# 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:** 35
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/684 "2023-10-03T10:54:47Z")
Next person who makes a pun is going to be smacked with a piece of lumber, Jack! mmm ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/685 "2023-10-03T11:56:37Z")
In the daily xylem and phloem here on The Dope, that just what transpires, even if you do feel the occasional knot in the stomata. This creative photosynthesis is an example of wattle be achieved. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/686 "2023-10-03T12:19:47Z")
Fir sure I think. Eucalyptus me confused. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/687 "2023-10-03T19:18:31Z")
You should be ashamed. These puns arboring. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/688 "2023-10-03T19:18:55Z")
At least know I know how to get the post count up on my threads. šŸ˜€ I apologise for the this entirely pun-free post. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/689 "2023-10-06T17:10:16Z")
Now that weā€™ve gotten ourselves past the _logjam_ of puns, Iā€™ll post the ā€˜almostsā€™ from the same evening shoot that my entry came from. Also, I doubt it makes much difference, but Iā€™m dismayed that for my entry, I uploaded the print optimized version of my photo and not the screen version. Imgur doesnā€™t seem to let me swap out the source. So I guess Iā€™ll live. Anyway, I seem to have been thinking trees even before the subject was defined. A happy accident. [![](https://i.imgur.com/CxTv2qg.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/CxTv2qg.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/KkXAblk.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/KkXAblk.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/A9x0PN1.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/A9x0PN1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/690 "2023-10-06T20:18:01Z")
This is my first time following the photo competition. Wow, what talents! And I love trees. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/691 "2023-10-06T21:04:56Z")
Welcome aboard! Feel free to snap a tree and join in. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/692 "2023-10-06T22:23:15Z")
Well, not literally. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/693 "2023-10-07T20:10:11Z")
I thought about using this one ā€“ after all, arenā€™t trees really just things for kitties to climb and sleep in? (I also considered it for the ā€œanimalsā€ theme from months ago; youā€™ll probably see it again if you scroll up far enough in this thread) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52667893783_2228bb5ac1_b.jpg "IMG\_6836") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/52667893783/) ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/694 "2023-10-08T19:55:18Z")
I went out yesterday to try for some tree shots, but instead I got cute-bombed by this Eastern Phoebe. I hung out with him for about an hour. He wasnā€™t the least bit timid; at one point, he landed on my head, but I wasnā€™t quick enough to get the iPhone turned around to capture it. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/fYHCxRA.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/fYHCxRA) ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/695 "2023-10-08T21:33:54Z")
Wow, so cool! ---
**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:** [October 9, 2023, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/696 "2023-10-09T11:10:40Z")
Great photo! I also nearly posted something along the same lines but you have to look a bit more carefully to see the creature in my shotā€¦ [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48273489977_5abd5e3d68_b.jpg "Lazy Sunday Afternoon") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/cttm/48273489977/) ---
**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:** [October 9, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/697 "2023-10-09T13:23:44Z")
Holy crap, is that a sloth? ---
**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:** [October 9, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/698 "2023-10-09T13:25:20Z")
Wow, it is! My favorite sin. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/699 "2023-10-09T13:58:23Z")
Yeah our driver spotted it near the side of a rural road in Panama. I still look back in awe at that bit of observation; even after pointing it out to us it took me a few moments to locate it amongst quite a few trees. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/700 "2023-10-17T21:53:46Z")
Some wonderful images this month, such talent we have here. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/701 "2023-10-18T00:02:15Z")
It is sorta sad that this monthā€™s subject would end up newsworthy around the globe: > **[Felled Sycamore Gap tree to be moved to secret location](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/11/felled-sycamore-gap-tree-to-be-moved-to-secret-location-aoe)** > > The much-loved tree must be removed to protect Hadrianā€™s Wall, but its ultimate fate remains uncertain ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/702 "2023-10-18T01:46:44Z")
I have my fingers crossed that it will sprout new shoots. Old trees, as long as they are healthy otherwise, can be remarkably resilient. Look at the banyan tree in Lahaina. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/703 "2023-10-18T11:43:41Z")
The Sycamore Gap is quite close to where I grew up, and where my parents still live. Iā€™m sorry to say I never visited it. Oh well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=36)