# Monthly Photo Competition #6 - May 2023 - “Flowers” **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [April 29, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352 "2023-04-29T21:16:54Z")\ **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:** [April 29, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/1 "2023-04-29T21:16:54Z")
This is the monthly thread for **May 2023**. The topic this month is “ **Flowers** ”, chosen by @snowthx 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 UK time on Friday 19th May** Voting deadline: **9pm UK time on Wednesday 24th May** NB: The submission window is a little bit truncated this month due to me being away at the end of May. Good luck! ---
**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:** [April 29, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/2 "2023-04-29T22:00:31Z")
First! This is of a rose from our Oregon garden, taken right after a rain shower. [![](https://i.imgur.com/6QmtkqQ.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/6QmtkqQ.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/3 "2023-04-29T22:06:18Z")
I took this photo back in 2010. I liked the contrast between the flower itself and the stalks or whatever they’re called sitting behind it, and the little tufts of pollen. (click through for visual details) [![](https://www.genderkitten.com/WS4/Upload_Download/IMG_6968.JPG) ](https://www.genderkitten.com/WS4/Upload_Download/IMG_6968.JPG) ---
**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:** [April 29, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/4 "2023-04-29T22:19:18Z")
I literally just took this picture yesterday, on a hike in South Yuba River State Park in California. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52856866041_823f6cc551_b.jpg "IMG\_1693\_cropped\_more") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/52856866041/) ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/5 "2023-05-01T12:53:09Z")
Sarracenia blossom and leaf in my front yard [![](https://i.imgur.com/JrmueE3.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/JrmueE3.jpg) ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/6 "2023-05-01T17:05:27Z")
My lovely bleeding hearts. I miss them so much. They grew on the back of my lot, under trees since they grow in shade. My behind me neighbor decided he needed to poison the soil along our shared chain link fence to later put his shed there. One day they looked like this, the next day they were shriveled and dead. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/IjZOGtc.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/IjZOGtc) ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/7 "2023-05-01T17:27:34Z")
A rose is a rose is a rose… [![](https://i.imgur.com/Fu2YL4I.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/Fu2YL4I.png) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/8 "2023-05-02T01:37:15Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/164/369525607_126dc5020f_z.jpg "wild iris") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/zyada/369525607/) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/9 "2023-05-02T13:58:03Z")
St. James’s Park a couple weeks ago. The Brits really know how to get their garden on. Click for full size photo. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52864969128_60077c1f9e_b.jpg "PXL\_20230425\_105925685") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/197666118@N08/52864969128/) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/10 "2023-05-02T15:30:23Z")
I had another photo in mind for this thread, but a couple of days ago I came across these hanging poppies by happenstance on (another) bike tour on a Capitola, CA roadside and stopped to enjoy them… [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/x5FyXpX.jpeg "Imgur: The magic of the Internet") ](https://imgur.com/x5FyXpX) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/11 "2023-05-02T16:21:15Z")
There’s a footpath along a disused railway line, very close to where I live in Edinburgh, Scotland. Out for an evening stroll, I spotted this. It was a few years ago, and I always carried my pocket Panasonic camera, and I was amazed what you could do with such a small piece of kit. Nowadays, it just would have been my phone - doubtless with similar results. When you think what it would have taken to get that depth of field and detail in the old days. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51333734695_8d9fc4d07d_b.jpg "Untitled | Diane Scougall | Flickr") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/143278300@N03/51333734695/) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/12 "2023-05-02T17:00:44Z")
Hummingbird zeroing in on its nectar run [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52864173177_6001b3c64b_b.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52864173177_6001b3c64b_b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/13 "2023-05-02T18:02:42Z")
Purple coneflowers (plus a bumblebee), Summer 2022, Maryland: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52865163551_b740b3aaa4_b.jpg "PXL\_20220709\_230422042") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/31573076@N00/52865163551/) ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/14 "2023-05-05T22:44:27Z")
Our pasture is awash in flowers, and I thought I might get some good shots of them, but instead, the geodesic-dome structure of this dandelion really caught my eye: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/tzXn0tD.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/dTW2Fbx) ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/15 "2023-05-05T22:49:48Z")
California groundcone. Parasitic on madrone roots. [![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AJFCJaWAR6AgJITqv8Lsm-2_iMv1HBuIjV74RcTmuYSt-BJwt60rZoFhVrFzdLyRVuHrFPYXP_IScdA23bnKltnKeT69OmBRV1cMJr3eetHMU_PtdwlZJl-g-ouS-nJDyLMgmb5AbbdYE4tUotDaHN8a-HZKCA=w1112-h1482-s-no?authuser=1) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AJFCJaWAR6AgJITqv8Lsm-2_iMv1HBuIjV74RcTmuYSt-BJwt60rZoFhVrFzdLyRVuHrFPYXP_IScdA23bnKltnKeT69OmBRV1cMJr3eetHMU_PtdwlZJl-g-ouS-nJDyLMgmb5AbbdYE4tUotDaHN8a-HZKCA=w1112-h1482-s-no?authuser=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:** [May 7, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/16 "2023-05-07T02:45:46Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/8K2YbI6.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/8K2YbI6) ---
**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:** [May 7, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/17 "2023-05-07T03:11:52Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/Wbpta8C.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/Wbpta8C) ---
**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:** [May 7, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/18 "2023-05-07T17:16:26Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/Vf1P6Tp.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Vf1P6Tp.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/19 "2023-05-07T18:04:09Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52878553693_2421462188_z.jpg "Dork Vader") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/198334273@N08) If I could paint artistically, there would be so many different compositions of these roses done in oils ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-6-may-2023-flowers/983352/20 "2023-05-08T21:18:05Z")
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