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2023 Comprehensive Eye Care Section Annual Ocular Photography Contest
The annual Comprehensive Eye Care Section Ocular Photography Contest will be open from May 15th until July 1, at 11:45 PM CST. Winners will be notified by August 1. Optometrists may submit up to two entries per category:
Anterior Segment Category: Lids, Conjunctiva, Cornea, Contact Lens, Iris, Lens, Angle/Gonioscopy, digital color photo
Posterior Segment Category: Vitreous, Optic Nerve, Retina, Color/Red-free photo, Fluorescein Angiography/ ICG, Fundus Auto-fluorescence
The images will be graded by a panel of judges “blind” to the photographer’s name. Each submission will be graded using seven different criteria, each of which is scored 1-10. The criteria used are as follows: Focus, Exposure, Field of View, Difficulty of Capturing Image, Absence of Distracting Elements, Lighting, and Visual Impact (the “wow” factor).
The Grand Prize winner from each category will receive complimentary registration to this year’s Academy meeting and will have the winning image published in the Academy’s Newsletter. In addition to the two Grand Prize winners, the contest will award four Honorable Mentions. All of the winning submissions will be assembled into a photo display at the Academy meeting.
Submission Guidelines
- An American Academy of Optometry online account is required to submit an entry. If you already have an existing account, you may use it. If not, please create an account.
- Emailed submission forms and photos will not be accepted. Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered. If you have any questions, please email contest co-chairs Drs. Melanie Gonzalez-Oliva and Amanda Jimenez Myers at AcademyPhotographyContest@gmail.com.
- To help prepare for a successful submission, review the sample submission form below.
- Image submissions that do not adhere to the following guidelines are not eligible, will be rejected, and the contest entry will be deleted.
- All submissions must be in English.
- Degree/Credential Requirements: Only optometrists (or those with equivalent credentials if practicing outside of the United States) may be designated as the primary designee. This is the person who will receive the prize if selected as a winner. You may acknowledge other doctors, students, or ocular photographers who assisted in the case during the submission process. Include the credentials for anyone you acknowledge.
- Submit images in one of the following formats: PNG, JPG, JPEG, or GIF.
- The images must remain in a non-modified manner, i.e. no enhancements by either proprietary software from which the image was captured or by programs such as Adobe Photoshop™. No 35 mm slides, photographic prints, or neuro-imaging studies will be accepted.
- At least one image must include an intact ocular structure from a human eye. For example, images of a foreign body after removal with no accompanying ocular photos will not be accepted. Corneal topography, anterior or posterior OCT, HRT, GDx, or B-scan ultrasound images may be submitted as supporting images only and are no longer accepted as stand-alone images in this contest. They must be accompanied by an ocular photo as described above.
- Only four images per entry/case will be allowed. Multiple images, either sequential in time (as in a fluorescein angiogram), or using different technologies to image the same entity (as in a color photo and fluorescein angiography), or to fully appreciate the size of the entity may also be submitted but will be limited to four images total per contest entry.
- For the purpose of clarity and aesthetics during display and publication, we reserve the right to make small alterations to winning submissions, including but not limited to photo captions and case descriptions.
- Duplicate entries: Do not re-submit a case to make corrections. If you have made a mistake, please email AcademyPhotographyContest@gmail.com right away and wait for further instructions. Any and all duplicate entries will be disqualified and deleted, and doctors submitting duplicate entries will be disqualified from the contest altogether.
- Photos, captions, and case descriptions must not include any identifying information. This includes practice name, physician name, patient name, date of birth, date of service, etc. No images with identifying facial features will be accepted.
Image submissions that do not adhere to these guidelines will be rejected.
2022 Comprehensive Eye Care Section Annual Ocular Photography Contest
The 2022 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 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.