# 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:** 14
**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 24, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/264 "2023-03-24T13:11:41Z")
I didn’t vote for myself as I think it’s bad form, but would I be allowed to in theory? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/265 "2023-03-24T13:17:16Z")
In theory you can, but I beleive the original rules stated that we were on our scouts honor to not do so. So yes, it’s bad form and is highly discouraged, but still possible to do so. Unless of course they modified the poll to not allow this, but I doubt it. ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/266 "2023-03-24T18:09:07Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > I didn’t vote for myself as I think it’s bad form, but would I be allowed to in theory? It’s explicitly against the rules, as stated in the very same post as the poll itself. Immediately above. In bold text. 😀 There’s no technical way to prevent it as far as I know. ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/267 "2023-03-24T18:12:04Z")
> [@TwoCarrotSnowman](#): > > as stated in the very same post as the poll itself. Immediately above. In bold text. 🤦 ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/268 "2023-03-24T18:46:52Z")
You can get the same result by having the wife, kids and in-laws vote for you. No need to vote for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/269 "2023-03-24T20:52:58Z")
If the wife, kids and in-laws joint the Board for that reason wouldn’t it count as sockpuppeting? ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/270 "2023-03-24T21:15:56Z")
Not only that, my whole family does not know I even exist here. And that’s the way I want it. ---
**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 27, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/271 "2023-03-27T14:56:48Z")
> [@Crane](#): > > You can get the same result by having the wife, kids and in-laws vote for you. In the early days of the internet I entered an online tattoo contest run by a tattoo shop. The shop set up the contest to get page views, so I thought I’d be helpful and posted links everywhere; .newsgroups, chat rooms, etc. My entry was doing well initially. I had a dozen votes (first place!), the next most popular had 9 votes, etc. There were a dozen or so entries. Once my spamming began to have an effect it quickly became embarrassing. I was in first place with 800 votes, second place had 35 votes, and the numbers grew daily. I emailed the shop and explained. I asked that they delete my entry, but the thought it was hilarious. I ended up winning a trophy. ---
**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 27, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/272 "2023-03-27T23:05:54Z")
“Nothing succeeds like excess” Violet Crawley ---
**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 29, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/273 "2023-03-29T20:05:42Z")
Hi everyone, just a reminder that the polls close in an hour. ---
**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 29, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/274 "2023-03-29T21:12:03Z")
And that’s it for another month. Congrats to @Turek who wins for the second month in a row! Again, it was very hard to pick three favourites. The standard was awesome again. @Turek - give me a shout and let me know what you want to pick for the next one. ---
**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 29, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/275 "2023-03-29T21:54:52Z")
Congrats @Turek - a truly striking image. ---
**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 30, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/276 "2023-03-30T00:50:58Z")
Congratulations to @Turek. Your image is beautiful, the flowing water nicely captured and exposed. I also love the giant avocado in the foreground. 🙂 mmm ---
**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 30, 2023, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/277 "2023-03-30T06:43:16Z")
There’s no right or wrong in terms of which photos anyone chooses to vote for, but for this one I decided that I’d pick ones where the water was itself the main subject of the photo, rather than being the background for a picture of something else. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/278 "2023-03-31T12:04:44Z")
Thanks, everyone. You have no idea how difficult it was to get that giant avocado all the way down there. ---
**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 31, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/279 "2023-03-31T13:04:22Z")
I suspect you Photoshopped the avocado in. Foul! mmm ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/280 "2023-03-31T15:37:12Z")
Maybe the avocado was there already, and @Turek had the waterfall installed. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/281 "2023-03-31T18:00:01Z")
Maybe the next subject should be “giant avocados”. ---
**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 31, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/282 "2023-03-31T18:08:00Z")
> [@TwoCarrotSnowman](#): > > I’d pick ones where the water was itself the main subject of the photo I believe Wolfpup and Blaylock were outstanding there ---
**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:** [April 1, 2023, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/283 "2023-04-01T06:28:53Z")
Hi everyone. Our winner @Turek has picked the next topic, which will be “ **transportation** ”. As always, interpret this however you like! I’ll get the competition thread set up over the weekend but you can all start thinking about it now. 😀 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=15)