# 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:** 63
**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 21, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1244 "2024-10-21T01:37:04Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > Exactly like that. The idea is to choose what you wish to appear as the darkest thing where you want to see detail and place that in Zone 3, then make sure you have the whitest whites somewhere around Zone 8 or 9. I took an entire college class on zone photography and we calibrated our cameras to do such, so I know quite a bit about the process - there’s a certain quality to those photos that’s unmistakable. My comment was in no way a criticism of a lovely photo. Just a thought. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1245 "2024-10-21T01:56:26Z")
@Spiderman , here’s what the leaves looked like on Friday, when I went back with some Kodak Gold 200: [![](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-92PVmMQ/0/M5zc8WRb8pVpqS9tZMF8NF3rmq9t5c3LP25vtCnqm/X5/i-92PVmMQ-X5.jpg) ](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-92PVmMQ/0/M5zc8WRb8pVpqS9tZMF8NF3rmq9t5c3LP25vtCnqm/X5/i-92PVmMQ-X5.jpg) [![](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-3FQgr44/0/LWkvCCThSTg8FmFKg9KKqmBNTLg4DQWV8GDmx2XkT/X5/i-3FQgr44-X5.jpg) ](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-3FQgr44/0/LWkvCCThSTg8FmFKg9KKqmBNTLg4DQWV8GDmx2XkT/X5/i-3FQgr44-X5.jpg) I still prefer black and white. > [@romansperson](#): > > I took an entire college class on zone photography and we calibrated our cameras to do such[…] And I definitely do not have anything calibrated to that point! To be frank, the shutter mechanism on most traditional film cameras is off by a half stop or more, with little consistency across the range. I have a fancy shutter tester gadget that tells me the bad news on my various cameras, so I just go with the flow. To do a proper job of it I’d be shooting 6x6 (my largest camera) and using one of those 1-degree spot meters to get things dialed in perfect. So, as the Brazilians say, _quem não tem cão caça com gato_: “if you don’t have a dog, you hunt with a cat!” ---
**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 21, 2024, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1246 "2024-10-21T12:05:14Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > I’d also suggest setting this up thru a print-on-demand place… Perhaps most importantly, we would need a volunteer to manage the calendar creation process. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1247 "2024-10-27T02:46:11Z")
Sorry for the late entry, I’ve slept in my house 4 nights in the past three weeks, & three of those I wasn’t even home yet at 10pm. ---
**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 27, 2024, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1248 "2024-10-27T11:15:02Z")
No need for apologies. October poll is [open.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-23-october-2024-moody-atmospheric/1008432/21) mmm ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1249 "2024-11-02T17:59:50Z")
I think it’s noteworthy that every entry for October got at least one vote. A great collection of photos! ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1250 "2024-11-02T18:06:47Z")
In November we will be looking at photos of **food**! Contest thread is [here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-24-november-2024-food/1009587) mmm ---
**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:** [November 3, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1251 "2024-11-03T00:44:43Z")
Something tells me that @Strinka is looking forward to Thanksgiving ;). Everyone get out your food pron filters, lol. This is a perfect month to shoot to the brief for us USians. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1252 "2024-11-05T16:06:22Z")
But it closes before Thanksgiving so you can’t upload you’re pretty bird from this year. I don’t really do a lot of food porn shots so I may need to get a little, ahhh, _creative_ this month; yanno, like a side of beef, well, two sides of beef, still attached…& breathing. 😉 Nah, that’s probably stretching things a bit too far. Seriously, if you want to see something _interesting_ look up some of the tips & tricks they use for food photos in magazines ads & such. They’re not just taking one photo but maybe taking pics over a period of hours, which means things need to stay intact & look good for a lot longer than you’d need just to snap a cell phone photo before you eat it. That yummy bowl of cereal pictured on the box may not be in milk but in glue! That turkey photo your seeing later this month may be shellacked so it keeps that glow for a while under the hot studio lights. Basically, you wouldn’t want to eat exactly what was in the photo. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1253 "2024-11-05T17:04:45Z")
The place I used to take cooking classes at (now sadly closed) also ran a class on food photography, which I took. It turned out to be a lot of fun, and we did use food you’d actually want to eat. None of this ‘making mashed potatoes look like ice cream’ kind of stuff. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1254 "2024-11-11T20:26:05Z")
Just posted in the comp thread. If anyone is wondering what “Pallant of Arundel” means, here’s the uncropped photo - click for the full image. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczM1WHS82sr5ZzYwKkvbqCD1rR1dJxrgJ0AEFeOr-xAcaQ_yU2yE6EUSCPZXRIJPuLCAK86AMdQfhlCxZrjRkRLM4C3l24Zncwy2rU0Fm3IIg7qw-i8=w600-h315-p-k "New item by j") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/25dmQuwKdsSYfxAV9) j ---
**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:** [November 22, 2024, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1255 "2024-11-22T04:37:59Z")
I so often forget to include the instruction to click through to see image full-sized. But everyone knows that, already? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1256 "2024-11-26T04:23:48Z")
Damn you @Zyada I was going to do egg shells! ::Shakes fist:: I went with my other choice; can’t even say it’s not human food because it is, just not being eaten by a human ---
**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:** [November 27, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1257 "2024-11-27T13:30:17Z")
[November poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-24-november-2024-food/1009587/21) is posted. Good luck, y’all! mmm ---
**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:** [November 27, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1258 "2024-11-27T14:46:00Z")
Can’t see **EddyTeddyFreddy’s** pic, is it just me? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1259 "2024-11-27T15:02:42Z")
Nope, I think that link’s been broken since it was posted. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1260 "2024-11-27T15:04:08Z")
I cannot see it either, but I did not want to exclude it in case others could see it. Maybe @EddyTeddyFreddy can repair the link? mmm ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1261 "2024-11-27T16:57:36Z")
Thanks for the heads-up. I’ll try getting it uploaded again. ETA: Dammit, the image isn’t on this computer, it appears. I’ll have to go to another one. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1262 "2024-11-27T17:19:10Z")
Found it! Have to go put it up on Bluesky so I can upload it here. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1263 "2024-11-27T21:48:32Z")
I’m mad at myself. I was the grocery yesterday and since I hadn’t submitted a photo for this month, I took some shots in the bakery area to see if I could get anything interesting. I did get one and forgot to upload it last night. 😞 It’s too late now for the contest but I’m going to share it anyway because I like it. Good luck to all the great entries for this month! [![](https://i.imgur.com/b0SpG8q.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/b0SpG8q.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=64)