State Parks of the United States

This contest is limited to landscape PHOTOGRAPHS shot in any STATE PARK in the United States of America. Any season, any state, (territorial parks in US Territories or protectorates, EX: Puerto Rico, Guam or USVI are acceptable) any format so long as the image does not lose the quality of a photographic image.

Guidelines:
1. Only one photographic image per member.

2. Photographs only. You may process your image, for example HDR or adding textures so long as the image retains the quality of a photograph. You may submit color or black and white as well.

3. No photographs with people, cars or trains unless they are incidental to and not the subject of the photograph. Absolutely no posed people with or without clothing. This is a contest honoring landscapes as the object of the photograph.

4. Please indicate where in the United States you shot the image. Specifically identify clearly the name of the STATE PARK, the nearest city or town to the image and make it accessible to me. I will remove any image from consideration if the identification is not made clear and accessible. Having the identification in the title, at or near the top of your description or at or near the top of your keywords are suggestions for making your identification clear and accessible.

The administrator will (that would be me,) in all likelihood, submit an image to this contest. He will not, however, vote for his own image. You'll just have to trust me on that one.

Voting is limited to three images only. When voting begins, I suggest that you scroll through all submitted images before casting your votes. That way you are more likely to select the three you like best.

The top three images will be featured on the home page. I will feature the most recent three contests on the home page with the latest set of embedded images at the top. As contest winners are selected, what would be the fourth set will disappear. I feature the home page of the group frequently (more than once a week) in various social media groups. I also feature the top three winners in social media weighing first place higher than second and so on. What this means often depends on how much time I have to spend so it is flexible.

IN CASE OF TIES AT THE TOP...

Fine Art America will, in some kind of strange algorithm, award first, second and third places at the end of voting even when there are images receiving the same number of votes. Because it is common for ties to occur among the top vote getting images, when ties occur, each of the images will be featured. Unless there is a clear cut place finisher, places will not be displayed on the embedded images on the group home page. For example, if four images receive the same number of votes and are tied for 1st place all four images will be recognized and displayed as co-winners.

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The contest logo image was shot along the Rock River at Castle Rock State Park near Oregon, Illinois in Ogle County in the fall of 2009. It is one of my favorite images to this very day.

Each participant may submit 1 image.

1)   You must be a member of FineArtAmerica.com in order to cast votes in this contest.   Your account must have been active at least 30 days prior to the start of the contest in order to vote.

2)   You may only vote once per image.

3)   You may vote for a total of 3 different images... but again, only once for any given image.

Status: This contest is over.

Submissions Begin

Thursday, October 1st, 2015 - 9:49 AM

Submissions End / Voting Begins

Thursday, October 8th, 2015 - 9:49 AM

Voting Ends / Prizes Awarded

Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 - 9:49 AM

Current Time (Eastern United States)

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024 - 10:53 AM

This contest will be awarding the following prizes:

Click here to submit your artwork to this contest.