# 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:** 119
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2364 "2026-08-10T00:16:55Z")
I can think of many different kinds of images that would fulfil the topic very effectively, but do I possess any such photos? No I do not. It’s also the height of winter where I am. No heat coming my way for a while. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2365 "2026-08-10T23:55:44Z")
I’m also stymied. The only thing even remotely I can come up with is a horse in motion photo captioned “hot to trot.” Maybe I’ll go with that. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2366 "2026-08-11T00:27:08Z")
Food is hot. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2367 "2026-08-11T01:19:56Z")
Okay, I chose an entry. The hot is a horse so all fired up to be racing over the cross-country course that he reared up in the start box, dumped his rider, and took off without him. He was caught, brought back, remounted, and did finish the competition. The professional riding him in this photo eventually gave up on trying to compete him, he was so hot-headed and difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Blaylock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_blaylock/32/3235_2.png) [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2368 "2026-08-11T01:42:29Z")
  Today, at a site where I was working, there was a guy using a device to measure how compacted the soil was over a conduit I had just installed.  Noticing a radiation symbol on the device, I pulled out my [RadiaCode RC-103](https://www.radiacode.com/products/radiacode-103) and determined that this device was quite _“hot”_.   Too bad I didn’t have time to take some pictures of it in operation. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2369 "2026-08-11T01:49:28Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Food is hot Yeah, I’ve got a picture of some steaks just pulled off the grill that I was considering. It definitely fits the theme, but it’s not a great pic, sadly. I’m still looking… ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2370 "2026-08-11T10:44:53Z")
Friendly reminder: > **There should be no discussion of active photos, here or elsewhere, until after the poll closes.** Discussion after the voting concludes, either in this thread or the [rolling discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642), on your own photos or on others’, is encouraged. Thanks, mmm ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2371 "2026-08-11T12:46:46Z")
I think I’ll take a photo of some Jalapeños, or as they are colloquially called in Argentina “Ají puta parió” (something like “Son of a bitch chili”, because that’s the first thing that comes out of the mouth of someone who tries to eat them like they were peppers) (though, to be nitpicky and straight dopian, it’s not exactly the same plant variety, but the name applies anyway) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2372 "2026-08-15T01:05:49Z")
Ooooops! I apologize for forgetting that! ---
**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:** [August 26, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2373 "2026-08-26T16:07:50Z")
I admit I choose my entry partly for the irony of having my entries for both the “Cold” and “Hot” themes being taken in Iceland. I had some similar photos from Lassen that I also considered. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2374 "2026-08-26T19:51:50Z")
**Darkstratus** just posted a pic in the _Hot_ thread that doesn’t preview at all, just shows as a link; and when I went to open it in a new window is taking quite a long time to load. Does do so if you’re patient though. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2375 "2026-08-26T20:12:27Z")
Yes, I was able to view it that way. ---
**Author:** ![Darkstratus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darkstratus/32/21127_2.png) [@Darkstratus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkstratus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2376 "2026-08-27T04:16:30Z")
Yeah, sorry about that. First time posting an image here and I ran out of edits 😳 ---
**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:** [August 27, 2026, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2377 "2026-08-27T09:53:50Z")
August poll is [Coming in hot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-45-august-2026-hot/1032167/21) ---
**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:** [August 30, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2378 "2026-08-30T00:47:50Z")
This month was easy; right off the bat I knew it would be a pic from one of two shoots, between 50 - 100 million BTUs total in each, which definitely counts as hot in my book…& then I never went to back to choose one. 😭 @beowulff, the crowds look like AIBF but the field doesn’t; which festival? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2379 "2026-08-30T01:15:01Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > between 50 - 100 million BTUs total in each, which definitely counts as hot in my book Depends on how much matter that’s spread over. You could probably get an iceberg with that much. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2380 "2026-08-30T03:42:38Z")
Yes, it was Albuquerque, in 2024. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2381 "2026-09-01T11:18:39Z")
Congratulations to @Twoflower, our August winner! This is Twoflower’s first win. Please let us know our September theme. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2382 "2026-09-01T15:51:53Z")
Awesome! I’m honored and humbled. I’ve been pleased to see that most of my entries get a vote or three. I never expected to have a winner among all the talented photographers here. Let’s do Stone this month. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/2383 "2026-09-01T19:22:39Z")
Congratulations, @Twoflower! I had a feeling your shot was going to win as soon as I saw it. And thanks for being ready with the new topic so quickly! I like to start thinking about what I’m going to enter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=118) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=120)