# 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:** 84
**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:** [September 26, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1664 "2025-09-26T17:09:22Z")
Also agree. Several of them lit my fire. mmm ---
**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:** [September 26, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1665 "2025-09-26T17:19:19Z")
Did any of them make you want to break on through to the other side? ---
**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:** [September 26, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1666 "2025-09-26T17:52:08Z")
May I ask a dumb question that I might not understand the answer to? Why do some photos (as viewed on my computer) display narrowly, and others fill the allotted space from side to side? I take most pictures with my phone in portrait mode, but it seems like sometimes they display properly and other times not. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1667 "2025-09-30T15:53:13Z")
My photo is _much_ darker in Flikr than the original is on my computer; even looking at both on the same monitor. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1668 "2025-09-30T17:00:47Z")
Using Imgur as a host? Because - their code is borked, that’s why. The only way that I have found to get an imgur-hosted photo to display correctly is to upload it _twice_, then click on one of the images and share _that_. If you only upload a single image, the share link distorts the image. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1669 "2025-09-30T17:31:12Z")
> May I ask a dumb question… Not ignoring you, I just don’t know the answer. 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:** [September 30, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1670 "2025-09-30T17:46:53Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Using Imgur as a host? No, but maybe I should. I’ve been using Flickr. @Mean_Mr.Mustard, I’m glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t know! ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1671 "2025-10-01T00:43:58Z")
If any of you post on Bluesky, post your photo there. When the post loads, click into it and click on the image, which will open full screen. Right click “open image in new tab”, copy the url, and paste it in your post here, and voila! ETA: I believe it works the same way on Reddit. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:gme3wshdrukjfhbnrj4ittzf/bafkreifum7cysecy2q6tqf3nficvxmzxddz3mvta6bjbivgudk73e72x4u@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:gme3wshdrukjfhbnrj4ittzf/bafkreifum7cysecy2q6tqf3nficvxmzxddz3mvta6bjbivgudk73e72x4u@jpeg) ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1672 "2025-10-01T00:49:01Z")
So, testing Reddit. Here’s what happens when I click on the image in the post and copy that URL: > **[Reddit - The heart of the internet](https://www.reddit.com/r/Horses/comments/1ntumc6/my_first_horse_and_me/#lightbox)** Ah, just the link. Now let’s try it when I right-click and choose “open image in new tab”: > **[https://i.redd.it/xtrfi3bo76sf1.jpeg](https://i.redd.it/xtrfi3bo76sf1.jpeg)** Ah, so, still not a good way to post in the contest thread, but at least you get the actual image. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1673 "2025-10-01T03:27:40Z")
The only good way I’ve found using Imgur is upload your photo to their site. It will then display your photo. If you mouse over onto the photo, it will show you a “Copy Link” button in the upper right hand corner of the image. Click on that, then paste directly into the thread, it displays for me perfectly every time. YMMV. ---
**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 1, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1674 "2025-10-01T11:22:14Z")
Congrats to our September winner @ShadowFacts! mmm ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1675 "2025-10-01T12:21:11Z")
Holy crap, thanks everyone! I didn’t expect that at all. Must be a bunch of cat lovers voting, I guess 🙂 I took that photo on vacation in Bruges, Belgium in 2018. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1676 "2025-10-01T12:48:06Z")
Ha! I was going to post this one, but thought it was too similar to yours. Also taken in Bruge. Obviously, the cat makes yours far superior! 🙂 [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54825094269_6c187b1c55_b.jpg "Swan gate") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/54825094269/) ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1677 "2025-10-01T12:49:07Z")
Thank you! Now see, I used Flickr for the photo I just posted above, and it displays nicely. No idea why. ---
**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 1, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1678 "2025-10-01T13:53:54Z")
Posting this here as a point of information: If a theme has been used in the past 12 months, it is not yet eligible. Themes more than 12 months old may be repeated. This is a list of previously used themes (ineligible, as of October, 2025, are in bold): - Big or Small - **Blue** - Bridges - Bugs - Change - **Colors** - **Doors or gates** - **Eye or eyes** - Flight - Flight – Non-Hum - **Food** - **Gritty** - **Moody/Atmospheric** - **Motion** - **Nature macros/close-ups** - Night - **Patriotism** - Patterns - **Smooth** - Still Life - **Texture** **And this is a list of previously suggested - but not yet used - themes:** - Accidental Weirdness - Action - Architecture - Backlit - Beauty - Black and White - Childhood - Cinematography - Color (one specific) - Contrast - Handmade (non-food) - Holiday/Season - Industry - Invisible - Jump! - Less is More - Man-Made Object(s) - Moonlight - Operate - Out of Time - Over the Top - Repetition - Spooky - Stone/rock - Unexpected - Vintage - Weather - Windows ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1679 "2025-10-01T13:54:10Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Ha! I was going to post this one, but thought it was too similar to yours. That’s hilarious - I’m glad I snuck mine in first 🙂 It really is a beautiful town! ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1680 "2025-10-01T13:58:55Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Posting this here as a point of information: Oh great, this is super helpful! It feels like the obvious choice is “Spooky.” Too obvious or spot on? I’m new to this contest, so I don’t know the vibe yet 🙂 I am happy to take advice. ---
**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 1, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1681 "2025-10-01T14:21:10Z")
The vibe is whatever vibe you’re feeling, we are a very relaxed bunch. So, go with Spooky? 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:** [October 1, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1682 "2025-10-01T14:27:11Z")
Ho ho! I’ve got a candidate! Congratulations on a well-deserved triumph over a ferociously tough competition. Just about every image in that contest would have been a worthy winner. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1683 "2025-10-01T14:58:28Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > So, go with Spooky? Spooky it is! Thanks to all for letting me crash this party 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=83) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=85)