# SDMB Monthly Photo Competition - rolling discussion thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [November 27, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642 "2022-11-27T20:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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 2, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/204 "2023-03-02T23:12:49Z")
Congrats @Turek ! A fantastic image. ---
**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, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/205 "2023-03-03T18:37:59Z")
Looking at the March competition’s early entries and I need a pee already. ---
**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 3, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/206 "2023-03-03T19:41:56Z")
Well, I definitely won’t be “competing” per se, but I’ll post something wet by the end of the month anyhow. ---
**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 3, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/207 "2023-03-03T19:54:00Z")
Sheesh…water in central New Mexico. I’ll see what I can find. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/208 "2023-03-03T22:59:55Z")
I’m a Pisces. I just did a search on my iPhone for “water” and I have 1500 pictures. ETA: statistically, there must be at least one good one, right? ---
**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 4, 2023, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/209 "2023-03-04T08:21:03Z")
Heh. I just searched my Lightroom Cloud library for “water” and it found 1998. That’s going back over 15 years of photography though. I’m a Leo. Strangely, I don’t have _any_ photos of lions! ---
**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, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/210 "2023-03-04T19:34:37Z")
First, I must concur that @Turek richly deserved the win in the “Animals” category. What a great picture! I made my humble entry in the “Water” category. I have quite a few scenic pics of lakes and bays and such, mostly from my memorable cruises in the Georgian Bay area (sadly, neither I nor any of my friends own cruising boats any more, either sail or power) but I picked this pic because it rather dynamically emphasizes the concept of “water” rather than natural beauty and such. ---
**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 7, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/211 "2023-03-07T11:59:23Z")
never mind ---
**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, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/212 "2023-03-07T13:19:20Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > dynamically emphasizes the concept of “water” It definitely says WATER ---
**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 7, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/213 "2023-03-07T14:54:02Z")
With @beowulff’s permission, a slightly different version of his spectacular waterfall photo: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/na7boAw.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/na7boAw) ---
**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, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/214 "2023-03-08T04:44:53Z")
I thought about using this [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/196/442564733_2768a57a50_b.jpg "Stone turned to water?") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/zyada/442564733/) ---
**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, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/215 "2023-03-08T13:37:17Z")
Anyone know what’s going on with Imgur? Where I used to get my gallery of photos, not all I get is the message “Zoinks! You’ve taken a wrong turn!”. Even clicking on my profile \> images gives me this message. mmm ---
**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, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/216 "2023-03-08T17:54:43Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/466zgk5.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/466zgk5.jpg) Puerto Rico, 2021 ---
**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, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/217 "2023-03-08T21:15:55Z")
@Zyada That’s a cool photo. I love the ellipsis of it. I think it would have made a fine entry. ---
**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, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/218 "2023-03-08T21:18:56Z")
I finally got around to entering my own competition for only the second time! I figured (rightly) that there’d be lots of amazing waterscape photos, beautiful shots of droplets and the like, so I decided to enter something a bit left-field. No-one will accuse my photo of beauty, but I hope it’s fun! ---
**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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/219 "2023-03-08T21:33:31Z")
And a shoutout to @romansperson for going out and shooting something especially for the competition. One of my goals when I started this was to encourage people (mainly me, if I’m honest) to get out and take photos. I know that most of us have submitted archive shots (again, including me) and that’s cool, but kudos for going out and shooting to the brief. 🙂 ---
**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 8, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/220 "2023-03-08T21:36:04Z")
Close the site and retart your computer. I’ve had that problem. ---
**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, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/221 "2023-03-08T21:40:35Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Anyone know what’s going on with Imgur? > > Where I used to get my gallery of photos, not all I get is the message “Zoinks! You’ve taken a wrong turn!”. > > Even clicking on my profile \> images gives me this message. > > mmm Hmm, I’m using Imgur for my submissions and it seems to be OK. ---
**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 8, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/222 "2023-03-08T21:50:01Z")
On this: > [@Monthly Photo Competition #4 - March 2023 - "Water"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/28): > > [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 entrie… I was going to post such a note myself, as it’s annoying that some new or infrequent posters haven’t read the basic ground rules. Thank you for the reminder. If the problem persists, maybe nudge a mod for a highlighted mod note. ---
**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 8, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/223 "2023-03-08T21:50:55Z")
> [@TwoCarrotSnowman](#): > > And a shoutout to @romansperson for going out and shooting something especially for the competition. I think it will be more fun for me if I “shoot to the brief”, so that’s what I’m going to do. I won’t be winning any of these competitions anyway! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=12)