NATURE COMPETITION SUMMARY
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CATEGORIES
​Botany:          Botany: plants, trees, flowers, fungi, and lichen

General:          Specific aspects of landscapes (e.g. wetlands), seascapes (e.g. tidal pools),
                       rocks (e.g. basalt formations), fossils, stars and planets

Ornithology:    birds in their natural habitat

Zoology:          mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and insects in their natural environment
The hand of man MUST NOT appear in any Nature image entry:

  • NO roads, houses, fences or humans.
  • NO cultivated plants such as tulips or daffodils.
  • In the case of zoo animals, NO cage bars, concrete walls, zoo straw or bedding.

Note: Banded birds, and pelicans on pilings ARE acceptable.
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DESCRIPTIVE TITLES
Titles should correctly identify the subject by its common name or its species name:
 
For example:
  • Black-headed Grosbeak, not just Bird on a Branch
  • White Pine Forest not just Pine Trees
  • Red Sandstone Cliffs not just Rocks
  • Puffballs not just Mushrooms
  • Jackass Penguin not just Penguin
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REFERENCE
MATERIAL
Excellent guides published by Peterson, Audubon, and National Geographic are available at most large bookstores and libraries to assist you in identifying your subject. The Nature Co-Chairs or other experienced Nature Photographers in the Club, as well as the internet are all good sources of information. ​
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SIZING
​Digital images should be submitted with a maximum width of 3840 pixels and a maximum height of 2160 pixels.
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CODE OF
​ETHICS
​Be considerate of your subjects and their environment, as well as your fellow photographers. The wellbeing of your subjects is more important than the photograph.
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MCC
​WEBSITE
For more details on the Nature Division competitions please go to the following links on the MCC website.
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