Animal Photography - Limit 1 Photo Submission a Week

About This Group

This group was designed to showcase high-quality images of all kinds of animals, from mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians, fish, everything that belongs to the kingdom Animalia.

We expect all photos submitted to meet an extremely high quality standard – photos that do meet this standard will be rejected. Small details DO count!

Please, read the rules and before you submit a photo, make sure it follows the group guidelines.

Please, your BEST WORK ONLY. Technical aspects of your images are very important – many images are rejected because of technical flaws.

What we WANT in ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPHY:
1. Well exposed (no blown highlights or overly dark shadow areas) images
2. Good White Balance and color
3. Well composed
4. Clean, uncluttered backgrounds
5. Sharp focus
6. A narrative in the description section of the photo, and location & EXIF data would be appreciated
7. Reasonable Point of View or perspective (near eye-level, rather than shot from above or below)
8. All animals must be alive
9. Where possible, keep the focus on the eyes & face

What we DON’T WANT:
1. Overly edited photos with fractilus, Orton, or other filters and effects or composited photos or text in the image or frames
2. Selectively colored photos
3. Soft focus or other effects
4. Casual snap shots or “lucky shots,” – put some thought into composition, content, exposure instead of taking a quick, casual shot
5. Abstract images or only parts of an animal or animal portraits – and please, no more animal butts!
6. Photo elements that obstruct the subject (particularly torso, head, and eyes) or missing animal parts (feet, ears, antlers, wing tips etc.) in an otherwise complete subject or trees & rocks growing out of an animals back or head, or other elements that distract from the main subject(s)
7. Man-made objects or elements not natural to the animal’s environment (The Hand Of Man) – people, fences, buildings, harness, obvious zoo habitats, etc.
8. Multiple shots of the same animal – pick your best one and submit that one
9. Re-submitted shots of previously rejected photos
10. Photos that emphasize cute at the expense of good technique

We are no longer accepting ANIMAL PORTRAITS – head shots, photos of the animals head and face as predominant elements as we thought there was too much overlap with the ANIMAL PORTRAITS group. We suggest you submit those photos to that group instead. If you receive a Rejection Notice suggesting that your image may be better suited to another group, that’s probably what we’re referring to.

We get a LOT of snapshots of pets, and most are rejected because they don’t follow the group guidelines. Photos of pets, domestic animals, and zoo animals are OK if they follow our guidelines, but we tend to hold pet, domestic, and zoo animal shots to a higher standard than wild animals where you have less control of the photographic circumstances.

We’re trying to maintain a very high standard for animal photography, and have a very high rejection rate and will reject all images that don’t fit into these rules or that we think don’t have the quality we’re looking for. Please don’t take personal offense if your photo is rejected.

The hosts reserve the right to accept photos at times that may not follow the guidelines exactly if the strengths of the photo otherwise justify inclusion.

If you do have questions regarding the acceptance or rejection of a submission, please post in the FORUM under PHOTO CRITIQUE for feedback and suggestions from the hosts and other group members.

Any question BubbleMail us!

See the group rules and join this group here