# SDMB Photo Thread - Show us a photo! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [October 17, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641 "2021-10-17T13:54:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 17, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/1 "2021-10-17T13:54:50Z")
This is a thread for Dopers to show off photos they have taken themselves. One photo per post please. Discussion of photo is encouraged. They do not need to be artsy fartsy, just (ideally) interesting in some way. Remember, this is only an exhibition, it is not a competition, so please…no wagering. I’ll start us off next post. mmm ETA: If you’re not sure how to post a photo, [imgur.com](http://imgur.com) is very straightforward to use. ---
**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 17, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/2 "2021-10-17T13:55:35Z")
This is a sandhill crane I captured this summer: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/LfjkIkl.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/LfjkIkl) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/3 "2021-10-17T14:15:56Z")
I’m sorry, how do I put picture in a post? I got the “cannot embed media” in posts warning. ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/4 "2021-10-17T14:16:25Z")
I did some experimenting with light and shadow this summer. [![](https://i.imgur.com/AdQiQfC.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/AdQiQfC.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/5 "2021-10-17T14:18:42Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’m sorry, how do I put picture in a post? I got the “cannot embed media” in posts warning. Once you upload it to a photo hosting site, right-click on the picture and choose “Open image in new tab” [or window]. That gives you a direct link to the actual picture. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/6 "2021-10-17T14:26:51Z")
> [@Bootb](#): > > Once you upload it to a photo hosting site, right-click on the picture and choose “Open image in new tab” [or window]. That gives you a direct link to the actual picture I apologize for my denseness. I did this and when I insert the link(using the link button), my preview just shows a link to the picture, not the picture embeded right in. The same happens for youtube videos for me in other threads. How do I get media links to embed? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/7 "2021-10-17T14:31:40Z")
You don’t use a “link button”, you paste the URL in the text of the message. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/8 "2021-10-17T14:54:23Z")
Here are flowers and seed pods from an exotic plant called “kudzu”. [![](https://i.imgur.com/pekRbkk.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/pekRbkk.jpeg) No manipulation, straight as it came off the camera. Taken in 2002. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/9 "2021-10-17T14:54:38Z")
My wife took this picture at a zoo and she was so happy with it, she had it printed as a cross-stitch pattern and made it into a cross-stitch. No manipulation, just straight off the camera. [![](https://i.imgur.com/88eQqNo.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/88eQqNo.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/10 "2021-10-17T14:55:07Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > You don’t use a “link button”, you paste the URL in the text of the message Thanks. I can’t believe I’ve been that dense! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/11 "2021-10-17T14:56:39Z")
Don’t you hate it when the solution to your vexing problem is too easy? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/12 "2021-10-17T15:16:19Z")
Ruby Beach: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51600158540_8fe62d7d6f_b.jpg "DSC\_7956") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/51600158540/in/dateposted-public/) ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/13 "2021-10-17T15:19:19Z")
[![](https://www.genderkitten.com/WS4/ah3files/9th%20Ave%20at%2044th.jpg) ](https://www.genderkitten.com/WS4/ah3files/9th%20Ave%20at%2044th.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/14 "2021-10-17T15:25:48Z")
Shadow on Rusty Equipment, taken at Maselli and Sons salvage yard, Petaluma, CA [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/392FogC.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/D8xngRy) ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/15 "2021-10-17T15:43:40Z")
I love all these, but Ruby Beach in particular. A study in composition and color. Nicely done, **beowulff**. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/16 "2021-10-17T15:47:42Z")
Here’s the same picture without the ugly stuff from imgur at the top: [![](https://i.imgur.com/392FogC.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/392FogC.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/17 "2021-10-17T16:13:12Z")
My granddaughter, Easter 2020 - she was 2. After getting bored with hunting for eggs in our back yard, my daughter broke out the bubbles. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/9NVDgjQ.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/9NVDgjQ) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/18 "2021-10-17T16:21:51Z")
Three humpbacks, Antarctica. [![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-00ULihFeroM/WkfiT1ebp6I/AAAAAAAABrw/hZXaOZQlYLMWGVtlLpaRXkD6uXicx5rIQCLcBGAs/s320/Three%2Bhumpbacks.jpg) ](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-00ULihFeroM/WkfiT1ebp6I/AAAAAAAABrw/hZXaOZQlYLMWGVtlLpaRXkD6uXicx5rIQCLcBGAs/s320/Three%2Bhumpbacks.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/19 "2021-10-17T16:27:03Z")
Nice humpbacks photo! Here’s one of a Hummingbird I snapped when visiting Costa Rica [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47948447388_fef3f7924d_b.jpg "Humming") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/cttm/47948447388/) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/20 "2021-10-17T16:32:15Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/iB77g2c.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/iB77g2c) The fires of a couple of years ago got a little too close for comfort. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641.md?page=2)