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Grumpy Old Guy

(4,016 posts)
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 12:13 PM Aug 6

***SUBJECT AND TIMELINE FOR THE AUGUST PHOTO CONTEST: WATER!***

Thank you all for the suggestions for a topic for this month's photo contest. Some of my favorites were "smile, and the world smiles with you,' wild animals, shadows, and water and multi-color combinations. I actually did pick a theme years ago called "critters of the wild."

I decided to choose a topic this time that would be easy for everyone to participate in.

The theme for the August contest, as suggested by Rebl2, is "Water, Lakes, ocean, ponds, rain storms, flooding. No water sports though." However, if your photo of body of water just happens to include someone fishing, swimming, etc. that would probably be acceptable, it just shouldn't be the primary focus of the photo.

I think everyone lives near the water in one form of another.

Here is a tentative timeline, subject to change.

Entries thread: August 13th

Preliminaries: August 20th.

Finals: August 24th.

Winners: August 28th.

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***SUBJECT AND TIMELINE FOR THE AUGUST PHOTO CONTEST: WATER!*** (Original Post) Grumpy Old Guy Aug 6 OP
Great choice, my dear Grumpy! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 6 #1
Nice! Eko Aug 6 #2
Me too! I have some lake photos in my archives. Good subject choice! Diamond_Dog Aug 6 #3
I like it! 2naSalit Aug 6 #4
Good choice Beringia Aug 6 #5
Water bear's life Beringia Aug 7 #6
I had hoped for Wilde-beast - BUT then Mira Tuesday #7
I'll post the entries thread later today Grumpy Old Guy Wednesday #8
I am ready, so this is good news, my dear Grumpy! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Wednesday #9

CaliforniaPeggy

(154,794 posts)
1. Great choice, my dear Grumpy!
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 12:30 PM
Aug 6

I will start combing my archives. Since I live just over a mile from the ocean, I know I have suitable entries!

Beringia

(5,169 posts)
6. Water bear's life
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 01:24 PM
Aug 7


Three things were the most sacred to all priestesses:
Stone, Tree, and Water.
But because it bore life, Water came first.

Norma Lorre Goodrich

Mira

(22,570 posts)
7. I had hoped for Wilde-beast - BUT then
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 11:30 PM
Tuesday

I got carried away with "WATER"
I am now in the position of choosing my entry, and realize I can't wait. Who knew so much water sloshed in my files, and even how much water I photographed when on a recent trip to Iceland.

I was even thinking of doing what we used to do a long time ago, which is to run a poll to the photo group of "which should I enter".....
Looking forward to seeing what happens.

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