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Grumpy Old Guy

(4,005 posts)
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 12:13 PM 5 hrs ago

***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 5 hrs ago OP
Great choice, my dear Grumpy! CaliforniaPeggy 5 hrs ago #1
Nice! Eko 4 hrs ago #2
Me too! I have some lake photos in my archives. Good subject choice! Diamond_Dog 3 hrs ago #3
I like it! 2naSalit 3 hrs ago #4
Good choice Beringia 1 hr ago #5

CaliforniaPeggy

(154,693 posts)
1. Great choice, my dear Grumpy!
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 12:30 PM
5 hrs ago

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

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