# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/265 "2021-11-23T16:05:20Z")
On the old bridge in Florence [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/Ffu1r19.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/Ffu1r19) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/266 "2021-11-23T16:16:00Z")
_Man Expressing Himself_, Devil’s Garden, Utah. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/BAOL8YS.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/BAOL8YS) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/267 "2021-11-23T16:22:58Z")
My son having a blast in Kauai, 2010 [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/Y42nvhm.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/Y42nvhm) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/XhU8NhC.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/XhU8NhC) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/268 "2021-11-23T17:23:37Z")
Swampy, the “World’s Largest Gator” (200ft long) at Jungle Adventures in Christmas, Florida [![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IUQMhmXJJrk/YZmHnezc68I/AAAAAAABppY/JjqrMzLvuREfLRmnibvxXRqqfG1ar7uzwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2829/1.jpg) ](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IUQMhmXJJrk/YZmHnezc68I/AAAAAAABppY/JjqrMzLvuREfLRmnibvxXRqqfG1ar7uzwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2829/1.jpg) [![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-15CSN2ELY4o/YZmHoXxHbgI/AAAAAAABppo/jHVO65rdOaQxElAZqF0zelYjSW6uNc_iwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2856/4.jpg) ](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-15CSN2ELY4o/YZmHoXxHbgI/AAAAAAABppo/jHVO65rdOaQxElAZqF0zelYjSW6uNc_iwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2856/4.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/269 "2021-11-25T02:42:02Z")
[![](https://i.ibb.co/YQdFKVn/Lex-Fence-1.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/YQdFKVn/Lex-Fence-1.jpg) ---
**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:** [November 25, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/270 "2021-11-25T16:55:08Z")
Impressionist mountains: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/3115/3135775382_03bac37f28_b.jpg "Painted\_mountains") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/3135775382/in/dateposted-public/) ---
**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:** [November 25, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/271 "2021-11-25T18:47:56Z")
Nice. The name of the place on the arch together with the barbed wire and bare tree all silhouetted by the sunset is some great composition. That’s a framer, right there. Don’t know if anybody’s else is having this problem, but @Snowboarder_Bo ’s pics are taking forever to load. I’ve had this thread open for several minutes and I’m only seeing like the top 30 pixels or so. It’s worse than the old 28k modem days. Hope to see your pics in their entirety eventually, Bo! ---
**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:** [November 25, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/272 "2021-11-25T20:44:45Z")
_We interrupt your scheduled entertainment to bring you a message from our sponsor…_ [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ifctiBTkfg4RqJ45iL28HQSyfhQheaVS8rTbnQZcb689GTg5_hks0HCgSfIHO8OgkCkVMDNw9QoQFB28ymVvJ5IUs9qmczeHvq-8hNiFcZIt8J4bw8PldhADAmz6je5udNqFaAUz1A=w600-h315-p-k "New item by j") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/1poFQMFzas4HL6ZT7) Well, I think it is what it appears to be - a cigarette ad. Wary of overclaiming, I would suggest. Back when I smoked, many decades ago, if you had asked me about Craven “A” you would have got a puzzled look and “_Eh? Do they still make them?_” But according to wiki they still exist today (and I note that the wiki article mentions the “Will not affect your throat” tag): > **[Craven A](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craven_A)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Craven A (stylized as Craven "A") is a British brand of cigarette, currently manufactured by British American Tobacco under some of its subsidiaries; it was originally created by the Carreras Tobacco Company in 1921 and made by them until its merger into Rothmans International in 1972, who then produced the brand until Rothmans was acquired by British American Tobacco in 1999. > The cigarette brand is named after the third Earl of Craven, after th... I happened upon this a few days ago in Lewes, near the south coast of England, which is a strange enough town that it probably is the real, original thing (despite cigarette advertising being illegal for many years). j ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/273 "2021-11-26T01:59:22Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Don’t know if anybody’s else is having this problem, but @Snowboarder_Bo ’s pics are taking forever to load. I’ve had this thread open for several minutes and I’m only seeing like the top 30 pixels or so. Same here. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/274 "2021-12-02T17:12:32Z")
