meant for submission in this thread. Photos not meant for submission must not be posted in the contest thread. Posting of more than one photos by a member may result in an automatic disqualification from the week's contest.

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Not trying to be pedantic, but I don't understand what you mean by 'regular' camera- are you referring to light imaging as opposed to (say) AFM, electron microscopy, etc? For example, is a DSLR body on a microscope or using the body with a microscope objective a 'regular camera'? What about putting a 35mm lens on an EMCCD camera? What about an infrared camera? etc. etc.
 
Andy Resnick said:
Not trying to be pedantic, but I don't understand what you mean by 'regular' camera- are you referring to light imaging as opposed to (say) AFM, electron microscopy, etc? For example, is a DSLR body on a microscope or using the body with a microscope objective a 'regular camera'? What about putting a 35mm lens on an EMCCD camera? What about an infrared camera? etc. etc.

Correct. If you use it as part of scientific instrument, then it cannot be used.

I have many spectroscopic images obtained from a CCD. I cannot use those. However, CCDs are certainly used in the standard digital cameras, which are acceptable for this contest.

The key thing here is that it must be taking using an equipment that is available to the masses, not something either a part of, or attached to, a scientific instrument. If you regular digital camera that you bought at Best Buy has an IR sensor and you took a photo with it, then yes, it can be used.

Zz.
 
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Light reading.
 
Surface Tension

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Ferrofluid over some neodymium magnets that I play with once in a while.

Taken using a Nikon 60mm 2.8D Micro lens.

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Why I could never pursue a medical career...

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Zz, no comment.
 
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Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

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Rocket science.

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