Date: 11/7/26 1:48 pm From: Grove, Deborah Shuey <dsg4...> Subject: Re: Submission of Photos for the Journal-- See Important information!
Please submit photos from the Summer.
Deborah S. Grove
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From: Grove, Deborah Shuey
Sent: Saturday, 07 November 2026 09:25:29
To: PABIRDS <PABIRDS...>; SCBIRDCL <SCBIRDCL...>
Subject: Submission of Photos for the Journal-- See Important information!
Do you have some great photos of any birds taken in Pennsylvania from June 1, 2026 - July 31, 2026? Or a picture of a notable/significant sighting from that period?
***IMPORTANT*** A change of where to send the photos. Please send submissions to <markabonta...><mailto:<markabonta...> and please mention the word FALL in the subject line to simplify processing.
PA Birds is currently accepting photo submissions through end of day Nov 20 to be considered for publication as space permits in the Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology (PSO) Fall 2026 issue of Pennsylvania Birds.
**Important Note** Images submitted must be high-res and are preferred to be horizontal shots. Submitted images must be able to be cropped to 1050px x 700px with a resolution of 300 px/in for horizontal images. If space allows high-quality vertical portrait shots may be used, but they take up the space of 2 photos in the layout used by the journal. Vertical photos submitted must be able to be cropped to 1050px x 1313px at 300 px/in.
Some further instructions... If your submission does not follow the instructions below or contain the info requested below, it will not be processed!
- Submissions for consideration **must** be taken during the above date range.
IMPORTANT: For this submission period, I can only accept one or two photos maximum (as we search for the next photo editor).
- VERY important! For each image attached to the e-mail, you must include a description in the body of the e-mail for that image. Best format to follow: Species Name - Location, County, DD Month. Sentence about significance if known/applicable. (Photographer Name) Example: Antillean Nighthawk - Presque Isle SP, Erie, 12 June. This bird represented a first state record and was observed through 1 July. (John Doe)
Please also submit your photos for consideration in full resolution or as close to full resolution as possible as these will be printed. Your photo also may be considered for a cover shot and a 250KB image just won't work for that! I need to be able to crop your photo to fit the space as it permits in the journal and a precropped / low-resolution image is problematic for that. It's safe to say that if you're sending me an image under a megabyte in size, it isn't going to be the resolution I need to work with. I also need room to crop the image to the specs used for the newsletter (exact specs posted above) and an extremely tight crop may not allow me to do that.
- Photos selected for printing in the issue will be credited to the photographer. Watermarked/signatured images they will not be considered. The image should be clean of any add-ons.
