Comprehensive Eye Care Section Ocular Photo Contest

The 2022 Comprehensive Eye Care Section Annual Ocular Photography Contest received 170 image submissions. The submissions were divided into anterior and posterior segment categories, which received 82 and 88 submissions, respectively. Grand prizes were awarded for the anterior and posterior segment categories, followed by four honorable mentions from the combined submissions. Submissions were graded in seven categories, each assigned a numerical value between 1 and 10:  focus, exposure, field of view, difficulty of capturing image, absence of distracting elements, lighting and visual impact (wow! factor). The total scores from eleven optometrist judges were averaged to determine the winners.

Special thanks to our judges: Elyse Chaglasian, Alissa Coyne, Crystal DeLuca, Amy Huddleston McDaniel, Caryn LaBuda, Alexis Malkin, Devina Patel, Mollie Saxon, Abby Tang, Karen Wadhams, and Bryan Wolynski.

If you have any questions, please email contest co-chairs Dr. April M. Lewis and Dr. Melanie Gonzalez-Oliva to AcademyPhotographyContest@gmail.com.

Grand Prize Winner: Anterior Segment (1/2)
Christine Sindt, OD, FAAO
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Special Acknowledgment: Jody Troyer
Title: Corneal Hydrops
Image System: Haag-Streit BX900
Caption: A 23-year-old male presented with advanced keratoconus and sudden vision decrease of the right eye.
Grand Prize Winner: Anterior Segment (2/2)
Christine Sindt, OD, FAAO
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Special Acknowledgment: Jody Troyer
Title: Corneal Hydrops
Image System: Haag-Streit BX900
Caption: A 23-year-old male presented with advanced keratoconus and sudden vision decrease of the right eye.
Grand Prize Winner: Posterior Segment (1/1)
Kiruthika K, B.Sc. Optometry
L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Special Acknowledgment: Dr. Vishal R Raval, MS Ophthalmologist
Title: Retinal Capillary Hemangioblastoma
Image System: Zeiss Clarus 700
Caption: Ultra-wide field montage photograph of the right eye: A 27-year-old male presented with a large solitary retinal capillary hemangioblastoma. A dilated feeder artery, draining vein, pre-retinal fibrosis, and tractional retinal detachment can be seen. Two small retinal capillary hemangioblastomas and subretinal fluid involving the macula were also associated with the hemangioblastoma. Systemic and genetic work-up revealed a diagnosis of Von Hippel-Lindau disease.
Honorable Mention 1 (1/2)
Krushna Gopal Panda, M. Optom
L V Prasad Eye Institute, Mithu Tulsi Chanrai Campus, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Special Acknowledgment: Mangaljyoti Rath, B. Optom
Title: Whorled Pattern Pigmentary Retinal Dystrophy
Image System: Zeiss FF-450 Fundus camera
Caption: A montage color fundus image of a 24-year-old male with whorled pattern pigmentary retinal dystrophy. The patient reported a history of reduced vision in both eyes, first noticed at 4 years of age. Fundus images showed bilateral posterior staphyloma with retinal pigment epithelium atrophy at the macula, and pigmented scar at macula and periphery.
Honorable Mention 1 (2/2)
Krushna Gopal Panda, M. Optom
L V Prasad Eye Institute, Mithu Tulsi Chanrai Campus, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Special Acknowledgment: Mangaljyoti Rath, B. Optom
Title: Whorled Pattern Pigmentary Retinal Dystrophy
Image System: Zeiss FF-450 Fundus camera
Caption: A montage color fundus image of a 24-year-old male with whorled pattern pigmentary retinal dystrophy. The patient reported a history of reduced vision in both eyes, first noticed at 4 years of age. Fundus images showed bilateral posterior staphyloma with retinal pigment epithelium atrophy at the macula, and pigmented scar at macula and periphery.
Honorable Mention 2 (1/4)
Vinodh Kumar Uttaravilli, Junior Optometrist
L V Prasad Eye Institute, Visakhapatnam, Andhrapradesh, India
Special Acknowledgment: Dr. Anamika Patel and Bhanu
Title: Retinal Vasculitis
Image System: Zeiss Clarus 700
