# 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:** 88
**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 4, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1744 "2025-10-04T19:53:05Z")
Oh, good, I’m glad, it’s an excellent entrant. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1745 "2025-10-19T15:14:21Z")
I just posted over in the comp thread - a picture of The Providence Chapel, which is tucked away on a tiny dirt road (we do have them!) in Charlwood, Surrey, right next door to Gatwick Airport (indeed, a second runway will probably obliterate the village.) If it looks a little unusual for an English chapel, there’s a reason. > …during the Napoleonic Wars, a barracks existed in the Sussex market town of Horsham. A wooden guardroom was erected there in about 1797. After the war the barracks was decommissioned, and the timber guardroom was dismantled and transported on wagons to Charlwood. There the “strange [and] quaint” structure was re-erected in a field on a dirt track north of the village, and on 15 November 1816 it opened as an Independent Calvinistic Chapel… [Source](https://www.providencechapelcharlwood.org/) I have never been inside it. There was an open day about a month ago, but exasperatingly I missed it because a friend was exhibiting paintings that day. j ---
**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:** [October 19, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1746 "2025-10-19T16:13:54Z")
I just noticed a difference in clarity between the image in the link i posted first and the image in the thread. The link goes to a much clearer image. Hmm ---
**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:** [October 23, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1747 "2025-10-23T15:42:42Z")
I finally figured out this ImgBB thing. Thanks to you trailblazers for figuring it out for us! My post was from when I was in Mission Carmel CA a couple of Sundays ago. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1748 "2025-10-23T18:16:18Z")
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**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:** [October 24, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1749 "2025-10-24T01:05:43Z")
@Mean_Mr.Mustard , didn’t you already post that picture once before? I think it was in the “Moody/Atmospheric” round. ---
**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 24, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1750 "2025-10-24T01:31:09Z")
Yes I did. You are allowed to re-post a photo, as long as it did not previously win. mmm ETA: Shit, it looks like I _did_ already win with that photo (3-way tie, actually). Now, where is that sheepish grin emoji? I will withdraw that entry. 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 24, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1751 "2025-10-24T01:38:32Z")
Two reactions: (1) Gosh, I’m sorry you had to give that one up, it’s perfect for the theme. (2) Phew! That one would be hard to beat and there’s already some fabulous competition! ---
**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:** [October 24, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1752 "2025-10-24T02:20:13Z")
Yeah, and it also has me thinking “yeesh, why didn’t I post one of my photos from abandoned psychiatric buildings in Creedmoor Queens?” ---
**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 24, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1753 "2025-10-24T12:05:56Z")
OK, now that I’ve had time to fully investigate… I did previously enter the chair photo, but it did not win. It was entered in the December, 2024 contest with the theme “Texture” (and only got a few votes). [“Texture” thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-25-december-2024-texture-poll-added/1011173) The contest I did win was October, 2024 (“Moody/Atmospheric”), with a different photo. [“Moody/Atmospheric” thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-23-october-2024-moody-atmospheric-poll-added/1008432) Therefore, my original entry is actually eligible, as it has not won before. I’m going to re-enter it in “Spooky”. Sorry for all the confusion! mmm ---
**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:** [October 24, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1754 "2025-10-24T16:51:52Z")
Cool. Keep it together Mr. Mustard! ---
**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 24, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1755 "2025-10-24T17:26:17Z")
Trying, trying. mmm ---
**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:** [October 24, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1756 "2025-10-24T18:32:28Z")
There, there. It’ll be OK. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1757 "2025-10-24T18:38:15Z")
I remember that pic, the dungeon where bloody torture murders occur. Insanely terrifying heart attack territory. That’s a level beyond spooky. ---
**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 25, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1758 "2025-10-25T11:38:36Z")
Oh man, I completely forgot to post a photo for Spooky and now I’m out of the country on vacation. 🤦 I’ll see if I can come up with something before tomorrow… ---
**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 26, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1759 "2025-10-26T10:39:04Z")
Heads up, our Spooky deadline is midnight (ish) tonight! mmm ---
**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:** [October 26, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1760 "2025-10-26T22:10:42Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oeXuNS-DqFQ/hqdefault.jpg "Transylvania Twist by Baron Daemon and the Vampires (1963) – Vintage Halloween Music") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeXuNS-DqFQ) Still Seeking spooky submissions SSSS ---
**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, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1761 "2025-10-27T00:30:57Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I did previously enter the chair photo I had something similar that i was going to submit b7t went with the trolley for something different ---
**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:** [October 27, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1762 "2025-10-27T00:33:06Z")
So what’s the story with the trolley? Some sort of art installation? Unless that really WAS your commute… ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1763 "2025-10-27T00:47:34Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Yeah, and it also has me thinking “yeesh, why didn’t I post one of my photos from abandoned psychiatric buildings in Creedmoor Queens?” I believe they shot the show “OZ” in there. Friends on the crew. Said it was horrific. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642.md?page=89)