Scientific Photography

Preparing your entry

• • Take a high resolution digital image that shows the 2025 topic: Entropy – ‘From Order to Chaos’
  • The entrant must submit a photograph of an example of where Entropy has occurred. This could be in chemical properties, the physical landscape, physical matter, or everyday life. For example; from ice to steam; a campfire where solid wood becomes ash, smoke and ashes; a rusting object; a dilapidated building; decaying matter etc.
  • The entrant must also provide a description of how the photograph demonstrates Entropy in scientific terms.
  • Example: This photograph is of steam coming from a boiling pot. The water, where H2O molecules are close together because of the temperature of the water and the physical space within the pot, have become separated and are free to spread out, move around and arrange themselves in random ways as they have become a gas.
  • Submitting Your Entry by June 27th (Digital Entry)
  • Only one entry per person
  • Photograph entries must be submitted in jpg/jpeg format.
  • The filename must be in the following format: section code – school year – xxxx . For example, if you are in year 10, and you enter the scientific photography, your filename would be: SP-10-xxx. Your school and name will be added automatically to the name of the file.
  • Before you upload your file, please check it’s in the correct format and rename it.  Otherwise, the judges may not be able to open your work and you may be disqualified, then.
  • Include a statement of up to thirty words about your image: where, when, and how it was created; and with scientific terms how it relates to the topic.
  • If you wish your work to be displayed at the fair, you must print an A4 copy of your photograph and mount it on a black paper sheet. Make sure that on the black margin you indicate your first and last name, your school, your year level and most importantly your description. The mounting will ensure that your work is not damaged by the staples.
  If you would like your entry displayed at the fair, please post your hard copy to Elemental Group Taranaki Science Fair, 2nd Floor, 5 Young Street. New Plymouth, 4310. Alternatively, another option is to physically drop off entries at this address. Please ensure your entry is correctly labelled using the filename you used when you submitted your digital entry.