Our annual photo contest is open right now, which means if you’ve taken a pretty great photo, you should enter it!
What constitutes a pretty great photo?
Mostly, you need to ask yourself the following: does the photo share a clear message of the wildlife that inspires you? Yes? Then send it!
If you want to get specific, there are some categories you can find inspiration in and some basics you’ll want to take into account. Photos can be submitted in these five “themes” or categories:
- Landscapes
- Animals/Creatures
- Flowers/Trees/Leaves
- Animals in Cityscapes
- People in Nature
They have fancier titles – check them out here – but for simplicity sake, that’s the main idea. You’ll want to make sure you stick to natural and Canadian content (i.e. no photos of animals in zoos or aquariums). Also, if the species is invasive to our wildlife then it won’t be counted for review – no matter how gorgeous the photo!
A Few More Tips
Zach Baranowski, ON
Size Matters
Photos need to be at least 2MB in resolution (a high-quality image) because we will be featuring winning images in our national wildlife magazines in the new year.
So Do The Little Things
But more than anything it’s the little things that really matter the most – especially this year. So if you’re on a walk this fall, stop and find something to snap a photo of and send it our way. Or head out with the purpose of getting some great wildlife shots!
More to Come
And come back soon, as we are going to be highlighting the stories behind the winning photos from a few of last years winning photographers.
Get more information on the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s Reflections of Nature photo contest.
Stephanie Poff
Stephanie Poff is a freelance writer, mother of two young children and has been with the Canadian Wildlife Federation for more than 10 years. Her organizational roles have included Associate Marketing Manager, National Event Coordinator, Communications Officer, in addition to being a wildlife volunteer at a local rescue and rehabilitation facility.
8 comments
Hi. Can anyone enter this contest? I just found this site/page because someone shared it.
Hi Violet!
Yes, anyone can enter! There are some rules for the type of photo, but you can check it all out here: http://photoclub.cwf-fcf.org
Probably quite late, but will there be another CWF photo contest. My latest addition says it’s held monthly but I can not find any submission page.
Thank you for your question, Avery! We have both an annual and monthly photo contest. The annual contest runs each year from August 1 to October 31. For our monthly photo contest, you can enter (or vote!) any time: https://cwf-fcf.org/en/explore/photo-club/monthly/
Hello! I would really love to send in a photo for this year’s contest but had a few questions I was hoping I could have answered? Firstly, I am sixteen, are there any age rules or are all age’s allowed? Secondly, could I submit more than one photo (two or three?) or is it just my absolute favourite? And lastly, if this contest free to enter? Thank you so much for you’r lovely website and time/effort regardless 🙂
Hi there, thank you so much for your questions. We are so happy that you are interested in entering our Reflections of Nature Annual Photo Contest! Participants must be the age of majority in their province or territory or have written permission from a parent or legal guardian to enter. You may submit multiple photo entries during the Contest Period, there is no maximum number of entries. It is indeed free to enter the contest, we can’t wait to see your photos!
Hi! I noticed you can upload up to 5 photos in one entry now. I was curious if the 5 photos can all be unrelated as long as they’re in the same category? ( For example; 1 squirrel photo, 1 dragonfly photo, one frog photo, etc…) Thank you in advance.
Hello Taylor!
It’s new this year! You can now upload multiple photos at once. The photos can be unrelated as long as they’re in the same category. Hope this helps!