# Monthly Photo Competition #28 – March, 2025 – “Gritty” -- Poll Added **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [March 2, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036 "2025-03-02T22:49:04Z")\ **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:** [March 2, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/1 "2025-03-02T22:49:04Z")
This is the monthly thread for **March, 2025**. The topic this month is “ **Gritty** ”, chosen by @minor7flat5. **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: Wednesday, March 26, 11:45 pm US EDT.** Good luck! ---
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/2 "2025-03-03T01:34:51Z")
Winter beach. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:gme3wshdrukjfhbnrj4ittzf/bafkreigxh5fiztfocca4onv27hotfjy3whlzmigyc7h7kao6636tkn5t6y@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:gme3wshdrukjfhbnrj4ittzf/bafkreigxh5fiztfocca4onv27hotfjy3whlzmigyc7h7kao6636tkn5t6y@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/3 "2025-03-03T10:10:57Z")
Witsand South Africa…ambitious snail [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczMjn7jbiwsnRB06Apvc3zvI322l2gr6VQm323V9_bCFevcMkuHSnAhaREamdTbROsNmMmG5QIiwCRHi-KZmOrGCX9tK85RN2FNC6Fj0VYdpFjL3nsg=w600-h315-p-k "Random") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/g2RxVQUaYow89Gzo7) ---
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/4 "2025-03-03T15:42:55Z")
From an 80th anniversary presentation by a Marine Corps friend, a 1944 pre-invasion map of WWII’s Iwo Jima that survived the invasion carried by his father • [![](https://i.imgur.com/ubqdrHY.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ubqdrHY.jpeg) ---
**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:** [March 12, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/5 "2025-03-12T01:55:45Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/kgHFybT.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/kgHFybT) ---
**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:** [March 12, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/6 "2025-03-12T01:57:18Z")
Friendly reminder: > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > **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). ---
**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:** [March 12, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/7 "2025-03-12T11:56:11Z")
Carnivorous plant at moment of capture [![](https://i.imgur.com/03WIkH7.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/03WIkH7.jpeg) ---
**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:** [March 12, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/8 "2025-03-12T13:48:07Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/XOK5LF1.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/XOK5LF1.jpeg) ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/9 "2025-03-14T12:10:50Z")
Glasgow [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54367543141_3727bca510_b.jpg "Glasgow") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/54367543141/) ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/10 "2025-03-14T19:25:17Z")
Herring oil factory [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/DKz48Ph.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/DKz48Ph) ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/11 "2025-03-14T20:35:46Z")
Havana [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54386854306_cfda535490_b.jpg "DSCF4906") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/54386854306/) ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/12 "2025-03-14T23:37:54Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/3479/3752701712_bba5a117b9_b.jpg "walk the line") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/zyada/3752701712/) ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/13 "2025-03-14T23:43:28Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/bFpBscM_d.jpeg?maxwidth=520&shape=thumb&fidelity=high) ](https://i.imgur.com/bFpBscM_d.jpeg?maxwidth=520&shape=thumb&fidelity=high) Sheep herder, Portugal. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2025, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/14 "2025-03-15T04:56:00Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54387493506_2d36755d00_b.jpg "DSC\_6444.NEF") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/54387493506/in/dateposted-public/) Rome. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/15 "2025-03-15T21:40:37Z")
[![](https://i.ibb.co/5L43JHB/32-ACD8-C7-A5-A8-4892-850-A-ABEA68-FE79-CC.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/5L43JHB/32-ACD8-C7-A5-A8-4892-850-A-ABEA68-FE79-CC.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:** [March 15, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/16 "2025-03-15T21:57:01Z")
Waiting for the midnight train, Blackfriars Station, 6 March 2025 [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczNZNgCwnsHH-AGUkFOcIxOV0GfPuJWkGi_PnwH9CyX4oFrN6Jh1iGhnkk8dwOGHXZpbf6VcBcUOBq60BGF4T09oy08DrMvbm2Drw5hdn_cjIfynOMU=w600-h315-p-k "New item by j") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/VcmAwwxd7Qe2o6m87) 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:** [March 17, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/17 "2025-03-17T18:24:30Z")
Salton Sea [![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPVTKa21ZCFoGMDviPoucVfwAxHyb61Yn9ttWGnVFEHy7oZne_IT8spGd7i9CU3zQPlzNxXtuPPEdeGg36pOBN3vOHzZyumhgaKiQVu-NM4b_kL4E-bQz4JxNEg0J5yD9agUpdgWQYjDWNrarmiyrkxtw=w3054-h2290-s-no?authuser=0) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPVTKa21ZCFoGMDviPoucVfwAxHyb61Yn9ttWGnVFEHy7oZne_IT8spGd7i9CU3zQPlzNxXtuPPEdeGg36pOBN3vOHzZyumhgaKiQVu-NM4b_kL4E-bQz4JxNEg0J5yD9agUpdgWQYjDWNrarmiyrkxtw=w3054-h2290-s-no?authuser=0) ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/18 "2025-03-20T01:08:44Z")
**Meow!** [![](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-9H4GGqT/0/M3vbQcqm4kH9RFLvjvXx8x4T57gvBQTwhfj5pRRfT/X5/i-9H4GGqT-X5.jpg) ](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-9H4GGqT/0/M3vbQcqm4kH9RFLvjvXx8x4T57gvBQTwhfj5pRRfT/X5/i-9H4GGqT-X5.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/19 "2025-03-25T15:00:14Z")
Smelting iron: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54409914365_4c1f8f1ba1_b.jpg "\_DSC4281 (1)") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/197666118@N08/54409914365/in/dateposted-public/) ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/20 "2025-03-25T23:42:18Z")
The night in the city was dark and gritty. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/aVdW5ei.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/aVdW5ei) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036.md?page=2)