# Monthly Photo Competition #28 – March, 2025 – “Gritty” -- Poll Added

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036>\
**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:** 7\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/21 "2025-03-26T14:43:22Z")

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“Affirmation”

[![](https://i.imgur.com/9hvUrCC.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/9hvUrCC.png)

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/22 "2025-03-26T18:11:03Z")

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Be kind, rewind

[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54411088797_b54be0e0ca_b.jpg "Be kind, rewind") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/74663312@N08/54411088797/)

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**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 27, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/23 "2025-03-27T13:01:36Z")

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Please vote for your 3 favorite 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**. Select up to 3.

**The voting deadline is 11:45 p.m. US EDT**  **on Monday, March 31.**

_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/23))_

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**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 31, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/24 "2025-03-31T19:53:10Z")

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Eh, last day to vote. Time for a little bump.

j

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**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:** [April 1, 2025, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/25 "2025-04-01T09:23:22Z")

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Congratulations, @Turek !

Let us know what’s on tap for April.

mmm

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**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:** [April 3, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/26 "2025-04-03T01:39:38Z")

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25% vote for my first pic…thanks guys 🍻  
You can see why the snail was ambition …Witsand SA  
[![](https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/19/1c/e6/15/witsand-beach.jpg?w=1400&h=-1&s=1) ](https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/19/1c/e6/15/witsand-beach.jpg?w=1400&h=-1&s=1)

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**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:** [April 3, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036/27 "2025-04-03T01:44:31Z")

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These are two of mine that didn’t make the “gritty” cut:  
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/oTHNM9p.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/oTHNM9p)  
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/1AQrcyr.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/1AQrcyr)

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