# Monthly Photo Competition #7 - June 2023 - "Reflections" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [May 26, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627 "2023-05-26T11:19:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [June 5, 2023, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627/21 "2023-06-05T11:25:02Z")
I’m trying to work out if a shadow can be said to reflect off the water (or whether it is cast onto it). If there are no reflections in this image than at least it can be said I’m playing with the concept a little bit (maybe). [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/3161/2955777367_63ff636258_b.jpg "Squared Up") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/cttm/2955777367/) ---
**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:** [June 5, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627/22 "2023-06-05T15:35:28Z")
A polished airplane propeller reflecting the surroundings: [![](https://i.imgur.com/P4bJN9V.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/P4bJN9V.png) ---
**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:** [June 6, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627/23 "2023-06-06T02:48:25Z")
Happy little accidents. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/wMeG3tZ.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/wMeG3tZ) ---
**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:** [June 6, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627/24 "2023-06-06T19:39:52Z")
Trumpets Hill Road is impassible. But in a good way. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_lnicTMci22YrndfVTIAG4zebY2l6iXR16CXBnXnNDMla_yvV1IEAmbAAkmGHpHaJk9uZ60K79DAbsKBqoEoAlMPf8KHu85pMCqwXF8zMxicmI2PuvQ9QOamEZU3_NMMcbepnWrEkA=w600-h315-p-k "New item by j") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/7XU6PKn4cWYo6ND5A) Not a bad crop, but click for the full image. j ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627/25 "2023-06-08T12:39:06Z")
Earth, sun, sky and lady with shopping cart [![](https://i.imgur.com/IN0ovQk.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/IN0ovQk.jpg) ---
**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:** [June 15, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627/26 "2023-06-15T16:02:13Z")
Alaskan glacier ice [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/7530/15369082364_f4da3f4f85_b.jpg "DSC01866") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/15369082364/) ---
**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:** [June 17, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627/27 "2023-06-17T15:00:28Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52980196777_c42bddffd4_b.jpg "RWB Tappan Zee") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/74663312@N08/52980196777/) One of the few (holiday) nights a year the ~~Mario Cuo~~ Tappan Zee Bridge is lit up RWB ---
**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:** [June 17, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627/28 "2023-06-17T16:26:06Z")
Self portrait, taken in Leeds train station, UK. It was a photo of opportunity - I noticed my reflection in the the large windows that look down onto the platforms below. I like how we can see both the area where I’m standing and the tracks below, all at once. [![](https://i.imgur.com/ACMBIpl.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ACMBIpl.jpg) ---
**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:** [June 17, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627/29 "2023-06-17T16:35:26Z")
Looks like Portage Lake. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627/30 "2023-06-17T16:37:04Z")
I didn’t want to caption it that because I wasn’t 100% sure, but I think you’re right. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627/31 "2023-06-17T18:22:03Z")
When I was a kid, the front of the glacier was in plain view. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627/32 "2023-06-17T21:48:45Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/80kLgup.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/80kLgup) This is Messier M42, the Great Nebula in Orion. This is a **reflection** nebula. The bright spot in the middle is the Trapezium, a star-forming region. The stars here blew out the gas cloud into a bubble, then lit it up in reflected light. Image taken with a Celestron 8" Edge telescope hooked up to a Canon 60d DSLR camera, on a CGEM tracking mount. The image was created from a stack of dozens of individual exposures. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627/33 "2023-06-18T16:58:59Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/6VRyRDJ.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/6VRyRDJ) ---
**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:** [June 19, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627/34 "2023-06-19T20:33:20Z")
And that’s it for another month. Thanks everyone, the competition is now closed. I’ll put the pool up in this thread as usual shortly. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627/35 "2023-06-19T21:53:39Z")
Please vote for your three favourite 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**. You get three votes (and the poll will make you use all of them). The voting deadline is **9pm UK time on Monday 26th June**. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627/35))_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627.md?page=1)