# 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:** 21
**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:** [May 24, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/404 "2023-05-24T21:45:53Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > When will my check arrive? The first post @Karen_Lingel linked to details the extent of the prizes on offer. 😉 > [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > If you look up at the first post, there is a list of links to the contest threads, and those links all have the name of the month’s theme. That’s cool. Did you do that, @Karen_Lingel? If so, thank you! 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/405 "2023-05-24T21:49:42Z")
Not me, I believe the links are automatically generated by Discourse when you link _this_ thread in the contest threads. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/406 "2023-05-24T21:51:42Z")
Ah, gotcha. Handy feature I didn’t know about. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/407 "2023-05-24T23:38:26Z")
As usual, there were a bunch of great photos this month and I’m very honored to be a co-winner! I look forward to these competitions every month and I am excited to see what we all post in the future. There are a lot of wonderfully talented photographers here. 📷 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/408 "2023-05-25T12:22:21Z")
We have agreed on the category “Reflections”. Vague enough to attract a variety of shots, I think. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/409 "2023-05-25T12:58:56Z")
Suggestion: In January, 2024 have a “best of 2023” contest that includes each monthly winner (include the first contest, held in December 2022 in this one). Maybe this has already been discussed? mmm ---
**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:** [May 25, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/410 "2023-05-25T16:39:41Z")
Love your optimism about how long TwoCarrot’s patience with our dumbasses will last. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/411 "2023-05-25T17:46:06Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > We have agreed on the category “Reflections”. Vague enough to attract a variety of shots, I think. Cool choice! I’ll set up the thread at some point this evening. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/412 "2023-05-25T17:53:01Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Suggestion: In January, 2024 have a “best of 2023” contest that includes each monthly winner (include the first contest, held in December 2022 in this one). It’s a fun idea. It would be more than 12 photos, of course, since we’ve already had two ties (one of them a five-way). I guess the question would be how it would work. Setting up a poll would be easy enough, but if we want all the pics in one place the winners would have to re-submit them to a new thread. Or we could do links to the specific post in agh thread I guess. > [@Biggirl](#): > > Love your optimism about how long TwoCarrot’s patience with our dumbasses will last. 😀 To be fair, I’m really enjoying it so far. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/413 "2023-05-25T18:45:28Z")
Roger 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:** [May 25, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/414 "2023-05-25T19:31:53Z")
Would the “best of” thread be in place of the usual monthly contest, or in addition to it? The former would mean there would be no contest for everyone else to participate in that month. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/415 "2023-05-25T20:37:00Z")
It would have to be “as well as” for exactly that reason. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/416 "2023-05-26T11:21:46Z")
The [new competition thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-7-june-2023-reflections/984627) is up. Happy snapping! ---
**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:** [May 29, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/417 "2023-05-29T18:28:27Z")
Am I the only one who cannot see pictures posted using imgur? ---
**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:** [May 29, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/418 "2023-05-29T18:32:04Z")
I can see most of the ones hosted on imgur, but @Lancia’s entry shows up as a link rather than an embedded 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:** [May 29, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/419 "2023-05-29T18:35:19Z")
I think it’s perhaps the security settings on my laptop. If I cannot see all the images I will refrain from voting. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/420 "2023-05-29T19:54:10Z")
FWIW, I can see all the pictures with no issues. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/421 "2023-05-29T21:31:19Z")
I can’t see imgur pictures from my work computer, but I can from my home computer. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/422 "2023-05-29T21:43:14Z")
Those who can’t see the image, which browser are you using? ---
**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:** [May 29, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/423 "2023-05-29T22:29:32Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > I can’t see imgur pictures from my work computer, but I can from my home computer. I’ve had that experience before. It’s not uncommon for photo sharing sites to be blocked by company firewalls. But anyway, I didn’t think this picture was good enough to use as my entry, but it fits the theme – Sydney Harbor reflected in the Opera House. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52935855011_009b863bdb_b.jpg "DSCF0275") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/52935855011/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=22)