# Monthly Photo Competition #8 - July 2023 - “Summer”
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** photo
**Created:** [July 8, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782 "2023-07-08T20:02:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/1 "2023-07-08T20:02:29Z")
This is the monthly thread for **July 2023**. The topic this month is “ **Summer** ”, chosen by @Zyada.
Please note:
1. The general rules for the competition are [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642). Please don’t post anything in this thread that isn’t your entry, because it messes with the script I use to compile the poll at the end.
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 Wed 26th July**
Voting deadline: **9pm UK time on Mon 31st July**
Good luck!
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### Author:  [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/2 "2023-07-08T21:14:16Z")
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/q9MGYrX.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/3 "2023-07-08T21:35:05Z")
Question: I have a photo that I didn’t take, but I am in it. Can I submit it?
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### Author:  [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/4 "2023-07-08T22:27:54Z")
ETA: I was trying to quote @Jaycat.again in this reply. Not sure why it didn’t work.
No - all photos must be taken by the entrant (this is explicitly stated in the rules linked to in the OP of this thread).
Also, a gentle reminder to please put questions, comments and discussions in the rolling discussion thread (also linked to in the OP). This is because it makes life much easier when compiling the poll later if the only posts in this thread are entries. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/5 "2023-07-08T23:09:40Z")
[ ](https://www.genderkitten.com/WS4/Upload_Download/IMG_4761.JPG)
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### Author:  [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/6 "2023-07-09T03:16:48Z")
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/zyada/4672246613/)
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/7 "2023-07-09T12:32:11Z")
[ ](https://imgur.com/0iYx7Ec)
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### Author:  [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/8 "2023-07-09T13:09:16Z")
Christmas is Summer in Sydney
[ ](https://imgur.com/6idTP1K)
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### Author:  [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/9 "2023-07-11T13:14:05Z")
In New Mexico, summer is a siesta on the portal
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/RSPfe31.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/10 "2023-07-11T20:46:26Z")
In my backyard this morning.
[ ](https://imgur.com/g4NX2yn)
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/11 "2023-07-14T12:24:15Z")
Little buddy
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/53044967441/)
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/12 "2023-07-14T15:29:47Z")
Hanging Basket
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/f55Om72.jpg)
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### Author:  [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/13 "2023-07-14T16:23:03Z")
[ ](https://imgur.com/lIuKDUx)
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### Author:  [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/14 "2023-07-16T20:54:39Z")
Taken in my summer vacation in Ireland the week before last. Quite possibly the most Irish scene ever.
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/53050578411/)
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### Author:  [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/15 "2023-07-16T21:52:21Z")
Dragonfly, Nashua River, Groton, Mass.
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### Author:  [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/16 "2023-07-17T00:45:29Z")
Just beyond the treeline in SW Michigan.
[ ](https://imgur.com/h69AKaA)
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### Author:  [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/17 "2023-07-17T20:07:10Z")
A flower, taken in August last year. I’m afraid that’s all the botanical information I have… I just liked it so I photographed it. 😀
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/xoGIR5H.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/18 "2023-07-17T20:35:46Z")
Summer? Ireland? Can do. The sheep are missing, they fled looking for cover, they were there a minute ago:
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/Ul24uMf.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/19 "2023-07-18T18:45:09Z")
A summer’s evening in Tobermory, on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. Sunshine and threatening skies all at once, with plenty of visiting yachts in the bay. Taken at 9pm.
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/143278300@N03/51318050739/)
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### Author:  [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782/20 "2023-07-19T02:23:49Z")
It’s summer, a perfect time to stay in a $5 motel.
I took this today - anyone know where it is?
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/73G7JyH.png)
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