# 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:** 12
**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, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/224 "2023-03-08T22:01:16Z")
> [@Monthly Photo Competition #4 - March 2023 - "Water"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/28): > > This works brilliantly if the only posts in the thread are entrie… Can’t the mods clean it up. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/225 "2023-03-08T22:12:10Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > 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! Yeah I agree but… finding an animal to photograph in February (in the UK) would have been a tough ask\*. Water in March… easier. I submitted archive last month, and was frustrated with myself. For a while now I’ve been on the point of suggesting that we run two contests in parallel - one for archive and one for new. But it sounds like the admin for one contest is more than enough work. j \* - My attempted solution to this - feral cats in Athens - was embarrassingly bad. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/226 "2023-03-08T22:58:17Z")
Hi BetsQ. Very nice photo. If you meant this for the competition, the thread for that is here: > [@Monthly Photo Competition #4 - March 2023 - "Water"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619): > > This is the monthly thread for March 2023. The topic this month is “Water”, chosen by @Turek Please note: The general rules for the competition are [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642). 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. Please keep all discussion in the [rolling discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642). Once the submission deadline has passed… ---
**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, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/227 "2023-03-08T23:02:20Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Yeah I agree but… finding an animal to photograph in February (in the UK) would have been a tough ask\*. Water in March… easier. I submitted archive last month, and was frustrated with myself. Yeah, I’m in the UK. Water hasn’t been in short supply. > [@Treppenwitz](#): > > For a while now I’ve been on the point of suggesting that we run two contests in parallel - one for archive and one for new. But it sounds like the admin for one contest is more than enough work. I’ve thought about this as well. When I first canvassed opinion about starting this, I floated the idea of putting a limit on how old the pics could be, and there was strong opposition to it - and it’s clear most people are posting old photos (which is fine). Maybe we could do a quarterly competition for new pics alongside the monthly regular ones - would be interesting to see how many we get. ---
**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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/228 "2023-03-08T23:12:10Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > On this: > > > [@](#): > > > > [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 Thanks @wolfpup, I appreciate you saying this. On the one hand, I want this to be fun and I don’t want to be heavy on the rules - but on the other, it does make life easier if we keep the photos thread for entries only. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/229 "2023-03-09T01:56:14Z")
I have a secondary photo I was considering for this month’s contest, very similar to that one submitted by @minor7flat5, but it was too much like the one I submitted a couple months ago… [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/MyuF4d9.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/MyuF4d9) So I went in a different direction this time - altho both this photo and the one officially submitted are of the same lake (Lake Natoma, Folsom, CA). ---
**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 9, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/230 "2023-03-09T15:05:51Z")
Re the archive vs current argument, it might make sense to set aside a month for the annual get out and take some pictures contest. Perhaps August, being a mild month in the northern hemisphere, don’t know about the folks down under. And maybe the topic would need to be open. Flora, fauna and outdoor activities are seasonal and the seasons are not consistent worldwide. So, how about August is open topic/current photo month - or some variation. OTOH I believe archive has been successful at displaying what we have done over time. ---
**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 10, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/231 "2023-03-10T02:17:11Z")
> [@Crane](#): > > August, being a mild month in the northern hemisphere, Laughs in Texan ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/232 "2023-03-10T19:35:05Z")
Yikes! Thank you! I will blame my frustration with Imgur for posting in the wrong place. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/233 "2023-03-10T23:22:25Z")
Does @Sam_Stone’s [entry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-4-march-2023-water/980619/31) remind anyone else of the old Thames Television ident? [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/40/Thames_Television_logo_%281968-1989%29.jpg/150px-Thames_Television_logo_%281968-1989%29.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/40/Thames_Television_logo_%281968-1989%29.jpg/150px-Thames_Television_logo_%281968-1989%29.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 16, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/234 "2023-03-16T20:34:16Z")
I bailed and used archive again this month. I’m really frustrated with myself - just couldn’t take a photo worth looking at this month - and that in a country awash with water. Grrr. j ---
**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:** [March 16, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/235 "2023-03-16T21:48:53Z")
I was just thinking I should have gone out and taken a photo this month – with all the “atmospheric rivers” hitting California we have plenty of water. I haven’t been out by Folsom Dam recently, but I would bet at least some of the floodgates are open. That could make for an interesting “waterfall” picture. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/236 "2023-03-20T15:31:49Z")
In the March water competition OP we have: Submission deadline: **9pm GMT on Wednesday 22nd March 2023** Voting deadline: **9pm GMT on Monday 29th March 2023** Is the voting deadline Wednesday the 29th or Monday the 27th ? Apologies if this has been addressed already and thanks for creating these contests! ---
**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 20, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/237 "2023-03-20T16:00:46Z")
Dang, I have some really good pictures saved! But I want to only use new ones for the other thread. So I won’t post this one: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/7470/15965558376_db34efaf9f_b.jpg "DSC01868") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/15965558376/) ---
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/238 "2023-03-20T21:34:33Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Dang, I have some really good pictures saved! But I want to only use new ones for the other thread. So I won’t post this one: > [DSC01868 | vamdpa42 | Flickr](https://flic.kr/p/qjPEgS) I absolutely admire your determination, and I promise I’ll follow your example and do the same myself this coming month. No more excuses. j ---
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/239 "2023-03-20T21:58:38Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > Submission deadline: **9pm GMT on Wednesday 22nd March 2023** > > Voting deadline: **9pm GMT on Monday 29th March 2023** The first deadline is for putting a picture in the contest thread. The second deadline is for voting on the pictures in the by then closed thread. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/240 "2023-03-20T22:24:09Z")
I think the confusion comes from the fact that the 29th March 2023 falls on a Wednesday, not a Monday. I suspect our organizer copy/pasted the boilerplate verbiage from the previous contest and updated the dates, but forgot to update the day of the week for that one. If I remember correctly the previous contests allowed one week for voting. ---
**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 20, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/241 "2023-03-20T22:51:45Z")
Well, thank you for the kind words! Because I’m kicking myself right now. 😄 ---
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/242 "2023-03-20T22:54:28Z")
Let’s reach an accommodation. Next month you kick me and I’ll kick you. 😉 j ---
**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 21, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/243 "2023-03-21T22:49:54Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > In the March water competition OP we have: > > Submission deadline: **9pm GMT on Wednesday 22nd March 2023** > > Voting deadline: **9pm GMT on Monday 29th March 2023** > > Is the voting deadline Wednesday the 29th or Monday the 27th ? > > Apologies if this has been addressed already and thanks for creating these contests! Good spot. The date is correct, not the day. The voting deadline is Wednesday 29th. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=13)