photo credit: Winter Snowfall by Linda Park
Our annual Give Thanks for Nature Photo Contest kicks off on Friday, November 27th when community members are encouraged to #OptOutside.
Professional and amateur photographers alike are encouraged to take their best shot of all that the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve has to offer.
Submit your favorite photo for a chance to win prizes provided by REI.
First Prize: $100 REI gift card
Second Prize: $50 REI gift card
Third Prize: $25 REI gift card
FOPOS Natural Resource Manager, Anna Corichi, has tips + tricks for photographing nature during winter months — take a look here.
SUBMISSION RULES: Photographs must be taken in the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve between November 27, 2020, and January 31, 2021. You may submit a maximum of two photographs. Files must be in JPG format. Any aspect ratio is acceptable, but please size the file so that the longest dimension is 1500 pixels and set the quality to “high.”
Filenames MUST include the photographer's name and the name of image. For example: if your name is Joe Smith and you are submitting a photo of an oak tree, you might name your file: JoeSmith-Oak tree.jpg. DO NOT send files with your camera's default filename!
In order to ensure anonymous judging, please do not include any signatures or watermarks on the photo that would reveal the name of the photographer.
Entries must be submitted by midnight, January 31, 2021, via email to photos@fopos.org, with “2020 Photo Contest” in the subject line. Please include your Instagram handle if you have one.
Winners will be contacted by February 28, 2021.
View the online gallery of 2019 Photo Contest Submissions here.
COPYRIGHT: The photographer retains full copyright to his or her images. However, with participation in the contest each contestant agrees to give Friends of Princeton Open Space permission to use the photographs without compensation on the website, in news releases, or in promotional print material, for the purpose of publicizing the contest or the FOPOS organization in general. Friends of Princeton Open Space will always include the photographer's name when using a photograph for any purpose. A special thanks to REI for donating the prizes for contest winners! For questions, please contact photos@fopos.org.
NEW this year: Two Categories for Student Photographers
Ages 11-16; Ages 10 and under
SUBMISSION RULES: Photographs must be taken in the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve between November 27, 2020, and January 31, 2021. You may submit one photograph. File must be in JPG format. Any aspect ratio is acceptable, but please size the file so that the longest dimension is 1500 pixels and set the quality to “high.”
Filename MUST include the photographer's name and the name of image. For example: if your name is Joe Smith and you are submitting a photo of an oak tree, you might name your file: JoeSmith-Oak tree.jpg. DO NOT send files with your camera's default filename!
In order to ensure anonymous judging, please do not include any signatures or watermarks on the photo that would reveal the name of the photographer.
Entries must be submitted by midnight, January 31, 2021, via email to photos@fopos.org, with “2020 Photo Contest” in the subject line and first name, last name and age in the body of the email. You must include age to be considered. Please include an Instagram account if available.
Top 5 Photos for Ages 11-16: $25 gift card to jaZams
Top 10 Photos for Ages 10 and under: $5 gift card to the bent spoon or LiLLiPiES
Winners will be contacted by February 28, 2021.
COPYRIGHT: The photographer retains full copyright to his or her images. However, with participation in the contest each contestant agrees to give Friends of Princeton Open Space permission to use the photographs without compensation on the website, in news releases, or in promotional print material, for the purpose of publicizing the contest or the FOPOS organization in general. Friends of Princeton Open Space will always include the photographer's name when using a photograph for any purpose. A special thanks to REI for donating the prizes for contest winners! For questions, please contact photos@fopos.org.