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***Thread for VOLUNTEERS to HOST Photo Contests in 2026!*** 10 CaliforniaPeggy Oct 5 Oct 29 5 648

How to post photos to DU (Rev. June 2020) [View all] 56 CurtEastPoint Aug 2017 Apr 2025 59 80535

**Thread for VOLUNTEERS to HOST Photo Contests in 2025!** 19 CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2024 Dec 2024 4 4448

To address the confusion about who gets to choose the theme in the contest after the seasonal one: 1 CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2023 Jul 2024 7 16974

**Thread for VOLUNTEERS to HOST Photo Contests in 2024!** 21 CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 Jan 2024 1 8361

Past Photography Contest Themes and Winners -- 2023 to current 4 CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2023 Jan 2023 11 15229

**Thread for VOLUNTEERS to HOST Photo Contests in 2023!** 13 CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2022 Dec 2022 0 19116

**Thread for VOLUNTEERS to HOST Photo Contests in 2022!** 14 CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2021 Nov 2021 1 24963

**Thread for VOLUNTEERS to HOST Photo Contests in 2021!** 29 mnhtnbb Oct 2020 Oct 2021 1 36726

For folks who won a contest for the first time: Step by Step rundown of the sequences 20 Mira Jan 2016 Oct 2020 13 68970

Thread for VOLUNTEERS to HOST monthly Photography Contests for 2020. 24 mnhtnbb Jan 2020 Sep 2020 3 48911

***Rules for Monthly and Seasonal Photo Contests -- Revised January 2020*** 1 mnhtnbb Jan 2020 Apr 2020 9 54483

Past Photography Contest Themes and Winners: 2018 - 2022 0 mnhtnbb Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 46506

Hosting of Contests: Name Bank of Willing Substitutes 0 Mira May 2016 May 2016 3 51032

Past Photography Contest Themes and Winners 0 Celebration May 2012 May 2012 9 55236

Photography Websites of DU Members 0 Celebration Mar 2012 Mar 2012 19 57427

String of Pearls (or, Where I Dropped My Lens Cap) 4 Bo Zarts 51 min ago 10 min ago 16 177

Venus Rising over the Boondocks of Badlands National Park 1 Bo Zarts 5 hrs ago 34 min ago 4 166

Cowgirls' Resolution for Strength, Courage, Modesty, BadAssery 0 George McGovern 5 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 5 205

Shadow Monday 2 because the first post missed some pictures. 2 George McGovern 16 hrs ago 13 hrs ago 7 144

Badlands NP: Dawn sky through ground fog (as it rapidly forms) .. with constellations overhead. 2 Bo Zarts 16 hrs ago 15 hrs ago 13 206

Near Cape Blanco on the Oregon Coast 2 Bo Zarts 18 hrs ago 15 hrs ago 34 552

When it rains in the foothills, it snows in Yosemite. (webcam snap) 6 usonian Sunday 17 hrs ago 23 335

Shadow Monday 8 George McGovern Yesterday 18 hrs ago 15 703

"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" - Bob Dylan 4 Bo Zarts Yesterday 22 hrs ago 23 336

Ground Fog Take Two (thanks for letting me know about the first attempt CaliforniaPeggy & usonian) 13 George McGovern Sunday 22 hrs ago 34 698

***November Photo Contest: Best Friends-Preliminary Threads now in GD*** 0 HAB911 Yesterday Yesterday 7 452

The Rainy Day 4 CaliforniaPeggy Saturday Yesterday 13 288

LoisB's Big Tree, prominent in many sunset images beyond our back yard. 4 George McGovern Sunday Yesterday 13 288

Sunday 'Round the farm -- Today we take a 360 degree walk around the barn. 10 George McGovern Sunday Sunday 19 408

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The eye of sauron,ngc 7293 6 moonshinegnomie Sunday Sunday 15 369

Another shot of this morning's misty drifty ground fog. 4 George McGovern Sunday Sunday 14 228

***Comments Thread for the November Photo Contest: BEST FRIENDS*** 7 HAB911 Nov 9 Sunday 2 323

***Submission Thread for the November Photo Contest: BEST FRIENDS*** 22 HAB911 Nov 9 Sunday 8 764

Early Morning Ground Fog 3 George McGovern Sunday Sunday 1 597

Beach Walkers at Low Tide 8 Bo Zarts Sunday Sunday 67 1282

The Full Beaver Moon over L.A. 18 Grumpy Old Guy Nov 6 Sunday 29 806

Afternoon Overcast 2 George McGovern Saturday Saturday 11 216

Horses Saturday 12 George McGovern Saturday Saturday 19 408

Life is simple Eat. Sleep. Fish. 2 George McGovern Saturday Saturday 8 303

A new one for me! 20 HAB911 Friday Saturday 69 1680

VIA Rail's Ocean -A Maritimes Train Odyssey (Montreal to Halifax in a Sleeping Berth) ABRIDGED 6 Hiawatha Pete Friday Saturday 9 317

