Mounts Launches 17th Annual Photo Contest

Misty Stoller, Interim Co-Director of Mounts Botanical Garden, today announced that Palm Beach County's oldest and largest botanical garden is now hosting its 17th annual Photo Contest. Nonprofessional photographers are invited to enter pictures taken at Mounts between January 1, 2023 and July 31, 2024. There is a $10 entry fee per submitted photograph.

This year's entry categories include Animal Life, Insect Close-up, Botanical Close-up, People in the Garden, and Scenic Landscape.

The Best in Show winner will receive a one-year Garden Steward Membership (value $150), and a $50 Mounts Gift Certificate. The winning photographersin all five categories will each receive a one-year Family & Friends Membership (value $95) and a $20 Mounts Gift Certificate.

Mounts Photo Contest - Rules

• The contest is open to nonprofessional photographers. For this contest, a professional photographer is defined as anyone who derives income from photography or anyone who has marketed work in the past, who is presently marketing work, or who has copyrighted images with the intent to market them.
• Entries will be accepted July 1-31, 2024. Winners will be announced later this year.
• Entrants are invited to submit up to five images in any combination of our categories.
• Photos must be captured at Mounts Botanical Garden between January 1, 2023, and July 31, 2024.
• Entry fee is $10 per photograph, with a maximum of five photographs per individual photographer.
• The entrant must have personally taken the photo(s) and have all rights to distribution and use.
• Resolution: Photos must be high resolution. (For example, 3024 x 3024 pixels for a square image; 4032 x 3024 for a horizontal image; actual size depends on your camera's settings).
• File type: jpg.
• Photo file name: Must include your last name and category. (Example: Smith-plantlife.jpg; Smith-naturecloseup.jpg)
• Standard optimization techniques, such as cropping, minor color and contrast adjustments, saturation, and sharpening, are allowed. However, other optimizing techniques such as combinations of images and compositional changes are not permitted and will be disqualified.
• All images submitted to the contest become property of Mounts Botanical Garden for use in social media and for other promotional purposes, with photo credit to the photographer whenever possible.

Mounts Photo Contest - How to Enter
Step One:
Complete the online Mounts Photo Contest Entry Form and submit payment at: https://www.mounts.org/photo-contest-july-2024/.

Step Two:
After registration and payment, entrants will receive a confirmation email with instructions to submit their photo(s).

Mounts Photo Contest - Rights to Photographs

• All images become the property of Mounts Botanical Garden.
• Mounts Botanical reserves the right to use photos for display and promotion.
• Entrant's signature on the Entry Form constitutes a release for Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden organization to use, reproduce, publish, and display the photographs without compensation.
• Photo credit will be given wherever possible.
• The Best In Show and Category Winners will be featured on Mounts Botanical Garden's various communications channels, including website, social media, etc.

About Mounts Botanical Garden of Palm Beach County:
With a mission to inspire and educate through nature, Mounts Botanical Garden is Palm Beach County's oldest and largest botanical garden. Visitors to this 20-acre tropical oasis will see an acclaimed collection of 25 unique garden areas containing more than 7,000 species of tropical and sub-tropical plants, including Florida natives, exotic and tropical fruit trees, herbs, palms, roses, cactus, bromeliads and much more. Mounts Botanical Garden is part of the Palm Beach County Cooperative Extension Department, in partnership with the University of Florida and the non-profit Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden. This project is sponsored in part by The Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council, and the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County. Mounts Botanical is located at 531 North Military Trail in West Palm Beach. For more information, please visit www.mounts.org.

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