# 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:** 44
**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:** [January 25, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/864 "2024-01-25T16:35:47Z")
Yes, that must be _[Dolania americana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolania)_, from the Behningiidae family. Like all mayflies she belongs to the order of the ephemeroptera, which is such a fitting and beautiful name. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/865 "2024-01-26T12:51:57Z")
Hi everyone, I haven’t been terribly present here since Christmas but it’s nice to see the competition thread is humming along nicely. Just a reminder that the deadline for submissions is 9pm UK time today (about 8 hours from now). ---
**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:** [January 26, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/866 "2024-01-26T16:51:05Z")
Did you mean “buzzing” along nicely? ---
**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:** [January 26, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/867 "2024-01-26T17:30:08Z")
Let’s pretend that’s what I meant! 😀 ---
**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:** [January 26, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/868 "2024-01-26T23:02:30Z")
The poll is up in the [competition thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-14-jan-2024-bugs/995733/23). ---
**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:** [January 27, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/869 "2024-01-27T00:42:07Z")
I considered using this picture, because it was a really impressive bug > **[20240104\_203440.jpg](https://drive.google.com/file/d/15D3gnwgXjIajQdp5GwpSCoY4ZYHFi6ef/view?usp=drivesdk)** > > Google Drive file. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/870 "2024-01-27T01:26:41Z")
Note that the board may be having Discourse Issues, so write down your votes in case two-thirds of them vanish again… > [@Banner changed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-changed/996706): > > The top of my page now has PRIVACY. I don’t remember this before. Did I set something different. Accidentally. > [@"Forum Jump" gone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-jump-gone/996704): > > At the bottom of the “Unread” and “New”, “Top” etc. pages there used to be a “Forum Jump” heading in the footer with all the different site fora listed thereunder. Over the last couple days, it seems to have disappeared, at least on my setup. There’s still an “All Categories” dropdown at the top that can be used, but it looks like the footer is now boilerplate. Anyone else see this? Did we have an upgrade that changed this? PS, I like how the footer has the “This is a Header” paragraph! ---
**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:** [January 27, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/871 "2024-01-27T12:18:32Z")
It did not record my third vote ---
**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:** [January 27, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/872 "2024-01-27T12:33:47Z")
Thanks @Karen_Lingel The problem last time was exacerbated last time by me accidentally missing my own deadline, so we didn’t know what the official closing position was. I’ll make sure I close it on time this time. 🤞 ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/873 "2024-01-30T19:55:27Z")
Hi all, the poll closes in just over 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:** [January 30, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/874 "2024-01-30T21:06:01Z")
And that’s it! Another competition crawls, slithers and creeps to the end. We have a draw! Congratulations to @Galactus and @Zyada who share the honours this month. Please decide amongst yourselves what you’d like for the next topic and let me know. Thanks everyone - another great 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:** [January 31, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/875 "2024-01-31T13:56:41Z")
Yes, congratulations! Both your bugs are very pretty. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/876 "2024-01-31T14:50:48Z")
@Galactus any ideas. I was thinking big or small ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/877 "2024-01-31T23:26:34Z")
Thanks to all the folks that sent in pictures - we weren’t sure Bugs was going to work this time of year, but they were all good pics, was tough narrowing it down to 3 for voting. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/878 "2024-02-01T08:20:34Z")
It was a good month. Thanks for pickin a good theme @Dogginit ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/879 "2024-02-02T01:23:16Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > I was thinking big or small That sounds like a fun idea. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/880 "2024-02-02T10:00:51Z")
Great, that sounds like a consensus… so the next topic is “big or small”. 😀 I’ll get the competition thread set up 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:** [February 3, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/881 "2024-02-03T15:02:37Z")
Hi everyone, the new [competition thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-15-february-2024-big-or-small/997064) is up. I like this theme - it allows for a wide range of interpretations. I _might_ even use i as an excuse to get that macro lens I’ve been hankering after. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/882 "2024-02-09T14:10:06Z")
The Toad’s a retread from a year ago but it seemed to fit. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/883 "2024-02-09T14:52:44Z")
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