# Monthly Photo Competition #19 – June, 2024 – “Night” \[Poll added\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [June 2, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403 "2024-06-02T00:49:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **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:** [June 2, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/1 "2024-06-02T00:49:50Z")
This is the monthly thread for **June, 2024**. The topic this month is “ **Night** ”, chosen by @aurora_maire. Please note: The general rules for the competition are [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642). **One entry per person per month**. To make the photos easier to review please only post just **once** to this thread, with your entry. Your post can include a caption with whatever info you want to give. Please keep all discussion in the [rolling discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642). Once the submission deadline has passed, I’ll put a voting poll in this thread. **Submission deadline: Wednesday, June 26, 11:45 pm US EDT** Good luck! ---
**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:** [June 2, 2024, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/2 "2024-06-02T06:30:26Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/2515/3751909717_92f13b4cab_b.jpg "urban constellation") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/zyada/3751909717/) ---
**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:** [June 2, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/3 "2024-06-02T14:39:43Z")
Night life on Coney Island in the summer: [![](https://www.genderkitten.com/WS4/Upload_Download/Nathans%20Coney%20Island.JPG) ](https://www.genderkitten.com/WS4/Upload_Download/Nathans%20Coney%20Island.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/4 "2024-06-02T22:12:28Z")
Central Park at night after a light snowfall. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53764077197_c308bc7716_b.jpg "P1010377") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/53764077197/) ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/5 "2024-06-02T22:34:56Z")
Nothing says night time to me more than a candle [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53753761459_e310ec35a8_b.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53753761459_e310ec35a8_b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/6 "2024-06-03T23:09:26Z")
Moonset [![](https://alex.strinka.net/photography/photos/Lliv54r.jpg) ](https://alex.strinka.net/photography/photos/Lliv54r.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/7 "2024-06-04T01:01:31Z")
[[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/Jr4nlNG.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/y4mdiVZ) Maple In Snow Going to have to take down this 100+ year old maple this summer, she’s been dead for 2 years now, and is too close to the house to risk sub-trunks coming down. I has a sad ☹ ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/8 "2024-06-04T03:56:25Z")
[![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53768528840_bdd98d05fe_h.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53768528840_bdd98d05fe_h.jpg) Not to step on @Dogginit’s toes, but here’s another maple tree, this time on a very foggy night with the streetlight adding some subtle rays. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/9 "2024-06-04T11:30:12Z")
Galveston Pleasure Pier: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/aY4hZIi.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/aY4hZIi) ---
**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:** [June 4, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/10 "2024-06-04T20:49:15Z")
Venus [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53769995323_72786743c4_b.jpg "Venus") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/53769995323/) ---
**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:** [June 9, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/11 "2024-06-09T02:57:15Z")
Self-portrait by moonlight with laser pointer: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53778935365_f032f75d8e_b.jpg "DSC\_1842") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/53778935365/) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/12 "2024-06-09T10:32:16Z")
Coming home late on Friday. [![](https://i.imgur.com/BOw4THv.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/BOw4THv.jpeg) ---
**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:** [June 9, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/13 "2024-06-09T19:14:45Z")
[![](https://i.ibb.co/3f02V9Z/IMG-9435.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/3f02V9Z/IMG-9435.jpg) Twilight parade small town next door. I made a video but it’s not dl from the cloud so this is a screen grab. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/14 "2024-06-15T22:35:36Z")
Buckingham Fountain, Chicago IL [![](https://i.imgur.com/lC1KksQ.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/lC1KksQ.jpg) ---
**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:** [June 19, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/15 "2024-06-19T21:33:36Z")
Orchids by night (about 10 minutes ago). Google photos, so click for the full image. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczOF9v9UCaL7F7Y1Pmj1MOZo6GyiXXbi03g48BIayTfS68w1xGR20wdAFAmVHNQNmmdmvSQ7TdoH0Pf8u5qO-7GmjLGECaD2UpaEv25p88lllibxGkE=w600-h315-p-k "New item by j") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/P16E37xgfs37FkXt5) j ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Blaylock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_blaylock/32/3235_2.png) [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/16 "2024-06-19T23:36:25Z")
  The Constellation _Orion_, photographed by me about eight years ago.   It is important that you must never make jokes about that bright star to the lower left of this picture.  It’s _Sirius_.   Thirty Seconds, ƒ/3.5, 18mm, ISO 400. [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53802970206_d935f1ea5d_o.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53802970206_d935f1ea5d_o.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/17 "2024-06-21T21:02:12Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/sFAfkKv.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/sFAfkKv.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/18 "2024-06-22T13:23:52Z")
Chanute AFB photographer records the dope and fabric shop fire, a midnight in Sep 1955. Oxygen tanks and 50 gallon drums of nitrate dope provided pyrotechnics. [![](https://i.imgur.com/HGqAiON.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/HGqAiON.jpg) ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/19 "2024-06-22T14:11:00Z")
Sails on the horizon at dusk. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/pJrRul8.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/pJrRul8) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403/20 "2024-06-22T17:52:52Z")
Ghostly grazer in the gloaming. Not my horse, another at the farm where my horse was living. > [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-19-june-2024-night-poll-added/1002403.md?page=2)