# Monthly Photo Competition #11 - October 2023 - “Trees” **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [October 1, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-11-october-2023-trees/990967 "2023-10-01T21:36:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [October 17, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-11-october-2023-trees/990967/21 "2023-10-17T23:50:36Z")
Pinyon Pine tree struggles to survive in Monument Valley: [![](https://i.imgur.com/JhtJXAy.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/JhtJXAy.jpg) (Click to Embiggen) ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-11-october-2023-trees/990967/22 "2023-10-18T02:07:12Z")
Apiro, Province of Macerata, Italy [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/kXXdL6h.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/kXXdL6h) ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-11-october-2023-trees/990967/23 "2023-10-18T02:13:41Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/4020/4717930277_b6e8e08321_b.jpg "So, did their love last as long as this did?") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/zyada/4717930277/) Fort Worth Botanical Garden, 1981 ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-11-october-2023-trees/990967/24 "2023-10-21T19:07:35Z")
The Party Trees Of Rethymno - 7 October. God, that’s an awful crop. - click for the full image. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ADCreHfDq3jaFRdeKVX7lilIUqHo8hUy31TemkBGTLKrQwFnLkPvAZn42RcVC15vZv67xEjNPW1i7CgnP5JlaZfcnPYKaIxB8jPhXq7EMClFWUMSmg10xD8=w600-h315-p-k "New item by j") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/Jf8AoVqEYJXyYyLF6) j ---
**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:** [October 22, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-11-october-2023-trees/990967/25 "2023-10-22T16:21:33Z")
Screech owl at home in an ex-tree. [![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ADCreHfZ-MQbh580LmgRGB0h40DkS71MER8UfwtxYNJ1YREfGqvvEjDpJvqlaAJZStL5QuZdaEO7Tpp_7S1ag90LfmiLhc2-H4_rZ9Ki9-7qcKji4ti5-zDQxRnTE6dpkhvTW2VJsWhCHH6YZd71dzufNpehEg=w960-h1280-s-no?authuser=1) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ADCreHfZ-MQbh580LmgRGB0h40DkS71MER8UfwtxYNJ1YREfGqvvEjDpJvqlaAJZStL5QuZdaEO7Tpp_7S1ag90LfmiLhc2-H4_rZ9Ki9-7qcKji4ti5-zDQxRnTE6dpkhvTW2VJsWhCHH6YZd71dzufNpehEg=w960-h1280-s-no?authuser=1) ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-11-october-2023-trees/990967/26 "2023-10-23T10:14:41Z")
El Drago, on Tenerife, in 2017: [![](https://i.imgur.com/EO8z1kP.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/EO8z1kP.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 23, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-11-october-2023-trees/990967/27 "2023-10-23T13:16:25Z")
Who? [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53279969125_a042b9e688_b.jpg "Who") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/53279969125/) ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-11-october-2023-trees/990967/28 "2023-10-24T02:15:31Z")
I don’t have a great picture of a tree, but I do have a picture of a pretty great tree. [![](https://i.imgur.com/qAPlhay.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/qAPlhay.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 24, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-11-october-2023-trees/990967/29 "2023-10-24T22:51:28Z")
It turns out I have a lot of photos of trees. I opted for something a bit moody and mysterious. This is a local park in West Yorkshire, near to where I live. [![](https://i.imgur.com/VzNDmr7.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/VzNDmr7.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:** [October 25, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-11-october-2023-trees/990967/30 "2023-10-25T17:14:47Z")
[![](https://i.ibb.co/ZBQ0CdG/IMG-9060.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/ZBQ0CdG/IMG-9060.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:** [October 25, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-11-october-2023-trees/990967/31 "2023-10-25T17:48:22Z")
Oh well I’m not sure why my image isn’t showing up. Sorry. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-11-october-2023-trees/990967/32 "2023-10-25T20:13:22Z")
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 Monday 30th October**. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-11-october-2023-trees/990967/32))_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-11-october-2023-trees/990967.md?page=1)