# 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:** 45
**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, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/884 "2024-02-09T19:19:44Z")
I put the nickel in the fridge for a few minutes. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/885 "2024-02-09T19:23:49Z")
> [@Crane](#): > > The Toad’s a retread from a year ago but it seemed to fit. Nice pic! Macro lens is the one thing I don’t have for my Nikon, and phone doesn’t do macro well at all. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/886 "2024-02-09T19:35:00Z")
It really is a wonderful photo! Well done! ---
**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, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/887 "2024-02-09T21:03:09Z")
> [@Dogginit](#): > > Macro lens is the one thing I don’t have for my Nikon That photo used an old Practika 35mm SLR , 55mm 1.9 with 3 extension tubes. I was playing with thin emulsion high resolution BW film. It is really low contrast so printing took a some effort. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/888 "2024-02-12T00:15:20Z")
@Twoflower’s image isn’t showing up for me, either. I suspect the permissions are set to “private” or some such thing. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/889 "2024-02-12T00:26:53Z")
No issues for me, I’m using a fairly new Dell laptop, Windows OS. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/890 "2024-02-12T00:28:18Z")
I can see it, too. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/891 "2024-02-12T00:39:57Z")
And I can’t see it. I’m on a Samsung tablet ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/892 "2024-02-12T01:18:19Z")
I’ll try again here before I repost in the other thread. This work? [![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ABLVV866FwLpkbmANfvmlI-hA1uRLMJe-6lC8FqM7mQez7SWFyDduhJSKENYtBQTmhIkd9UCapv6h0Sy_d2Bt5LWsPhnvbQsJmmxgKnLj1RY1iPPi8i0v0jStl8MlT47UVJKxrrKNIdvkQlvSUGaKbICTZ_enQ=w1150-h1532-s-no?authuser=2) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ABLVV866FwLpkbmANfvmlI-hA1uRLMJe-6lC8FqM7mQez7SWFyDduhJSKENYtBQTmhIkd9UCapv6h0Sy_d2Bt5LWsPhnvbQsJmmxgKnLj1RY1iPPi8i0v0jStl8MlT47UVJKxrrKNIdvkQlvSUGaKbICTZ_enQ=w1150-h1532-s-no?authuser=2) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/893 "2024-02-12T01:19:19Z")
I can see it. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/894 "2024-02-12T01:21:44Z")
I have been able to see it always. ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/895 "2024-02-12T01:30:47Z")
Trying to post a single pic from Google photos is a pain. It really wants to post a whole album, not just one picture. I think I have it down posting from the computer, but still having problems with the iPad. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Blaylock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_blaylock/32/3235_2.png) [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/896 "2024-02-12T01:47:21Z")
  If SDMB really wants to host a photo contest, then really, it should allow images to be hosted on itself, as nearly all other modern message boards now do, regardless of any degree to which they may or may not be photography-oriented.   The manner of using externally-hosted images on this forum is particularly clunky, and really not well-suited for this purpose. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/897 "2024-02-12T02:32:13Z")
I can see it. And hosting pictures is expensive ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/898 "2024-02-12T04:34:09Z")
I can see @Twoflower 's redwood (beat me to the punch!). I need to sort thru some of my redwood pics to see if I can find one as good! Edit: I can see it here and in the competition 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:** [February 12, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/899 "2024-02-12T17:43:50Z")
As a minor annoyance, apparently my workplace firewall has recently decided to block everything from Imgur. So when I view the competition thread from work I see a few photos and a bunch of empty posts. I have to view the thread from my personal laptop to see the photos. But I can still see Twoflower’s redwood photo. Our IT department thinks Google Photos is fine, I guess. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/900 "2024-02-13T18:52:40Z")
Just posted in the comp thread: Mosque/Cathedral at Cordoba. As background, it was built as a colossal mosque during the Islamic occupation of Andalusia, and subsequently converted to a cathedral ([linky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba,_Spain#Great_Mosque_of_C%C3%B3rdoba)) - but the space is so huge that the cathedral bits only occupy maybe a third of the space. As an aside, I had two very different photos to choose from - this is the other: flamenco fans large and small, a shop window in Sevilla. Click on the picture for the full image [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ABLVV84Ib4VBV8J1rd5-3YNwAzNJSahJ9Gpt9GEfen0P-tqIAgA-cua9uExtho-ZdQd-WwokEF1FV7VH7UlaR7QQcrn0M48hNmzg9iQrxZxLclsQRjENJYk=w600-h315-p-k "New item by j") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/rpQTgp9vxqyHDAt59) Torn between the two, and because they are so very different, I asked a few friends which was better - and everyone (apart from me) prefers the mosque. Maybe I’m just no judge. Anyway, mosque it is. j ---
**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:** [February 14, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/901 "2024-02-14T01:05:14Z")
I agree with your friends. Unfortunately, the price stickers detract from the fans’ beauty ---
**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:** [February 14, 2024, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/902 "2024-02-14T06:04:11Z")
Now I can’t see @Twoflower’s first redwood picture, but I can see the second one! Weird. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/903 "2024-02-14T14:35:43Z")
Hi @Pardel-Lux ! Re: > [@Monthly Photo Competition #15 - February 2024 - “Big or small”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-15-february-2024-big-or-small/997064/17): > > Is it big or am I just too close? Were you referencing this, perchance? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vh5kZ4uIUC0/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgUihGMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDZDwc6VXGOabEqmyGyRRp7ferkQw "Father Ted: 'Small' vs 'Far Away'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh5kZ4uIUC0) j [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=46)