# Monthly Photo Competition #10 - September 2023 - “Shadow and light” **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [August 31, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-10-september-2023-shadow-and-light/989424 "2023-08-31T20:30:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-10-september-2023-shadow-and-light/989424/21 "2023-09-14T03:11:59Z")
Courthouse, Santa Barbara [![](https://i.imgur.com/ucnKXGb.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ucnKXGb.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-10-september-2023-shadow-and-light/989424/22 "2023-09-14T12:55:54Z")
View from Emilio’s restaurant, Sint Maarten [![](https://i.imgur.com/rnqAhpO.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/rnqAhpO.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-10-september-2023-shadow-and-light/989424/23 "2023-09-14T16:53:35Z")
Reaching for the light… [![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AIL4fc-KuzDdaN1ByAlnIbek10jsFPrDcPgT9XE2CHh0fNtDS24Qd-78HccXW1_voJW7NLPjY3hTevwbhfZmUX99jg_e-Qwid-eMEGai9KwuqbKAqvHVyenSGxX2pZw_h12B1sTE5Z3ckNQOU4QhIiKoDfzNhQ=w1112-h1482-s-no?authuser=1) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AIL4fc-KuzDdaN1ByAlnIbek10jsFPrDcPgT9XE2CHh0fNtDS24Qd-78HccXW1_voJW7NLPjY3hTevwbhfZmUX99jg_e-Qwid-eMEGai9KwuqbKAqvHVyenSGxX2pZw_h12B1sTE5Z3ckNQOU4QhIiKoDfzNhQ=w1112-h1482-s-no?authuser=1) ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-10-september-2023-shadow-and-light/989424/24 "2023-09-14T20:07:57Z")
Lobby of the O. Henry Hotel in Greensboro, NC. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53187788790_3331f620ce_b.jpg "DSC01425") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/197666118@N08/53187788790/in/dateposted-public/) ---
**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:** [September 18, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-10-september-2023-shadow-and-light/989424/25 "2023-09-18T13:55:44Z")
What we view in the shadows [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53196419045_af510aa7a7_b.jpg "Eastern diamondback") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/53196419045/) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-10-september-2023-shadow-and-light/989424/26 "2023-09-19T19:18:02Z")
This is a shot I did for a music project some time ago. I imagined a stool on a stage with a cigarette burning in it, with a spotlight shining on the microphone: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/ADky01o.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/ADky01o) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-10-september-2023-shadow-and-light/989424/27 "2023-09-19T23:02:11Z")
I liked the way the light coming through the cast iron railing displayed on the stair steps. (click thru for hi res view) [![](https://www.genderkitten.com/WS4/Upload_Download/Stairwell%20with%20Shadows.JPG) ](https://www.genderkitten.com/WS4/Upload_Download/Stairwell%20with%20Shadows.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-10-september-2023-shadow-and-light/989424/28 "2023-09-20T18:31:09Z")
[![](https://i.ibb.co/9H1s4Rc/3740-BEA7-56-C4-4-D23-AB90-01-BA0-B292578.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/9H1s4Rc/3740-BEA7-56-C4-4-D23-AB90-01-BA0-B292578.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-10-september-2023-shadow-and-light/989424/29 "2023-09-21T02:05:18Z")
Shadow of mountains, shadow of clouds. The sky is my ground when the Sun is below me. [![](https://i.imgur.com/XyZUPS6.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/XyZUPS6.png) ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-10-september-2023-shadow-and-light/989424/30 "2023-09-22T01:56:36Z")
[![](https://i.ibb.co/Y73tPgZ/15994709-10154805244058820-2459318006158915448-o.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/Y73tPgZ/15994709-10154805244058820-2459318006158915448-o.jpg) “Self Portrait.” Taken 2017. …this photo accurately portrayed my mood at the time. It was a rough year. Lit with a single strobe, positioned very carefully camera-left so as to not put any light at all into my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-10-september-2023-shadow-and-light/989424/31 "2023-09-25T17:00:23Z")
I wasn’t planning to submit anything this month, but I just happened across this snapshot I took more than 20 years ago somewhere in Southeast Asia. It’s an iPhone photo of a glossy print, which hasn’t improved the quality at all, but I’ve always liked this photo. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/wVk4Tpe.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/UDNBF2W#wVk4Tpe) ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-10-september-2023-shadow-and-light/989424/32 "2023-09-25T21:21:50Z")
Please vote for your three favourite 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**. You get three votes (and the poll will make you use all of them). The voting deadline is **9pm UK time on Friday 29th September**. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-10-september-2023-shadow-and-light/989424/32))_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-10-september-2023-shadow-and-light/989424.md?page=1)