Photos must show at least one young animal and one parent. If the adult looks like a parent of the young, the photo is acceptable, no DNA testing is required!
Please note that the following types of entries will not be considered for judging: off-brief photos, obviously, but maybe not obvious enough; photos containing watermarks/signatures; photos without a title ("Untitled" is not a title!), and photos that have previously been successful on Photocrowd. Natural-looking post-processing is favoured.
Every photo submitted will be available for the crowd to rate once the submissions period has ended. You can see all the images uploaded to a contest, but will need to rate them to see how they’re ranked once the rating period begins.
Some contests on Photocrowd also have a judge. After the submission period closes the judge chooses their favourite images and writes some image reviews. The crowd and judge results will be announced on the same day.
For a more detailed explanation of how rating works, see our FAQs