# 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:** 2
**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 8, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/21 "2023-03-08T03:56:36Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/4007/4704922813_e295b31dbc_b.jpg "Pond, SFASU, Circa 1982") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/zyada/4704922813/) ---
**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 8, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/22 "2023-03-08T13:22:47Z")
Great stuff here. I’m having the same issue as Edward, got the banner “Imgur The Magic of the Internet” on my photo when I tried to post it. ---
**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 8, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/23 "2023-03-08T14:03:11Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/PF7XRXG.jpeg "Imgur: The magic of the Internet") ](https://imgur.com/PF7XRXG) ---
**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 8, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/24 "2023-03-08T16:09:20Z")
Does mine come up at all or just a banner? From my end it shows the photo with a banner on top of it. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/25 "2023-03-08T16:15:32Z")
I see the photo with the banner. ---
**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 8, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/26 "2023-03-08T16:34:06Z")
And if I click on the photo it shows the complete picture without the banner. ---
**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 8, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/27 "2023-03-08T20:59:30Z")
I call this one “you had over 1000 photos with water in them, and you chose _that_?” 😀 This was taken in a country park somewhere in England. For reasons that I can only begin to guess at, someone had placed a mannequin in one of the ponds and dressed it as a diver. [![](https://i.imgur.com/4HebKXM.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/4HebKXM.jpg) ---
**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 8, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/28 "2023-03-08T21:25:55Z")
[Breathtaking hypocrisy] _Can I just remind people to keep this thread to the actual entries, and put any discussion or chatter in the rolling discussion thread please?_ [/Breathtaking hypocrisy] The reason for this is that compiling a poll with 30-odd entries by hand is a fair amount of effort and I’m quite lazy, so I’ve written a script that runs through these competition threads and grabs the names of the posters for the poll. This works _brilliantly_ if the only posts in the thread are entries, but if there are other, non-entry threads I have to do a bunch of manual cleaning up. Thanks 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/29 "2023-03-08T21:43:28Z")
Watering the garden last summer. [![](https://i.imgur.com/iMadFYT.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/iMadFYT.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 9, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/30 "2023-03-09T01:51:35Z")
The Two Bridges: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/mkxB1ew.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/mkxB1ew) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/31 "2023-03-09T02:08:01Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/6LFOxGh.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/6LFOxGh) I took this photo of the Alberta Parliament and reflecting pool on its 100th anniversary. Photo taken with a Canon 60D with an EF-15-85mm lens on a Manfrotto tripod. ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/32 "2023-03-09T15:51:54Z")
Cruising on Loch Ness in a converted barge, 2014. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51710755676_2e6a759e9d_b.jpg "Great Glen 2014") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/143278300@N03/51710755676/) ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/33 "2023-03-10T19:36:14Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/466zgk5.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/466zgk5.jpg) Puerto Rico, 2021 ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/34 "2023-03-11T23:22:31Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > At… well, you know where: Somewhere around Greece? [https://i0.wp.com/charlie-young.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/botflqzarqg91.png?ssl=1](https://i0.wp.com/charlie-young.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/botflqzarqg91.png?ssl=1) [https://www.reddit.com/r/GreekMythology/comments/wkcp6o/charybdis\_a\_sea\_monster\_whose\_inhalations\_formed/](https://www.reddit.com/r/GreekMythology/comments/wkcp6o/charybdis_a_sea_monster_whose_inhalations_formed/) ---
**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 16, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/35 "2023-03-16T20:29:42Z")
The Severn Bore. Click on photo for full image. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/O8D-2_mgsY3OGA7OeF3wwablSJA_P843eUgI1n2ji5Abm5_Qy8f5NCedWdDCImnn_S4vN_iS7qSoEgF9UBgyHCDzPJyfVJiorJG1tbgA4aRwdrasTcU-jKK_S0t9BK0uXWbXGoAT8Q=w600-h315-p-k "New item by j") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/SMWDWvrLDXzSFsCh6) j ---
**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 16, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/36 "2023-03-16T20:38:44Z")
A foggy morning at Lake Samish, Washington. I’m a fan of B&W and this opportunity was begging for it. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/2aligQi.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/m9t6eHw) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/37 "2023-03-16T22:06:35Z")
Small lake, nothing special: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52751421747_6fd7bc9668_b.jpg "DSCN0447 Copy - Copy") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/194984876@N07/52751421747/in/dateposted-public/) ---
**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 20, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/38 "2023-03-20T16:02:06Z")
Three birds [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52760337528_9b05b1d160_b.jpg "3 birds") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/52760337528/) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/39 "2023-03-20T21:49:18Z")
Westbury Waters from Westbury Gardens on Long Island. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/83ii69g.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/83ii69g) ---
**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 22, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/40 "2023-03-22T11:58:56Z")
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