# 2024 SDMB Photo of the Year poll **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [January 5, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-photo-of-the-year-poll/1012589 "2025-01-05T19:16:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-photo-of-the-year-poll/1012589/1 "2025-01-05T19:16:47Z")
This thread is to determine the 2024 SDMB Photo of the Year. These photos are the winners of our 2024 monthly contests (there are more than 12 entries on account of ties). Please vote for your 3 favorite photos, using whatever criteria you feel is best. All Dopers are welcome to vote - you don’t need to have submitted a photo. **You cannot vote for your own photo**. **The voting deadline is 11:45 p.m. US EDT** **on Sunday, January 12.** 1: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/he1SiH1.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/he1SiH1) 2: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/tM4wtVi.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/tM4wtVi) 3: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/4Q21pWR.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/4Q21pWR) 4: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/SM8OyPa.jpeg "Imgur: The magic of the Internet") ](https://imgur.com/SM8OyPa) 5: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/KvNgvlK.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/KvNgvlK) 6: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/ilkf5ul.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/ilkf5ul) 7: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/wfIXmCN.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/wfIXmCN) 8: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/y6LjoU2.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/y6LjoU2) 9: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/OBzrFcV.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/OBzrFcV) 10: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/j7O5qUi.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/j7O5qUi) 11: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/c1Souh8.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/c1Souh8) 12: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/FXs5Q7X.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/FXs5Q7X) 13: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/vYBJUdC.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/vYBJUdC) 14: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/GmNdkG8.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/GmNdkG8) 15: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/JaJuiLb.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/JaJuiLb) 16: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/1Or6jyE.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/1Or6jyE) 17: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/9lnBrhY.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/9lnBrhY) 18: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/LbxSWm1.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/LbxSWm1) 19: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/2BjHWkV.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/2BjHWkV) _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-photo-of-the-year-poll/1012589/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-photo-of-the-year-poll/1012589/2 "2025-01-05T19:55:33Z")
Well, that was brutal. I literally wrote down all my favorites on bits of paper and drew randomly. Then I talked myself out of those choices and tried again. Then I whittled my choices down to four, and threw out the one I believed most likely to win without my help. Then I voted, but I’m not sure. I need more votes! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-photo-of-the-year-poll/1012589/3 "2025-01-06T15:36:57Z")
Wow, this is _so_ close, currently a six-way tie for second. mmm ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-photo-of-the-year-poll/1012589/4 "2025-01-06T15:56:58Z")
The voting seems to already be closed. Which photo won (results can’t be seen without voting and the voting seems to be closed) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-photo-of-the-year-poll/1012589/5 "2025-01-06T16:59:07Z")
@peccavi , did you make 3 selections? You must enter 3 votes. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-photo-of-the-year-poll/1012589/6 "2025-01-06T17:02:03Z")
Hmmm, I was able to vote with no problem. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-photo-of-the-year-poll/1012589/7 "2025-01-09T15:39:32Z")
Tough choices. I’m not surprised mine is so low-- I wouldn’t have voted for mine even if the rules allowed it. So many others have so much better composition- mine was just a lucky action shot. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-photo-of-the-year-poll/1012589/8 "2025-01-20T14:22:52Z")
So who won? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-photo-of-the-year-poll/1012589/9 "2025-01-20T16:00:06Z")
Whoops, sorry about that! Hearty congratulations to @Turek whose February entry in the category of “Big or Small” takes the gold medal. The silver medal goes to Mean\_Mr.Mustard for (October, “Moody/Atmospheric”). Bronze medal is a three-way tie: @Spiderman (July, “Bridges”), @Icarus (August, “Flight”), and @Strinka (October, “Moody/Atmospheric”). Thank you to all who participated! mmm ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-photo-of-the-year-poll/1012589/10 "2025-01-20T20:22:37Z")
[Bronze medal is a three-way tie: @Spiderman (July, “Bridges”), @Icarus (August, “Flight”), and @Strinka (October, “Moody/Atmospheric”). [/quote] I demand a recount! (The flight one was named ‘Icarus’, it wasn’t _by_ **Icarus** ) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-photo-of-the-year-poll/1012589/11 "2025-01-20T21:25:23Z")
Sorry, guess I should have quadruple-checked! mmm