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EW SHOW DAILY 38 ASCRS News Today Saturday, May 7, 2016 "Congenital Lamellar Cataract," first place, Slitlamp Photography Source: Nicole Mantel "PDR," first place, The Eye as Art Source: Hoang Nguyen, CRA continued from page 36 first-place winners, judges also se- lected 1 overall Best of Show winner (see the full list on page 14). Categories include: • Clinical Setting Photography • Composite • Corneal Endothelial Photography • Cross Categories • External Photography • Fluorescein Angiography • Fundus Photography, High Magnification, 20° • Fundus Photography, Normal, 30° to 40° • Fundus Photography, Wide Angle, 45°+ • Gonio Photography • Gross Specimen Photography • ICG Angiogram • Instrumentation Photography • Monochromatic Photography • Optical Coherence Tomography • Photo/Electron Micrography • Slitlamp Photography • Special Effects Photography • Surgical Effects Photography • Surgical Photography • The Eye as Art • Ultra-Widefield Imaging "If you look at the awards themselves, that's just the tip of the iceberg of the things that we do," said OPS member Jay Rostvold, West Des Moines, Iowa, who has judged photographs for the exhibit since the first submissions in 2003. "I think what drives people to enter the contest is they have some very interesting images that are appealing to the eye—most likely not good news to the patient—[and they want to] present these images in a very clear and precise way." Mr. Rostvold, who became an ophthalmic photographer for the Mayo Clinic in 1977, said the field has been rewarding in the sense that he has appreciated "being able to help the physicians in the care of their patients." "Being able to see that the pa- tients are able to continue a normal life by the physicians reversing some of the problems with their eye diseases or keeping them so they're [manageable], it's been rewarding in that way," he said. Attendees of the annual meet- ing will be able to find the 2016 OPS exhibit in the Exhibit Hall, Hall D of the convention center. Mr. Rostvold said it usually draws a crowd. "Part of it is art appreciation— just to see how an image is captured, just to appreciate the image and the quality of the image," he said. Viewers can learn things from the images as well. "[Viewers can] analyze and critique the technique that was used to acquire the image, potentially learn from that tech- nique," Mr. Rostvold said. "But I think for most ophthalmologists, they just enjoy seeing the quality images. … It's their field, it's their interest, and for them to be able to see images, they can appreciate it as they're looking through the slit lamp or when they're doing their exam." In addition to being featured at the meeting, winners will be men- tioned in the Final Program and, as in past years, will appear in the Journal of Ophthalmic Photography. EW

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