Send Us Your Best Photos

If you take photos you would like us to share with others, please send them to us! For consideration, a photo must be taken in the park, of high quality, and be pertinent to the natural, scientific, and historical resources of the Big Bend National Park.

We review submitted photos and choose the best examples for our web photo galleries and park publications. To submit photographs for consideration please send a note to the park webmaster. We will provide you an email address where you may send your photos.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR PICTURES:

Ideally, the photograph should illustrate the unique natural, scientific, and historical resources of the Big Bend National Park. What type of pictures will be accepted?

• minimum quality: 72dpi photographs with a minimum size of 8x10 inches for website photo galleries. For print media, we require 4x6 inch minimum size at 300dpi. Rule of thumb - if the image is under 500K, it is too small. 
• please limit your submissions to no more than a couple of photographs at a time
• digital image files (bmp, tif, & jpg)
• NOTE: Links to photographs posted elsewhere on the Internet will not be accepted (i.e., other photo galleries); only attached image files will be considered.

When submitting digital photographs, the following information is required:

• photographer's name
• the photo's title, subject, or location taken
• the date the photo was taken

By submitting photos, you agree:

• that submitted photos can be used by Big Bend National Park, park partners, and the National Park Service.
• any added caption or personal trademark will be cropped.
• the submitted photos may be downloaded or copied by others.
• the photos are selected based on uniqueness and appropriateness.
• that not all photos will be selected.
• that photos may be added to or removed from the on-line Photo Gallery from time to time.
• that you may not receive a reply e-mail or confirmation that your photograph has been selected for the Photo Gallery.