winners & finalists : 2016 royal society publishing photography competition

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Winners & Finalists : 2016 Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition

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Overall winner and category winner: Behaviour. "Dancing with stars" by Imre Potyó

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Category winner: Ecology and Environmental Science. "In a world without colour" by Tane Sinclair-Taylor.

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Category winner: Micro-imaging. "In balance" by María Carbajo Sánchez.

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Category winner: Evolutionary Biology. "Departing eagle ray" by Nick Robertson-Brown

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Runner up: Behaviour. "In search of food" by Jonathan Diaz-Marba

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Runner up: Ecology and Environmental Science. "Les artistes" by Tegwen Gadais

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Runner up: Micro-imaging. "The spiralled snake axis" by Tyler Square

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Runner up: Evolutionary Biology. "Polychaetous worm with engine and wagons" by Fredrik Pleijel

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Special commendation (Publisher’s choice). "Speeding divergence" by Prasenjeet Yadav

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Special commendation. "Carbon nanotube jellyfish" by Clare Collins

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Special commendation. "Fubuki (snow storm)" by Alexandre Bonnefoy

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Special commendation. "Butterflies and caiman" by Mark Cowan

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Finalists 2016

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Behaviour

"Whale Shark Snack" by Lindsey Dougherty

16"Departure to the sea" by Kozue Shiomi

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"The living harpoon" by Jonathan Díaz Marbá

18"Dad and her Eggs" by Walter Bassi

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"Wedding night" by Imre Potyó

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"Army of me" by Serban Proches

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"The last fight" by Prasenjeet Yadav

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"Diva Langur" by Bruno Pleno

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"Laikipia jackals" by Jonathan Armstrong.

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"Mass of tadpoles" by Yavanna Aartsma

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"A New Home" by Nick Robertson-Brown

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Evolutionary Biology

"Masters of camouflage: where the moss ends the frog begins" by Andrius Pašukonis

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"Extravagant ornament of female mosquitoes in the rainforest" by Andrius Pašukonis

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"Filtering the colour from the water" by Aaron Eger

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"Sandy" by Fabio Pupin

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"A signature on the sand" by Fabio Pupin

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"Falling down is not always bad" by Gustavo Pazmiño

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"Uncovering the secrets of deep diving devil rays" by Tane Sinclair-Taylor

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"Same hands" by Matthew Jarvis

34"A Darwin finch perches on a marine iguana" by Kiyoko Gotanda

35"Parasitised ant" by Ehoarn Bidault

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"Life in a pouch" by Valentina Mella

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"Bocaccio and sunrays" by Scott Gabara

Ecology and Environmental Science

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"Hello" by Rachael Bonoan

39"Western bluebirds at the edge" by Robert Lalonde

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"Earth-boring dung beetle carrying phoretic mites" by Tom Ratz

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"War on a piece of kelp" by Fredrik Pleijel

42"The beach in blue" by Joan Josep Soto Angel

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"Mushroom power in Peruvian rainforest" by Andrius Pašukonis

44"Adaptation" by Jonathan Díaz Marbá

45"Messenger in a bottle" by Simon Gingins

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"At night" by Roberto García Roa

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"Frozen dinner" by Jonathan Armstrong

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"Safety in numbers" by Alex Borowicz

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Micro-imaging

"SEM Brochosomes" by Steve Gschmeissner

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"SEM Hairy bitercress" by Steve Gschmeissner

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"SEM T lymphocytes and cancer cell" by Steve Gschmeissner

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"SEM Skin wound" by Steve Gschmeissner

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"SEM Springtail" by Steve Gschmeissner

54"SEM Sperm in the epididymis" by Steve Gschmeissner

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"Vascular tree of the human fetus with Micro-CT" by Guillaume Captier

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"All the better to see you with: The compound eyes of a tiny predatory fly" by Trevor Wardill

57"HeLa cells" by Kevin Mackenzie

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"The cranial anatomy of a diceCT imaged ratsnake in frontal view" by Paul Gignac

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"Finding scientific inspiration in the eyes of nature" by Tane Sinclair-Taylor

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"Hanging on by a drop" by Merlin Fox

September 19, 2016 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.CAll photos were taken from Royal Society.

Music : Bandari - Snowdream

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