# 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:** 8
**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:** [February 1, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/144 "2023-02-01T12:56:04Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’ve had a few situations where I have my camera (phone) but I’m so enthralled by what I’m witnessing that I forget all about getting a picture I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing. Enjoy the moment. ---
**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 1, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/145 "2023-02-01T13:07:12Z")
This is my latest animal picture, but I don’t suppose it qualifies. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52662863339_69604f7800_b.jpg "Bigfoot") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/52662863339/) ---
**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 1, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/146 "2023-02-01T13:18:21Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I don’t suppose it qualifies. Sure, it’s not a cat! ---
**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, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/147 "2023-02-01T22:37:40Z")
Hi everyone, [the next competition thread is up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-3-feb-2023-animals/979180). Pets are certainly allowed - in fact, @beowulff 's original pick _was_ “pets” but they kindly allowed me to broaden it out to allow people without furry family members to have a chance as well. As always, a broad interpretation of the theme is encouraged. 🙂 On a personal note, I’m hoping not to forget to enter my own competition this time. Excitingly, I’m off on holiday next week, so I might even come back with some purpose-taken shots. ✈ 📷 🦆 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/148 "2023-02-01T23:37:25Z")
I have many, many pictures of animals that I painted. I mean photos of animals I painted. Photos of painted animals that I did. Pictures of paintings of animals I painted. Animals are not painted. Well, they are painted as they are paintings, but the animals in the painting are not, themselves, painted. Doesn’t matter. I am calling them not qualified for photo competition. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/149 "2023-02-01T23:48:44Z")
Well, i don’t make the rules, but I’d love to see them. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/150 "2023-02-02T00:07:18Z")
You do not have to ask me twice! [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/UnQVIrD.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/7mKf9rS) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/151 "2023-02-02T00:37:15Z")
Ooh! I wish we had a “like” button. ---
**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 2, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/152 "2023-02-02T00:54:28Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Pictures of paintings of animals I painted. Its a picture. Enter it. Love to see your work. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/153 "2023-02-02T09:23:06Z")
Just in case the cats in the competition thread get peckish. [![](https://i.imgur.com/TAWC0kb.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/TAWC0kb.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/154 "2023-02-02T14:17:00Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’ve had a few situations where I have my camera (phone) but I’m so enthralled by what I’m witnessing that I forget all about getting a picture This happened to me when I was hiking with a friend through Porcupine Mountains State Park in Michigan’s U.P. We stopped by a lake for lunch and a black bear walked right up to us. We started backing up until we were almost in the lake. The bear came within 5 feet of us, then decided we weren’t that interesting and ambled away. For _ **some** _ reason I completely forgot I had a camera on me until he was almost gone. I finally took a shot…of a blurry dark shape among the trees 🤦‍♂️ ---
**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:** [February 2, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/155 "2023-02-02T14:57:52Z")
> [@solost](#): > > The bear came within 5 feet of us, then decided we weren’t that interesting and ambled away. I was driving on a backroad near work when I saw a bear crossing the road in front of me. I rolled down my window and crept forward. The bear just walked along the road as I went by. I used my phone to take a burst of pictures, most of which had my fingers over the lens. I got one good shot then he ran up the hill. [![](https://i.imgur.com/pQoKePJ.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/pQoKePJ.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/156 "2023-02-02T15:11:41Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I got one good shot then he ran up the hill. Nice. Did you have a difficult time choosing between that guy and the orangutan shot for the photo contest? ---
**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, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/157 "2023-02-02T15:24:17Z")
Can’t speak for @kayaker but while they’re both great shots, I think the orangutan one is a belter (as we say in my part of the world). ---
**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, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/158 "2023-02-02T15:29:03Z")
@Biggirl Wow, that’s awesome. I think that I agree with you in terms of paintings not qualifying for the photography competition, but this is lovely to see and there’s no reason whatsoever not to share them in this thread. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 2, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/159 "2023-02-02T15:37:54Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Did you have a difficult time choosing between that guy and the orangutan shot for the photo contest? Actually, I’d forgotten all about the bear picture until I read about you and your bear encounter. ---
**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 2, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/160 "2023-02-02T15:38:34Z")
> [@TwoCarrotSnowman](#): > > I think the orangutan one is a belter Yeah, it’s the 3 Cs - Composition, Color, Charisma. The Orang has got it all. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/161 "2023-02-02T15:39:26Z")
> [@Crane](#): > > Yeah, it’s the 3 Cs - Composition, Color, Charisma. The Orang has got it all A star is born! ---
**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:** [February 2, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/162 "2023-02-02T17:31:42Z")
This one was hard. So many animal photos! Pink got entered in the competition thread, and here’s a squirrel giving me the stink eye: [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tg15seumUmGpUFqpKNisFFYdR5oUUj_0Aun84h3hGnmPBYRFB2Q6JZZB0YkCBLBGKBMAlZpICg-jjHHGsPMkk41eipa53r4Mh_nsMLbISLDpjJbSS6Hwuc1m3rrlnrxGbjRgrfoja1U=w600-h315-p-k "New item by Romansperson") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/UedEc1WkYHPQnZx5A) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/163 "2023-02-02T18:22:33Z")
I’ve got plenty of pics of my two fellas who died 3 years ago, one at 22 and the other a few months later at 20. I know they were old but I still miss the little fuckers. I’ve been debating with myself over adding one but they are all pretty low quality and I’m not sure I want to inflict any one of them onto the general public. And now I’ve typed this and I’m almost sure someone will tell me to post one. So I will, I’ll just upload one and post it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=9)