The Royal Society of Biology Annual Photography Competition

The Royal Society of Biology annual photography competition invites amateurs to submit photographs on this year’s theme 'Patterns in nature'. Life on Earth encompasses a plenty of regular forms, sequences and structures and your mission is to capture these details of biology, as the judges of this competition are looking for an original interpretation of the theme. You can explore and capture how animals use spots, stripes, and other shapes to camouflage, or capture the collective arrangement of wildlife in colonies, herds and shoals. Your photograph could show the spirals and symmetries of the plant kingdom to the twists and tessellations as seen in wider landscapes. The competition also welcomes photos that explore this theme at a molecular or cellular level, illustrating regular patterns that can only be observed with the aid of a microscope such as cell division and gene expression.
To be eligible, you must:
[1] Enter either the Photographer of the Year category or the Young Photographer of the Year category
[2] Must not have offered any of your entries for sale, been paid for any publication of their entries, or won or been runner-up in any other photographic competition with any of their entries.
[3] Entries must be digital images or scans of transparencies. Each entrant may submit a maximum of three images to the competition.
[4] There are no restrictions on the type of camera used but it should be noted that part of the judging criteria will be technical excellence and it is therefore recommended that you use the highest possible quality setting on your camera. The original file should be as large as you can achieve with your equipment.
There are two categories in the competition, each with a cash prize:
[1] Photographer of the Year (18 and over) will receive a £1,000 top prize
[2] Young Photographer of the Year (under 18) will receive £500 top prize
Participants whose photographs are shortlisted, the society will publish and exhibit their photographs at awards events.

What's the Royal Society of Biology
The Royal Society of Biology is a single unified voice for biology, the society mission is to be the unifying voice for biology, to facilitate the promotion of new discoveries in biological science for a national and international benefit, and to engage the wider public with their work. The Society represents a diverse membership of individuals, learned societies, and other organizations. Individual members include practicing scientists, students at all levels, professionals in academia, industry, and education, and non-professionals with an interest in biology. The Royal Society of Biology vision is a world that understands the true value of biology and how it can contribute to improving life for all.