high quality photographs that can be used for pubication and presentation. As such only
pictures that meet certain quality standards are included.
The picures should be of such a quality that that they would be considered
to be published in a magazine article or brochure about the trail.
- Pictures should be of, or taken from a bicycle trail.
- Pictures should have good composition
- Pictures should have proper color balance and tone
- Pictures should be high quality jpegs or gifs with a
minimum of 800 pixels wide or high
- Pictures should have model releases for all
identifiable individuals, or have been taken in a sufficiently public place
so that model releases are not an issue.
- Bikers actually riding bikes must be wearing helmets,
unless there is an extraordinary reason for an exception
- Roller Blades actually skating must be wearing helmet and protective gear,
unless there is an extraordinary reason for an exception
- The picture's copyright holder must agree to the
submission and either accept one of the standard releases, or provide an
acceptable one.
To be considered for entry into the database the
following information must be entered on the submission form
(not yet implemented) along with the uploaded graphics file.
- The name of the trail on which the picture is taken
- The name of the nearest trail head
- A brief location descriptor
- Photographer's name
- The copyright holder of not the photographer
- The date the photo was taken
- The names of any identifiable people in the photograph
of not taken in a public place
- Five or more keywords that describe items visible in the photograph. Typically selected
from the existing lis of keywords, although more may be created
