{"id":41221,"date":"2014-12-04T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T08:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?page_id=41221"},"modified":"2026-10-30T12:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T11:58:13","slug":"photo-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/photo-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h2>1) Upload your photos (see competition rules below)<\/h2>\n<p>Upload your photos to the <em style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8216;<\/em>Photo Competition&#8217; category\u00a0from your PC or tablet (not possible from mobile phones).\u00a0The upload form is only visible when you are logged in. If it is not visible go to section 3), 4) or 5) below to log in or register.<\/p>\n<div class=\"need_login\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>2) Entries for next competition<\/h2>\n<p>Monthly competitions start on the last day of each month. Winning photos will be announced in our newsletters and featured on our website&#8217;s banner.<\/p>\n<div id='ngg-image-18720' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/white-monjita.jpg\" title=\"White Monjita\" alttext=\"White Monjita\" class=\"shutterset_set_907\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_white-monjita.jpg' title= 'White Monjita' alt='White Monjita'\/><\/a><span>White Monjita<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/danielbastaja\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Daniel Bastaja<\/a><\/span><span>0 votes (0%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18721' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/an-aberts-squirrel-with-ear-tufts.jpg\" title=\"An Abert\u2019s Squirrel with Ear Tufts\" alttext=\"An Abert\u2019s Squirrel with Ear Tufts\" class=\"shutterset_set_907\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_an-aberts-squirrel-with-ear-tufts.jpg' title= 'An Abert\u2019s Squirrel with Ear Tufts' alt='An Abert\u2019s Squirrel with Ear Tufts'\/><\/a><span>An Abert\u2019s Squirrel with Ear Tufts<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/alan\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Alan Murphy<\/a><\/span><span>0 votes (0%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18722' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/a-golden-mantled-ground-squirrel.jpg\" title=\"A Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel\" alttext=\"A Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel\" class=\"shutterset_set_907\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_a-golden-mantled-ground-squirrel.jpg' title= 'A Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel' alt='A Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel'\/><\/a><span>A Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/alan\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Alan Murphy<\/a><\/span><span>0 votes (0%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-18723' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/the-very-cute-pine-squirrel.jpg\" title=\"The Very Cute Pine Squirrel\" alttext=\"The Very Cute Pine Squirrel\" class=\"shutterset_set_907\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_the-very-cute-pine-squirrel.jpg' title= 'The Very Cute Pine Squirrel' alt='The Very Cute Pine Squirrel'\/><\/a><span>The Very Cute Pine Squirrel<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/alan\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Alan Murphy<\/a><\/span><span>0 votes (0%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18724' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/ivory-gull.jpg\" title=\"Ivory Gull\" alttext=\"Ivory Gull\" class=\"shutterset_set_907\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_ivory-gull.jpg' title= 'Ivory Gull' alt='Ivory Gull'\/><\/a><span>Ivory Gull<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/danielbastaja\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Daniel Bastaja<\/a><\/span><span>0 votes (0%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18725' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/little-black-shag_0_wm.jpg\" title=\"Little Black Shag\" alttext=\"Little Black Shag\" class=\"shutterset_set_907\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-black-shag_0_wm.jpg' title= 'Little Black Shag' alt='Little Black Shag'\/><\/a><span>Little Black Shag<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/ken-billington\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Ken Billington<\/a><\/span><span>0 votes (0%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-18726' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/gatekeeper_0_wm.jpg\" title=\"Gatekeeper Butterfly\" alttext=\"Gatekeeper Butterfly\" class=\"shutterset_set_907\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_gatekeeper_0_wm.jpg' title= 'Gatekeeper Butterfly' alt='Gatekeeper Butterfly'\/><\/a><span>Gatekeeper Butterfly<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/ken-billington\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Ken Billington<\/a><\/span><span>0 votes (0%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18727' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/royal-spoonbill_1_wm.jpg\" title=\"Royal Spoonbill\" alttext=\"Royal Spoonbill\" class=\"shutterset_set_907\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_royal-spoonbill_1_wm.jpg' title= 'Royal Spoonbill' alt='Royal Spoonbill'\/><\/a><span>Royal Spoonbill<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/ken-billington\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Ken Billington<\/a><\/span><span>0 votes (0%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18728' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/img_5571.jpeg\" title=\"Warp Speed Crow Motion \" alttext=\"Warp Speed Crow Motion \" class=\"shutterset_set_907\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-november-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_5571.jpeg' title= 'Warp Speed Crow Motion ' alt='Warp Speed Crow Motion '\/><\/a><span>Warp Speed Crow Motion <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/karen_lyons_kalmenson\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Karen Lyons Kalmenson<\/a><\/span><span>0 votes (0%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>3) Log in<\/h2>\n<p>Registered members can log in here. When logged in you can edit your user profile, change your password and upload an avatar\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-admin\/profile.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">on this link.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"wppb-login-wrap\" class=\"wppb-user-forms\">\n\t\t<form name=\"wppb-loginform\" id=\"wppb-loginform\" class=\"\" action=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41221\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wppb-form-field login-username\">\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"wppb_user_login\">Username or Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"wppb_user_login\" class=\"input\" value=\"\" size=\"20\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wppb-form-field login-password\">\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"wppb_user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wppb-password-field-container\">\n\t\t\t\t    <input type=\"password\" 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value=\"sending\"\/>Send these credentials via email.<\/label><\/li><\/ul><\/ul>\t\t\t<p class=\"form-submit\"  >\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t<input name=\"register\" type=\"submit\" id=\"register\" class=\"submit button\" value=\"Register\" \/>\n                <input name=\"redirect_to\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"\" \/>\n                \t\t\t\t<input name=\"action\" type=\"hidden\" id=\"action\" value=\"register\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"form_name\" type=\"hidden\" id=\"form_name\" value=\"unspecified\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"form_id\" type=\"hidden\" id=\"form_id\" value=\"2206907\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><!-- .form-submit -->\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"register_unspecified_nonce_field\" name=\"register_unspecified_nonce_field\" value=\"6ecb2a3b8e\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41221\" \/>\t\t<\/form>\n\t\t\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>6)\u00a0 Competition Rules<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Photo resolution: 1,200 pixels min, 4000 pixels max; photo size = 8.0 MB max.<\/li>\n<li>Images should not be duplicated by uploading into more than one gallery.<\/li>\n<li>Photo upload limits: photo competition &#8211; three photos per person;<\/li>\n<li>All other galleries: five photos each 24 hour period.<\/li>\n<li>Not yet a member? Go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/log-in\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">login page<\/a> to register.<\/li>\n<li>You have read and agree to the <a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/log-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Terms of Service<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Artificial Intelligence (AI) photos strictly forbidden.<\/li>\n<li>You confirm that the photo copyright belongs to you.<\/li>\n<li>The photo title and descriptive fields must be completed.<\/li>\n<li>Photos in frames or with colored borders are not allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Photos of pets, captive or domestic animals are not allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Contestants can vote for their own photos but ONLY ONCE!<\/li>\n<li>Photos of paintings or drawings of wild animals are not allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Photos not in accordance with conditions of use may be excluded.<\/li>\n<li>Winning photos will also be featured on our blog\u2019s rotating banner.<\/li>\n<li>Use of social media to manipulate or influence voting is not allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Composite photos created by superimposing two or more separate photos not allowed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1) Upload your photos (see competition rules below) Upload your photos to the &#8216;Photo Competition&#8217; category\u00a0from your PC or tablet (not possible from mobile phones).\u00a0The upload form is only visible when you are logged in. If it is not visible go to section 3), 4) or 5) below to log in or register. 2) Entries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":2193039,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41221","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2193039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}