{"id":408,"date":"2025-10-02T00:30:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/?p=408"},"modified":"2025-10-02T00:30:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:30:49","slug":"2025-bms-photographic-competition-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/?p=408","title":{"rendered":"2025 BMS Photographic Competition Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 2025 BMS symposium was held in mid-September. A photographic competition was held as part of it. The top 7 photos got over 50% of the votes. Here they are from number 7 to number 1&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 7 Vanadinite on Manganese Oxides, Tadaout, Taouz , Errachidia Province, Morocco.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Colleen Thomson. Field of view 60mm. Taken in 2003 using a Fuji Finepix (no added lenses or bellows) (10mega pixels only) in natural daylight. No editing other than tidying up some &#8216;ghosting&#8217; from low resolution. The crystals are up to 7mm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"471\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image.png 471w, https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-300x287.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 6<\/strong> <strong>Malachite, Bollihope.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By David Green. Field of view 8mm. This is a single shot (no stacking) at 1:1 then cropping down (the malachite is 5 mm high) and I found it when I stopped round the back of a dump to take a &#8216;comfort break&#8217; on the way up to Weardale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1.png 454w, https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1-292x300.png 292w, https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1-300x308.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 5<\/strong> <strong>Uranophane, Clara Mine, Wolfach, Germany.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Henk Smeets. Field of view 5mm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"514\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-2.png 514w, https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-2-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joint Number 3. Calcite, Moonen Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Richard Bell. Field of view 4mm. Taken with Nikon D80 DSLR with a Mitutoyo 5x objective lens. Depth of field &#8211; 2.18 mm 109 Images (stacked).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-3.png 482w, https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-3-300x271.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joint Number 3. Crocoite on dundasite, Adelaide Mine, Zeehan District, Tasmania.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Henk Smeets. Field of view 2mm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"514\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-4.png 514w, https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-4-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 2. Chalcophyllite, Salsigne &#8211; France.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Elise Chaigneau et Eric Penet. Field of view 2.8mm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-5.png 596w, https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-5-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And the number 1 top photo in 2025. Rutile, Lanterdan Quarry, Tintagel, Cornwall.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Rupert Harrison. Field of view 1mm. The small gemmy crystal impaled by rutile needles is an Albite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-6.png 596w, https:\/\/bms.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-6-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 BMS symposium was held in mid-September. A photographic competition was held as part of it. The top 7 photos got over 50% of the votes. Here they are from number 7 to number 1&#8230; Number 7 Vanadinite on Manganese Oxides, Tadaout, Taouz , Errachidia Province, Morocco. By Colleen Thomson. 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