# Monthly Photo Competition #34 – September, 2025 – “Doors or gates” (poll added) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [September 4, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743 "2025-09-04T12:28:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [September 20, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743/21 "2025-09-20T22:52:07Z")
**Riverside Watch** [![](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-5w9C7pK/0/M5JRRvDVX9dTkM2NPSDKqPzX8ZfJhmdRJNdGBR4kX/X5/i-5w9C7pK-X5.jpg) ](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-5w9C7pK/0/M5JRRvDVX9dTkM2NPSDKqPzX8ZfJhmdRJNdGBR4kX/X5/i-5w9C7pK-X5.jpg) ---
**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:** [September 22, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743/22 "2025-09-22T16:16:33Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/zC0ekmd.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/zC0ekmd) ---
**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:** [September 23, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743/23 "2025-09-23T14:44:45Z")
Lake Door: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/s4uxMZx.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/s4uxMZx) ---
**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:** [September 23, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743/24 "2025-09-23T16:42:30Z")
[![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczMu5wBfprpc3Pb-KiWErsAeWmjZoYrgG7OOsES_w4RG_82dG_fvhvowwFbXsyPIss6S47bwMJQikwlEvrHcK31ON-SU_m6Z3hg5Usc2R9FoS4A0Zl3ZVo-KflkOGoebZ7tYSRpzlHm3lXY2hMGCoCztvw=w1024-h768-s-no?authuser=0) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczMu5wBfprpc3Pb-KiWErsAeWmjZoYrgG7OOsES_w4RG_82dG_fvhvowwFbXsyPIss6S47bwMJQikwlEvrHcK31ON-SU_m6Z3hg5Usc2R9FoS4A0Zl3ZVo-KflkOGoebZ7tYSRpzlHm3lXY2hMGCoCztvw=w1024-h768-s-no?authuser=0) Cabo Pulmo, Baja California ---
**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:** [September 24, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743/25 "2025-09-24T02:54:14Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/oGI5AL2.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/oGI5AL2) Zoo enclosure gate, Oregon Zoo ---
**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:** [September 24, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743/26 "2025-09-24T16:24:55Z")
Antler Gate, central Nevada on US-50’s south side, December 2009 [![](https://i.imgur.com/LdHDZys.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/LdHDZys.jpeg) ---
**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:** [September 24, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743/27 "2025-09-24T18:46:25Z")
[![](https://alex.strinka.net/photography/photos/Lharqza.jpg) ](https://alex.strinka.net/photography/photos/Lharqza.jpg) ---
**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:** [September 26, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743/28 "2025-09-26T03:37:20Z")
Who you gonna call? [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54812622703_3159e908ee_b.jpg "FDNY Ladder 8") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/74663312@N08/54812622703/) FDNY Ladder 8 aka Ghostbusters HQ ---
**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:** [September 26, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743/29 "2025-09-26T12:10:27Z")
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 Tuesday, September 30.** _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743/29))_ ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743/30 "2025-10-01T11:21:17Z")
Congratulations to @ShadowFacts! Please let us know our October theme. mmm ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743/31 "2025-10-01T12:23:53Z")
Thanks @Mean_Mr.Mustard! I am new to this contest, so I feel like I should look back at previous themes to get a sense of what you’ve already done. Any advice? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743/32 "2025-10-01T13:52:43Z")
Sure! Note that, if a theme has been used in the past 12 months, it is not yet eligible. Themes more than 12 months old may be repeated. This is a list of previously used themes (ineligible are in bold): - Big or Small - **Blue** - Bridges - Bugs - Change - **Colors** - **Doors or gates** - **Eye or eyes** - Flight - Flight – Non-Hum - **Food** - **Gritty** - **Moody/Atmospheric** - **Motion** - **Nature macros/close-ups** - Night - **Patriotism** - Patterns - **Smooth** - Still Life - **Texture** **And this is a list of previously suggested - but not yet used - themes:** - Accidental Weirdness - Action - Architecture - Backlit - Beauty - Black and White - Childhood - Cinematography - Color (one specific) - Contrast - Handmade (non-food) - Holiday/Season - Industry - Invisible - Jump! - Less is More - Man-Made Object(s) - Moonlight - Operate - Out of Time - Over the Top - Repetition - Spooky - Stone/rock - Unexpected - Vintage - Weather - Windows ---
**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:** [October 2, 2025, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743/33 "2025-10-02T10:51:49Z")
I forgot to vote but the winner was one that I would have voted for … it was perfect to the theme. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743.md?page=1)