The Contest
Friends of Princeton Open Space and REI are encouraging the Princeton Community to OptOutside and enjoy nature this Thanksgiving weekend. Plan a visit to Mountain Lakes Preserve on Thanksgiving Day or Black Friday and bring your camera to participate in the 1st annual FOPOS Give Thanks for Nature Photo Contest.
Take your best shot of all that Mountain Lakes Preserve has to offer, and submit your photo for a chance to win an REI gift card!
Directions to Mountain Lakes
Mountain Lakes Preserve is located at 57 Mountain Ave, Princeton, NJ 08203. Contestants can park at the Community Park North parking lot.
File Format
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 your name brief description of picture:
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 include no signatures or watermarks that would reveal the name of the photographer on the photo itself.
Entries must be submitted by midnight, Tuesday December 1st. Please e-mail jpeg files to info@fopos.org, with Photo Contest in the subject line.
Copyright
The photographer retains full copyright to his or her images. However, participation in the contest requires the contestant to give Friends of Princeton Open Space permission to use the photographs without compensation on the website as well as in news releases which may appear in print or on third party websites for the purpose of publicizing the contest. Friends of Princeton Open Space will always include the photographer's name when using a photograph for any purpose.
Timeline
- Submission: You may submit starting November 26. The deadline to submit is midnight, Tuesday, December 1, 2015. (Eastern Time)
- Judging: mid-December
- Finalists Announced: January 15, 2016
