The Estonian Science Photo Competition (Estonian: ''teadusfoto võistlus'') is a

photography Photography is the visual arts, art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is empl ...

competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indi ...

that aims to popularize science and make more science related images freely available. It has acted as an inspiration for European Science Photo Competition first held in 2015 and

Wiki Science Competition The Wiki Science Competition (WSC) is a global science photography competition for students, researchers, and others to contribute freely licensed high-quality, well-sourced images and other media to Wikimedia Commons. It evolved from the Es ...

first held in 2017.

History

The competition was first held in 2006 (image collection process started already in 2005). In 2006 and 2007 it was organized by an Estonian science journalist

Tiit Kändler Tiit Kändler (born on 4 October 1948 Turba, Harju County) is an Estonian humorist, publicist and science journalist. From 1967 to 1972 he studied physics at the University of Tartu. He has been the editor of several publications, e.g. ''Maale ...

."Eesti Teadusfoto 2007"
Delfi Forte, 27.09.2007 It was relaunched in 2011 and organized by wikipedian Ivo Kruusamägi."Tartus selgusid parimad teadusfotod"
Tartu Postimees, 21.11.2011 It was now held in Wikipedia and the submitted images were given under free licence. Competition also took place in 2012 and 2013. In 2015 this event was held as a part of European Science Photo Competition."Selgusid aasta parimad Eesti teadusfotod"
Tartu Ülikool, 25.01.2016 This contest involved 40 countries, over 2,200 people, and nearly 10,000 images. This was again organized by Ivo Kruusamägi and it won the 2nd prize of the

Estonian Science Communication Award The Estonian Science Communication Award () is an Estonian award given to an individual or group for the popularization of science since 2006. The award is financed by the Ministry of Education and Research (Estonia), Ministry of Education and ...

in the category of science and technology communication via audio-visual and electronic media. In 2017 it was held as a worldwide Wiki Science Competition and it once again collected around 10,000 images.

Maxim Bilovitskiy Maxim Bilovitskiy (born in Maardu, Estonia, on 8 November 1992) is an Estonian food scientist, chemist, writer, photographer and YouTuber, Russian-language. In 2011, he created the Russian YouTube channel "Thoisoi" in Russian. As of December 202 ...

from Estonia also won the Non-photographic media category in the European Science Photo Competition 2015"Eestlaste ülesvõtteid tunnustati üleeuroopalisel teadusfotode võistlusel"
ERR Novaator, 24.03.2016 and in Wiki Science Competition 2017. Teadusfoto 2011 – parimad tööd.jpg, 2011 Teadusfoto 2012 - 012 Maido Merisalu.JPG, 2012 Teadusfoto 2012 - 026 näituse avamine.JPG, 2012 Teadusfoto 2013 – Triinu Bergmann ja Gertrud Metsa.JPG, 2013 Teadusfoto 2013 näitus Tartu Loodusmajas.JPG, 2013 Teadusfoto 2015 - 08.jpg, 2015 Teadusfoto 2017 võistluse auhindamine - 09.jpg, 2017 Teadusfoto 2019 auhindamine - 01.jpg, 2019 Eesti teadusfoto võistluse 2021 žürii koosistumine.jpg, 2021 Teadusfoto 2023 lõpetamine - 002.jpg, 2023

Winners

* 2006 – Ivar Jüssi * 2007 – Heiti Paves"Eesti teadusfoto konkurss ootab võistlustöid"
ERR Novaator, 04.11.2021 * 2011 – Timo Palo * 2012 – Toomas Jagomäe * 2013 – Heiti Paves * 2015 – Tavo Romann * 2017 – Kertu Liis Krigul * 2019 – Tavo Romann * 2021 – Peeter Paaver"Galerii: Vikipeedia teadusfoto konkursi võitjad"
ERR Novaator, 2022-01-29 * 2023 – Enno Merivee"Selgusid Vikipeedia teadusfoto ja teadusartikli võistluse võitjad"
ERR Novaator, 2024-01-29

Example images

Teadlased jääl.jpg, Drifting ice camp in the middle of the Arctic Ocean Tolmukapea.jpg, Anther of the thale cress Koorunud vikerforell (Oncorhynchus mykiss).tif, Newly hatched rainbow trout Müürlooga (Arabidopsis thaliana) lehekarv (trihhoom) 311 0804.JPG, Scanning electron micrograph of a trichome Uue kalastiku seire püügivahendi katsetamine.jpg, Making the last preparations to launch a new controllable monitoring seine Freezed XRD.jpg, X-ray crystallography Nanosigaret.png, Coated silver nanowire under extreme conditions

References

External links

{{Commons category, Estonian Science Photo Competition Photography in Estonia 2006 establishments in Estonia