{"id":4404,"date":"2015-04-20T16:55:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T16:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=4404"},"modified":"2015-05-05T17:49:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T17:49:56","slug":"new-photo-contest-best-nature-shot-in-your-home-country-all-entries-win-free-premium-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/new-photo-contest-best-nature-shot-in-your-home-country-all-entries-win-free-premium-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"New Photo Contest: Best Nature Shot in your Host Country (All entries win free premium membership!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best parts of living abroad is to explore the nature (flora and fauna) of your host\u00a0country: \u00a0a day trip into the mountains if you live in Switzerland, a weekend safari trip if you live in Tanzania, a group tour to the sand dunes if you live in Abu Dhabi, a car trip to the rainforests if you live in Costa Rica, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Each country has their own unique offerings of nature.<\/p>\n<p>What is on offer in your host\u00a0country with regards to nature?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4405\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/new-photo-contest-best-nature-shot-in-your-home-country-all-entries-win-free-premium-membership\/dsc_2024-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_2024.jpg?fit=890%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"890,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;13&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1360734405&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;60&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC_2024\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_2024.jpg?fit=800%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4405\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_2024.jpg?resize=550%2C185&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"DSC_2024\" width=\"550\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_2024.jpg?w=890&amp;ssl=1 890w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_2024.jpg?resize=300%2C101&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/category\/photo-contests\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><em>Sand dunes\u00a0near to Abu Dhabi<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo contest topic:<\/strong><br \/>\nYour best nature\u00a0shot from one of your explorations of your host\u00a0country.<br \/>\nBy nature we mean animals, plants, trees, insects, mountains, bodies of water, sky\/clouds, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The PRIZES:<br \/>\n<\/strong>1st prize: 2 YEARS FREE of premium membership<br \/>\n2nd prize: 1 YEAR FREE of premium membership<br \/>\n3rd prize: 6 MONTHS FREE of premium membership<\/p>\n<p>(Those submissions that are not in the top three will receive\u00a0<strong>1 free week of premium membership for just participating<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Send your photo\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:editor@internationalschoolcommunity.com\" target=\"_blank\">editor@internationalschoolcommunity.com<\/a>.\u00a0Please remember to:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Write your name and email address<br \/>\n\u2022 Attach your picture and write a short description about it<br \/>\n\u2022 Enter these words in your subject: <em>International School Community Photo Contest Entry: Nature<\/em><\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IS_Community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweet<\/a> the photo and mention our profile <a class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IS_Community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@<span class=\"u-linkComplex-target\">IS_Community<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to make sure we will see it. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Deadline to submit your photo: 12 May, 2015. Maximum one photo per contestant.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Check out our previous\u00a0Photo Contests\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/category\/photo-contests\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best parts of living abroad is to explore the nature (flora and fauna) of your host\u00a0country: \u00a0a day trip into the mountains if you live in Switzerland, a weekend safari trip if you live in Tanzania, a group tour to the sand dunes if you live in Abu Dhabi, a car trip [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1925],"tags":[2015,1795,46,1926,603],"class_list":["post-4404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-contests","tag-best-beach-photo","tag-free-premium-membership","tag-living-abroad","tag-photo-contest","tag-traveling-around-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_2024.jpg?fit=890%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2flVT-192","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4447,"url":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/top-three-photos-for-best-nature-shot-and-the-winners-of-this-photo-contest-are\/","url_meta":{"origin":4404,"position":0},"title":"Top three photos for Best Nature Shot: And the winners of this photo contest are&#8230;","author":"ISCommunity","date":"May 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm happy to announce the winners of our Fifth\u00a0Photo Contest\u00a0(Best Nature\u00a0Shot in your Host Country). 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