What are we about?

If you love visiting animals at the zoo, then you’re in the right place! Here at #Zoo-photographers, our focus is on taking photos of animals in their zoo exhibits and we love to show and exhibit how well they are cared for in those zoos. While we highlight these animals with our photography, it’s certainly important to select and promote those zoos that do their part to give the animals an actual habitat, provide enrichment for their animals through activities within their exhibits, and who work to continue species survival for those who are marked by the IUCN as threatened or endangered in any way.


Joining


If you were a member of the club before we converted to a group, you will need to re-join as a member once again by simply clicking Join Our Group on the home page. Only members will be able to submit photos to our gallery!

Please do not ask to join in a note, simply use the Join button on the home page. When you receive a notice in your Message Center letting you know that you’ve been accepted.


Submitting


In order to keep the number of submissions from flooding your Message Center, we will be holding bi-weekly themes announced by your Founder =bubblywums, Co-Founder =tleach0608 or one of our fantastic and illustrious moderators in a Journal entry. Please submit only one deviation per theme!

Submissions can be made one of two ways:

Click on the Contribute Art link on the Group’s home page and select a piece of art that you wish to add. This will add your work to the Featured Gallery and one of the administrative members will move it to the appropriate Gallery.

Go to #Zoo-photographers’ Gallery, find the appropriate Gallery folder and click on it, then click the Contribute to This Gallery link at the top of the page.



Some things to think about when choosing a photograph to submit to the Gallery

Your submission should be work that you're proud of
The submission MUST BE taken at a zoo/aquarium or at a place that provides shelter for animals/marine mammals. It cannot be a shot from the wild
Your submission must fit in with the bi-weekly theme in some way—administrative members reserve the right to not accept your submission if it doesn’t