# 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:** 78
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1544 "2025-07-09T14:58:10Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > I will pass too. Same here, I could go to veterans park and take pics of the \*dozens \* of war memorials erected there but in todays climate of political upheaval with our military occupying public spaces and intimidating the populace Id rather see a photo of people participating patriotically on No Kings Day. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1545 "2025-07-09T15:04:21Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Id rather see a photo of people participating patriotically on No Kings Day. That was one of the ideas I thought about for this contest: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/ILPPklr.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/ILPPklr) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1546 "2025-07-09T20:18:16Z")
I too was conflicted by the theme - my first though was some of the pictures I took at No Kings and Hands Off, but, TBH, I didn’t want to show too many faces, and most of them were good, but weren’t good _photos_ as it were. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1547 "2025-07-09T21:23:25Z")
Yeah, another pass here. British patriotism at the moment bothers me deeply. j ---
**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:** [July 9, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1548 "2025-07-09T21:25:39Z")
The one I thought about posting would be very similar (I still have to go take it). Another pass this month from me. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1549 "2025-07-11T21:10:18Z")
Well I did not intend for this theme to be American-centric. I thought patriotism can apply no matter where one may be. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1550 "2025-07-11T22:17:33Z")
I grasp the concept but I’m not sure I can find anything to shoot. Hear me say “shoot” like I’m a professional! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1551 "2025-07-11T23:34:34Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Well I did not intend for this theme to be American-centric. I thought patriotism can apply no matter where one may be. I figured it was an accidental trigger. Many on the left see patriotism as a negative given all the questionable deeds done in the name of patriotism over the centuries. Not surprised with people passing especially as it associated just now with the magots. 🤬 I really liked my shot of the flares over the harbour at dawn and was glad to have an opportunity to share it. We were on a balcony overlooking the square where the ceremony was under way and it was very full…Anzac day is pretty strong here. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1552 "2025-07-12T01:54:07Z")
In my town there’s a granite war memorial on a small green that’s currently fenced off, I think for some repair work, perhaps to the walkway to it. I’m thinking I might try getting a shot of it, as a statement about patriotism in present-day America. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1553 "2025-07-12T02:06:06Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I thought patriotism can apply no matter where one may be. True in theory, but for cultures that are naturally cynical, acts of patriotism can be a little embarrassing. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1554 "2025-07-12T03:15:19Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Well I did not intend for this theme to be American-centric. I thought patriotism can apply no matter where one may be. I just want to make clear that in NO way did I doubt your motives. Just the way the right here in America drapes itself in the flag while trashing it’s virtues makes me ill, and my city (Colorado Springs) is a terrible offender when it comes to that. So, as I said upthread, if any of my No Kings / Hands Off photos were good _photos_, I’d have submitted them. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1555 "2025-07-12T07:36:06Z")
Okay, I hear ya, all. Thanks for enlightening me. Perhaps I was a bit naive. And @MacDoc I like your photo, am glad you could use it, and I learned about Anzac too. For No Kings Day this was the best shot I got, but instead I chose to go with the Budweiser cans on the wall forming the flag. [![](https://i.imgur.com/kttVljh.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/kttVljh.jpeg) This photo was from El Camino Real in Santa Clara County. A little past noon that day, 14 June. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1556 "2025-07-12T14:26:46Z")
That’s patriotic especially given US founding history. 👍 [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPt5J1UCXxdcrQTXFyXvKxHSUQgYNvnpwaSPBj9gGuOjCo2VMMbqMM-XeySzXs4Fz8bAgFgcfGXHXu-i9YdIevBfl9uOuxn2qh-54MyAmZiIn0FkT4=w600-h315-p-k "New photo · Saturday, Jul 12 📸") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/aP7yhsAF7U1gPxdq9) Canada and Australia different origins. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1557 "2025-07-14T23:44:07Z")
The photo I posted today is mediocre, I think; I pulled over and parked as I was about to drive by, grabbed some snaps with my phone camera, did minimal tweaking in my ACDSee editing software, and put it up. But I decided it was worth posting because it demonstrates the quiet deeds not words sort of patriotism that still exists even when overshadowed by the blaring bluster. These are volunteers, veterans, who are building a walkway to the town’s memorial monument to those who’ve fallen in service. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2025, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1558 "2025-07-15T09:48:57Z")
**IMPORTANT NOTE:** I will be out of town, and likely away from a computer, from Wednesday, 07/23/25 through Monday, 07/28/25. The submission deadline is Saturday, July 26, so we will be a few days delayed in posting the July poll. That is all the news for today. mmm ---
**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:** [July 15, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1559 "2025-07-15T13:54:04Z")
Hey! Who authorized this? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1560 "2025-07-15T15:35:00Z")
@Crane did you take that photo? ➜ [Monthly Photo Competition #32 – July, 2025 – “Patriotism” - #13 by Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-32-july-2025-patriotism/1020377/13) ■ ---
**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:** [July 15, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1561 "2025-07-15T20:58:12Z")
Yes with a mechanical timer and tripod. Does that count? Two previous photos I entered were taken the same way. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1562 "2025-07-15T21:03:53Z")
I think he’s more noticing the apparent age of the photo. Some of us have photo archives that don’t span quite so far back. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1563 "2025-07-15T21:13:44Z")
Thanks @chronos. It was taken in 1954 at Lackland AFB. Before they had an Academy the USAF started an Aviation Cadet program. We were class 55 I, may have been the first one. Hard to realize that the USAF was only 7 years old in 1954. There is a scatter of spots from age. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=77) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=79)