# Monthly Photo Competition #27 – February, 2025 – “Motion” poll added **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [February 1, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729 "2025-02-01T20:41:51Z")\ **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:** [February 1, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/1 "2025-02-01T20:41:51Z")
This is the monthly thread for **February, 2025**. The topic this month is “ **Motion** ”, chosen by @beowulff. **Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs in the** [rolling discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642). Exception: discussion can commence in this thread after the poll has closed. 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. Once the submission deadline has passed, I’ll put a voting poll **in this thread.** **Submission deadline: Monday, February 24, 11:45 pm US EDT.** Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/2 "2025-02-01T23:27:18Z")
My son the professional dancer [![](https://i.imgur.com/hcgkrwv.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/hcgkrwv.jpeg) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/3 "2025-02-01T23:32:11Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/99/256275709_404c2bafd7_b.jpg "No!") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/zyada/256275709/) You may have to look really closely ---
**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:** [February 2, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/4 "2025-02-02T02:19:34Z")
[![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:gme3wshdrukjfhbnrj4ittzf/bafkreiejsxtzrk4pjlfeo5mivqvfiu54mq2kf5kyne7flzbp6sxtp64id4@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:gme3wshdrukjfhbnrj4ittzf/bafkreiejsxtzrk4pjlfeo5mivqvfiu54mq2kf5kyne7flzbp6sxtp64id4@jpeg) ---
**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:** [February 2, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/5 "2025-02-02T02:44:16Z")
While playing around with long exposures while photographing the neon sign at my motel last summer, I also managed to capture the lights of a moving car on the street. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54300390342_29bd2ff556_b.jpg "IMG\_2000") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/54300390342/) ---
**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:** [February 2, 2025, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/6 "2025-02-02T03:40:06Z")
9th Ave at 44th St, and step on it… [![](https://www.genderkitten.com/WS4/ah3files/9th%20Ave%20at%2044th.jpg) ](https://www.genderkitten.com/WS4/ah3files/9th%20Ave%20at%2044th.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:** [February 3, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/7 "2025-02-03T20:44:52Z")
Owl strike [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54305670260_d0518aa57c_b.jpg "Owl strike") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/54305670260/) ---
**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:** [February 3, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/8 "2025-02-03T21:12:56Z")
American coots [![](https://alex.strinka.net/photography/photos/Laxd24f.jpg) ](https://alex.strinka.net/photography/photos/Laxd24f.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:** [February 3, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/9 "2025-02-03T22:07:46Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/ClUhV80.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/ClUhV80) Otto and Jazz, both RIP. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/10 "2025-02-06T23:30:55Z")
No running in the museum! (National Portrait Gallery, Kogod courtyard). [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54311344341_cbdce414e5_b.jpg "DSC\_7577.NEF") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/54311344341/) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2025, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/11 "2025-02-12T03:14:57Z")
startled [![](https://i.imgur.com/Y89Gexi.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/Y89Gexi.png) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/12 "2025-02-12T19:36:08Z")
[![](https://live.staticflickr.com/4123/4756088874_c29197946b_h.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/4123/4756088874_c29197946b_h.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 13, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/13 "2025-02-13T00:20:46Z")
Backyard Bird [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/nEuLcKj.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/nEuLcKj) ---
**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:** [February 15, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/14 "2025-02-15T20:48:09Z")
Pigeon attack! [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczM-aeX9NptL6RQbXE4JMn3IBa4CVoaKIJ-9XZtEvt-ZFAXycNc4hO9y9n-Juc7dUgSMb5pLT21bAro8PWVZJ0H9mgY9WjC4SJHZT-NB6B3dj2cPj58=w600-h315-p-k "New item by Steve Schoenwandt") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/CYn4Qn3exaLHhhpN8) ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/15 "2025-02-23T22:16:29Z")
Slow motion, Shoreham, 10.36, 22 Feb 2025 [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPWa-x0RH9gMEBX1ZD5MEj2u1YsYqLkD2dYMdDCYyTprjr9XfC5xtIhgRTznJ3b_l4Jrx31FTXehvcVYnLy5iTd3XHUETQOl09YuT7Wurc9xVsrtng=w600-h315-p-k "New item by j") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/JJDvttSYzaiysafS9) j ---
**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:** [February 24, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/16 "2025-02-24T16:10:42Z")
Great tit\* attack! [![](https://i.imgur.com/qzA03rC.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/qzA03rC.jpeg) \* _**[Parus major](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_tit)**_ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/17 "2025-02-24T16:25:41Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/14eyzhN.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/14eyzhN.jpeg) Very unhappy with our tour boat. Taken on the Nile River below Murchison Falls. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/18 "2025-02-24T19:13:30Z")
**Round and Round** [![](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-wB3Wpb6/0/MNM77kDjH6qzL2hD6TXBZ88qDk2spjvcGQDVJNGpv/X5/i-wB3Wpb6-X5.jpg) ](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-wB3Wpb6/0/MNM77kDjH6qzL2hD6TXBZ88qDk2spjvcGQDVJNGpv/X5/i-wB3Wpb6-X5.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 24, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/19 "2025-02-24T20:34:33Z")
[![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPqb5F_3UnFJFO_rQYUv-BUSrRyTiom8B7e3u_-_PDFNRqEJIEbykDYUqNKjmv4b4REgwWT2qZrU6pUWCk_IUVTm0rn5UIOzo2nf-8TrNuf5laqr6_vII9gLaBCggiNtNnYTla3AxUW2hjUE614NwfihA=w2168-h1626-s-no?authuser=0) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPqb5F_3UnFJFO_rQYUv-BUSrRyTiom8B7e3u_-_PDFNRqEJIEbykDYUqNKjmv4b4REgwWT2qZrU6pUWCk_IUVTm0rn5UIOzo2nf-8TrNuf5laqr6_vII9gLaBCggiNtNnYTla3AxUW2hjUE614NwfihA=w2168-h1626-s-no?authuser=0) ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729/20 "2025-02-24T23:23:01Z")
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