Left to my own devices yesterday (while Mrs T went with a friend to look at frocks in Kensington Palace), I took a stroll around a few bits of south London and snapped a few photos. This is the central London skyline as seen from Brockwell Park, Lambeth. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/D_iqZIOxCT525Rdy7OfqP-lL9HGxiYuwzug-UAYReVF2n-RChjTAdmrzyLb8ZliU-jWnzCoCOZ7Kz5-KnF1qLZSa2Ur7KrUWlcmt_M_CrsT6AGWq0o7ro0peLz__s0zEZIWj-tWA8Q=w600-h315-p-k "New item by j") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/mUwDmtzNR7c4eVxg7) j ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/275 "2021-12-02T18:32:48Z")
A trio of mutant lemons: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/vN8eox2.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/zvuJaQ4) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/276 "2021-12-02T23:23:20Z")
Razor wire [![](https://i.imgur.com/Yi6Hzy8.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Yi6Hzy8.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/277 "2021-12-06T12:03:06Z")
A couple of snaps of Glow Wild at Wakehurst Place last night. As usual, google has cropped the photos (grrr!) - click for the full image. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kwR-MvGzv0sJaatfF_za4u-9bfXWid7DYW1lOmq9n-I95789YzSY664f0o190T2I4CeEfjTl3ZxWG6cc7t4n3SGFCeFD8VGtZzmR5JevK5OD34TlmbcXijd8clAW7LQBdWi99EWszg=w600-h315-p-k "New item by j") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/qnnrWYzQkyZqLH2cA) [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ljdz5NECiiEcZkec9IC3Ye6eaXWzEr06BfqlNP47W6ucPDMFUTfGnlJwkbOQ2rMatMb_VjMHBTdQv8HoGcvxCwS0JHLbIb-s6E6zYJEwoZcatsbwpqsRxWCbjSgaCo4d3eKFSnQo5Q=w600-h315-p-k "New item by j") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/WffCk8iNt9P3UMST8) j ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/278 "2021-12-06T14:06:39Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Razor wire I like that. Almost reminds me of a treble clef. ---
**Author:** ![JoePockets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/279 "2021-12-06T14:19:05Z")
All are beautiful ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/280 "2021-12-06T21:39:48Z")
That top one is a really great shot - action of your son and the crashing wave, the balance of the water, wave, and sand, and the technical quality of the shot is really good. Just out of curiosity, what’s the lens/camera combo on that? ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/281 "2021-12-06T21:51:23Z")
Thanks, you’re very kind. I’d have to dig up the RAW to be sure, but I believe it was my cheapie Canon T3i plus definitely a Canon EF 75-300 IS USM lens. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/282 "2021-12-12T22:20:49Z")
Here’s one back at ya, @Snowboarder_Bo! Hope you like it - it should be right up your alley (pun intended) ([explanation of the phrase](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/up-down-your-alley)). We saw this for the first time today (it’s in Brixton, South London, of course) - it was unveiled back in April. Image cropped (as ever) by google photos, click for the full image. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0bRaPQy5BhwSaORzfreQyA33wHwfnvogIodxfXbkJPJgbxVGkfnitdyJp3qEhp24JZ_drrf7ceYTo-7qAxXc-caiOBOZUUS6kwAMnWRGSH5laZPIvzKo2xC4Cb4flAdxqDOgH8pHOw=w600-h315-p-k "New item by j") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/q9D4LXDo3CaYshtn6) The illustration of every letter carries significance. Panel by Panel (as it were): B: The Empire Windrush, [the generation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_African-Caribbean_people#The_.22Windrush_generation.22) and likely [the scandal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windrush_scandal). R: writer and activist CLR James; Electric Avenue, Brixton; and Eddy Grant I: mmm - we thought the town hall, but not sure X: the late Ty, a local MC T: uprisings of '81 and '85; and Cherry Groce, shot by police in the '85 riot. O: David Bowie, born in Brixton. This echoes the Bowie memorial, a few hundred meters away. N: the Brixton Academy, a local music venue. It’s great. Street art woven into the local community. For more info, google _valentia place mural_ j ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/283 "2021-12-12T22:32:55Z")
That is sharp! I think that “I” building is maybe Christ Church, Brixton Road or St. Matthews. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/284 "2021-12-12T22:45:12Z")
It does look like Christ Church. But it also looks like [the town hall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brixton#/media/File:Lambeth_Town_Hall.jpg). The suggestion is that it has something to do with Olive Morris, but I don’t know Brixton well enough to figure it out. I Should have mentioned OM above. Again, I didn’t know her story. > **[Olive Morris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Morris)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Olive Elaine Morris (26 June 1952 – 12 July 1979) was a Jamaican-born British-based community leader and activist in the feminist, black nationalist, and squatters' rights campaigns of the 1970s. At the age of 17, she claimed she was assaulted by Metropolitan Police officers following an incident involving a Nigerian diplomat in Brixton, South London. She joined the British Black Panthers, becoming a Marxist–Leninist communist and a radical fe... j [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641.md?page=15)