By now, I think we’ve well established the fact that I have had a live-long fascination with spiral geometries, in particular the equiangular spiral. So, now you can contribute to that fascination by sharing your original spiral photos! Our favorite shots get a signed copy of The Shark’s Paintbrush, and I’ll highlight your photo on this site.
First, what do I mean by “equiangular spirals?” The equiangular spiral is a bit different than the Archimedean spiral …
An equiangular spiral
An Archimedian spiral
Here are a few examples from my own library of spiral images:
The “Spirals in Nature” photo submission rules:
- Submissions begin today, June 24, 2013 and end July 3, 2013.
- Take your own photo of a spiraling object you found in nature, encountered in your daily life. You must own the image—please don’t submit images you have found online or that belong others.
- The photo should be of a naturally occurring spiral.
- Unique specimens are particularly interesting to me—show me something I haven’t seen before!
- Submit your photo on our Facebook page, with a post about where you found the spiral.
- We will decide on best three images and announce them by July 8, 2013.
- The photographers of those images will then send us their mailing address so we can post the books!