Caption: A 26-year-old female presented with bilateral blurred vision at distance and near, associated with fever and headache for 4 days. BCVA at distance was 20/160 in the right eye and 20/125 in the left eye. BCVA at near vision was N18 in the right eye and N12 in the left eye with the English chart at 30 cm. Slit lamp examination showed KP’s on the endothelium. Fundus examination showed contiguous hemorrhagic retinal vasculitis with pre-retinal exudates.
Honorable Mention 2 (2/4)
Vinodh Kumar Uttaravilli, Junior Optometrist
L V Prasad Eye Institute, Visakhapatnam, Andhrapradesh, India
Special Acknowledgment: Dr. Anamika Patel and Bhanu
Title: Retinal Vasculitis
Image System: Zeiss Clarus 700
Caption: A 26-year-old female presented with bilateral blurred vision at distance and near, associated with fever and headache for 4 days. BCVA at distance was 20/160 in the right eye and 20/125 in the left eye. BCVA at near vision was N18 in the right eye and N12 in the left eye with the English chart at 30 cm. Slit lamp examination showed KP’s on the endothelium. Fundus examination showed contiguous hemorrhagic retinal vasculitis with pre-retinal exudates.
Honorable Mention 2 (3/4)
Vinodh Kumar Uttaravilli, Junior Optometrist
L V Prasad Eye Institute, Visakhapatnam, Andhrapradesh, India
Special Acknowledgment: Dr. Anamika Patel and Bhanu
Title: Retinal Vasculitis
Image System: Zeiss Clarus 700
Caption: A 26-year-old female presented with bilateral blurred vision at distance and near, associated with fever and headache for 4 days. BCVA at distance was 20/160 in the right eye and 20/125 in the left eye. BCVA at near vision was N18 in the right eye and N12 in the left eye with the English chart at 30 cm. Slit lamp examination showed KP’s on the endothelium. Fundus examination showed contiguous hemorrhagic retinal vasculitis with pre-retinal exudates.
Honorable Mention 2 (4/4)
Vinodh Kumar Uttaravilli, Junior Optometrist
L V Prasad Eye Institute, Visakhapatnam, Andhrapradesh, India
Special Acknowledgment: Dr. Anamika Patel and Bhanu
Title: Retinal Vasculitis
Image System: Zeiss Clarus 700
Caption: A 26-year-old female presented with bilateral blurred vision at distance and near, associated with fever and headache for 4 days. BCVA at distance was 20/160 in the right eye and 20/125 in the left eye. BCVA at near vision was N18 in the right eye and N12 in the left eye with the English chart at 30 cm. Slit lamp examination showed KP’s on the endothelium. Fundus examination showed contiguous hemorrhagic retinal vasculitis with pre-retinal exudates.
Honorable Mention 3 (1/2)
Krushna Gopal Panda, M. Optom
L V Prasad Eye Institute, Mithu Tulsi Chanrai Campus, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Special Acknowledgment: Suprava Sahoo, Ophthalmic photographer
Title: Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
Image System: Zeiss FF-450 Fundus camera
Caption: A montage color fundus image of a 24-year-old female with cytomegalovirus retinitis. The patient reported a history of sudden painless blurring of vision for 4 days. Fundus image of the right eye showed central fulminant retinitis, peripheral granular retinitis, and infiltrative disc edema and frosted branch angiitis.
Honorable Mention 3 (2/2)
Krushna Gopal Panda, M. Optom
L V Prasad Eye Institute, Mithu Tulsi Chanrai Campus, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Special Acknowledgment: Suprava Sahoo, Ophthalmic photographer
Title: Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
Image System: Zeiss FF-450 Fundus camera
Caption: A montage color fundus image of a 24-year-old female with cytomegalovirus retinitis. The patient reported a history of sudden painless blurring of vision for 4 days. Fundus image of the right eye showed central fulminant retinitis, peripheral granular retinitis, and infiltrative disc edema and frosted branch angiitis.
Honorable Mention 4 (1/1)
Klaus Ito, OD
University of Virginia Department of Ophthalmology, Charlottesville, Virginia
Title: Fuch’s Dystrophy
Image System: Canon EOS 70D with a Canon EF 100mm F/2.8 macro lens
Caption: This patient was given a Boston Keratoprosthesis (KPro) Type I after three failed DSAEKs on the right eye due to complications from Fuchs’ dystrophy.