# Monthly Photo Competition #4 - March 2023 - "Water" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [March 2, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619 "2023-03-02T22:05:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/1 "2023-03-02T22:05:21Z")
This is the monthly thread for **March 2023**. The topic this month is “ **Water** ”, chosen by @Turek Please note: 1. The general rules for the competition are [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642). 2. **One entry per person per month**. To make the photos easier to review (and to make the voting poll easier to compile) please only post **once** to this thread, with your entry. Your post can include a caption with whatever info you want to give. 3. Please keep all discussion in the [rolling discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642). 4. Once the submission deadline has passed, I’ll put a voting poll **in this thread**. Dates: Submission deadline: **9pm GMT on Wednesday 22nd March 2023** Voting deadline: **9pm GMT on Monday 29th March 2023** Good luck! ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/2 "2023-03-03T05:23:36Z")
Ancient (c. 1972) Nikkor ƒ/1.4 50mm lens mounted on my Nikon D3200.  Aperture set wide open at ƒ/1.4, but with a star-shaped stencil over the lens which effectively reduces the aperture by 1.7 of a stop to about ƒ.3.1.  Sensor set to ISO 100.  Shutter speed 1⁄250ʺ, but effective speed is imposed by the much shorter, but unknown duration of the electronic flash, probably less than 1⁄2000ʺ [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52722894744_49ae40ca9c_o.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52722894744_49ae40ca9c_o.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/3 "2023-03-03T14:05:22Z")
On a Pictured Rocks tour boat with the family. I _ **really** _ wish I had been one of the kayakers you can just see under the arch that day. This was in 2014 I think, and there have been a couple cliff collapses along the Pictured Rocks shoreline since then, so this arch may not exist anymore. [![](https://i.imgur.com/fNdMHX7.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/fNdMHX7.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/4 "2023-03-03T15:31:59Z")
At… well, you know where: [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/6157/6156439648_51cdba9ae3_h.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/6157/6156439648_51cdba9ae3_h.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/5 "2023-03-03T17:48:42Z")
oops nm ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/6 "2023-03-03T17:55:51Z")
Alamere Falls / Point Reyes National Seashore [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52723132682_c2570c109f_c.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52723132682_c2570c109f_c.jpg) ---
**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 3, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/7 "2023-03-03T18:28:52Z")
It rains in Brussels. [![](https://i.imgur.com/XMARZsP.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/XMARZsP.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:** [March 4, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/8 "2023-03-04T00:31:50Z")
I don’t really remember much about this photo, other than that I took it when I visited Cuba in 2015. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52724660190_8c651eb5cc_b.jpg "DSCF5121") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/52724660190/) ---
**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 4, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/9 "2023-03-04T04:32:27Z")
Lake Wawasee, Indiana. [![](https://i.imgur.com/zaZVeAB.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/zaZVeAB.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/10 "2023-03-04T17:05:52Z")
Big wake and rough waters, cruising Georgian Bay … don’t quite remember how I managed that one, but I obviously got myself down close to the water. The thing at the right is a portion of a swim ladder in the stowed position. [![](https://i.imgur.com/ee4V5sv.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ee4V5sv.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 4, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/11 "2023-03-04T19:18:40Z")
So I shot to the brief this time instead of using my catalog. We have these bushes with slightly fuzzy leaves that hold raindrops on them after storms. It was a fun exercise – some of the drops look like jelly, some reflected what was above them (mainly the hanging baskets on the porch eaves) and this perfectly round, diamond-like one acts as a magnifying glass, emphasizing the veins in the leaf upon which it sits. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52726199958_6e7fdc0a39_b.jpg "\_DSC9259") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/197666118@N08/52726199958/in/dateposted-public/) ---
**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 4, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/12 "2023-03-04T19:35:29Z")
At some point I figured out that the key to taking amazing sunset pictures at Harris Beach (Brookings Oregon) is simply to take sunset pictures at Harris Beach. Had to hunt through my collection to find one where the water is really the star of the show. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/k8_qLxBwhSjssWAUDhd3R5BWBhA1uUr6nQJbD1S48vS-GgYuuhYDC62tOsx3qYGPPMSOQzdUBEoepEW0-00Q9abGlzri9hbc6Q8WbphzQGGcOmgwyvYZ9MtJSPMkOatuw7-mMnmNkJg=w600-h315-p-k "New item by Neil O") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/UkqNZW9fm8MxY7EB9) ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/13 "2023-03-04T21:22:07Z")
nm again ---
**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 5, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/14 "2023-03-05T02:34:35Z")
[![](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-QDbq7fR/0/c8eddda3/X5/i-QDbq7fR-X5.jpg) ](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-QDbq7fR/0/c8eddda3/X5/i-QDbq7fR-X5.jpg) I’m not a morning person, so when I somehow was wide awake one morning at about 6am, I quickly grabbed my camera bag and hustled my way over to the “duck pond” a few hundred yards away from my house. I was rewarded for my efforts. This photo has been hanging on the wall in my upstairs hallway for quite some time. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/15 "2023-03-05T13:49:01Z")
[[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/dxQ3PgM.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/utDNDYM) Lake Cayuga, of New York’s Finger Lakes. ---
**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 7, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/16 "2023-03-07T02:16:09Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/j2O6wdO.jpeg "Imgur: The magic of the Internet") ](https://imgur.com/j2O6wdO) Play this while viewing: > **[Twin Peaks Theme - YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=nCn3LYqCnrk)** > > Provided to YouTube by Rhino Twin Peaks Theme · Angelo Badalamenti Twin Peaks (Limited Event Series Soundtrack) ℗ 1990 Warner Bros. Records Inc. Composer... ---
**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 7, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/17 "2023-03-07T03:16:07Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/Aldm3Af.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Aldm3Af.jpg) Alamosa Gap New Mexico Victorio and Geronimo knew of this perennial spring that follows a fault line through the mountain range. Apache raiders would lead pursuers into what appears to be a box canyon. The pursuers would halt believing the indians were trapped, but the wily Apache knew of the spring and escaped into the Rio Grande Valley. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/18 "2023-03-07T16:19:52Z")
Sunset, waves, and divi tree, Aruba. Christmas Day 2023 [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ei74wyOZq5eY4QsD_miC-ZhCfV6O2rtUZAziWtNJBjXTKiEcQ821-TQLo-UT8ObL4xpJsZc0JdRSPO8k7irS-MyHUkD0e5Bsl9s5UI_1V9HI-Z2WGkr3kdoBd0pdcyu53nj0hfD6uyY=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/NQ8sECtS1DrxcFgx5) ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/19 "2023-03-07T18:49:52Z")
Here’s one I took in Puerto Rico in 2016. [[Album] Imgur: The magic of the Internet ![](https://i.imgur.com/7EShyyu.jpeg?fb "Imgur: The magic of the Internet") ](https://imgur.com/a/PVBtGM1) ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/20 "2023-03-07T18:52:24Z")
Took this several years ago. Anacostia River, Washington DC [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/5340/9110234436_7242c797fe_b.jpg "IMAG1433") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/31573076@N00/9110234436/) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619.md?page=2)