Friday Sunrises & Sunsets 9 George McGovern Friday Saturday 7 215

Double Rainbow 14 valleyrogue Friday Saturday 38 782

***Calling for 2nd Submissions for November Photo Contest: BEST FRIENDS*** 5 HAB911 Friday Friday 2 245

Dear DU friends and fans of Shadow, KC, Maddie and Pete -- 4 George McGovern Friday Friday 9 252

Pretty Sunrise 13 George McGovern Friday Friday 26 336

Dear DU friends and fans of Shadow, KC, Sunrises and Sunsets -- 4 George McGovern Friday Friday 3 163

KC Wednesday 20 George McGovern Wednesday Thursday 13 370

Time-Traveling Through 35mm Film 7 question everything Wednesday Thursday 9 440

Canon's latest F1.2 lens is surprisingly fast, shockingly inexpensive 6 George McGovern Wednesday Thursday 4 1136

Autumn leaf shadows on tree bark. 4 George McGovern Wednesday Thursday 12 296

Face Rock (the "face" looks up and to the right) and Beach Art - Bandon Beach, Oregon - June 2025 3 Bo Zarts Wednesday Wednesday 28 415

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 George McGovern Wednesday Wednesday 1 62

Tufted titmouse, Carolina chickadee, Cardinal in bamboo 8 HAB911 Tuesday Wednesday 36 583

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Bo Zarts Wednesday Wednesday 3 128

It's a foggy day for Manhattan Beach's Memorial Day Farmer's Market! 30 CaliforniaPeggy Tuesday Wednesday 18 653

Warblers at the Habanero House 3 HAB911 Nov 10 Wednesday 19 252

This contemptuous 'Odocoileus hemionus' shows no respect to the photographer! 2 Bo Zarts Tuesday Tuesday 21 433

Autumn on a Back Bayou: Bald Cypress and Spanish Moss 3 Bo Zarts Tuesday Tuesday 22 337

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Bandon Beach at Low Tide 0 Bo Zarts Tuesday Tuesday 16 270

Hello everyone -- Shadow now has a photo album on Flickr.com -- here's the link. 4 George McGovern Tuesday Tuesday 5 1230

Extreme Low Tide at Bandon Beach, Oregon - June 2025 11 Bo Zarts Nov 10 Nov 10 55 1336

"Driftwood Lounging" - Bandon Beach, Oregon - June 2025 3 Bo Zarts Nov 10 Nov 10 16 368

Bugs Bunny's GPS for Seniors. Funny. 2 George McGovern Nov 10 Nov 10 10 422

Shadow Monday Anyone for breakfast? 4 George McGovern Nov 10 Nov 10 6 185

"Hello Friends of Shadow I am here to announce what you probably already know." 5 George McGovern Nov 10 Nov 10 2 226

National (Forest) Velvet 1 Bo Zarts Nov 10 Nov 10 10 248

The Sunset That Takes Your Breath Away 14 Bo Zarts Nov 4 Nov 10 56 771

sunrise over the gulf of mexico 8 moonshinegnomie Nov 5 Nov 10 17 430

comet c/2025 A6 Lemmon 12 moonshinegnomie Nov 4 Nov 10 16 536

From Russia With Love -- 2021 APOD from Elsewhentide 2 SorellaLaBefana Nov 9 Nov 10 4 218

'Round the farm Sunday -- Barn progress and more 9 George McGovern Nov 9 Nov 10 15 295

Sunset, Storms, and Rainbow Forming 5 Bo Zarts Nov 9 Nov 10 10 252

Page, Arizona Balloon Regatta. 13 mike_c Nov 8 Nov 10 14 419

here's a couple more from the Balloon Regatta 5 mike_c Nov 9 Nov 10 12 317

Kind of how fog FEELS in a fire lookout tower .. it can be claustrophobic after a couple of days 10 Bo Zarts Nov 9 Nov 9 35 919

Fog on a High-Country Ridgeline 1 Bo Zarts Nov 9 Nov 9 48 699

Saturday Horses -- Maddie and Pete: At or near the beginning of life. 20 George McGovern Nov 8 Nov 9 34 690

Ladybug in November 7 BWdem4life Nov 8 Nov 9 10 376

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