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***Thread for VOLUNTEERS to HOST Photo Contests in 2026!*** 10 CaliforniaPeggy Oct 5 Oct 29 5 652

How to post photos to DU (Rev. June 2020) [View all] 56 CurtEastPoint Aug 2017 Apr 2025 59 80576

**Thread for VOLUNTEERS to HOST Photo Contests in 2025!** 19 CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2024 Dec 2024 4 4451

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 16975

**Thread for VOLUNTEERS to HOST Photo Contests in 2024!** 21 CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 Jan 2024 1 8390

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 19123

**Thread for VOLUNTEERS to HOST Photo Contests in 2022!** 14 CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2021 Nov 2021 1 24964

**Thread for VOLUNTEERS to HOST Photo Contests in 2021!** 29 mnhtnbb Oct 2020 Oct 2021 1 36748

For folks who won a contest for the first time: Step by Step rundown of the sequences 20 Mira Jan 2016 Oct 2020 13 68971

Thread for VOLUNTEERS to HOST monthly Photography Contests for 2020. 24 mnhtnbb Jan 2020 Sep 2020 3 48918

***Rules for Monthly and Seasonal Photo Contests -- Revised January 2020*** 1 mnhtnbb Jan 2020 Apr 2020 9 54485

Past Photography Contest Themes and Winners: 2018 - 2022 0 mnhtnbb Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 46507

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 55237

Photography Websites of DU Members 0 Celebration Mar 2012 Mar 2012 19 57428

Laurie on her tractor at the sunset. 0 George McGovern 30 min ago 30 min ago 6 121

Laurie looking at her barn-in-progress through the kitchen window. 6 George McGovern 4 hrs ago 2 hrs ago 5 295

The Otherworldliness of Badlands National Park 7 Bo Zarts 7 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 71 1259

Near Cape Blanco on the Oregon Coast 3 Bo Zarts Yesterday 3 hrs ago 36 567

Late fall showers for MB's Farmer's Market! 10 CaliforniaPeggy 5 hrs ago 4 hrs ago 19 239

Shadow Monday 2 because the first post missed some pictures. 6 George McGovern Yesterday 5 hrs ago 8 170

Badlands National Park: More Fog at Sunrise 1 Bo Zarts 5 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 13 201

All of Shadow's images in DU's photo archives from 2021 to now, are posted in her "ShadowAlbum" on Flickr.com. 0 George McGovern 7 hrs ago 7 hrs ago 6 226

String of Pearls (or, Where I Dropped My Lens Cap) 15 Bo Zarts 11 hrs ago 7 hrs ago 49 709

Our "old" bedroom dresser, prior to re-finishing. **Addition to 'Round the Farm post last Sunday.** 10 George McGovern Oct 7 8 hrs ago 15 639

the horsehead and flame nebulas 1 moonshinegnomie 9 hrs ago 9 hrs ago 9 186

Venus Rising over the Boondocks of Badlands National Park 1 Bo Zarts 15 hrs ago 11 hrs ago 6 181

Cowgirls' Resolution for Strength, Courage, Modesty, BadAssery 0 George McGovern 16 hrs ago 16 hrs ago 6 220

Badlands NP: Dawn sky through ground fog (as it rapidly forms) .. with constellations overhead. 2 Bo Zarts Yesterday Yesterday 13 225

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When it rains in the foothills, it snows in Yosemite. (webcam snap) 6 usonian Sunday Yesterday 23 341

Shadow Monday 8 George McGovern Yesterday Yesterday 15 759

"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" - Bob Dylan 4 Bo Zarts Yesterday Yesterday 23 341

Ground Fog Take Two (thanks for letting me know about the first attempt CaliforniaPeggy & usonian) 13 George McGovern Sunday Yesterday 34 711

***November Photo Contest: Best Friends-Preliminary Threads now in GD*** 0 HAB911 Yesterday Yesterday 7 513

The Rainy Day 4 CaliforniaPeggy Saturday Yesterday 13 292

LoisB's Big Tree, prominent in many sunset images beyond our back yard. 4 George McGovern Sunday Yesterday 13 297

Sunday 'Round the farm -- Today we take a 360 degree walk around the barn. 10 George McGovern Sunday Sunday 19 423

The eye of sauron,ngc 7293 6 moonshinegnomie Sunday Sunday 15 373

Another shot of this morning's misty drifty ground fog. 4 George McGovern Sunday Sunday 14 234

***Comments Thread for the November Photo Contest: BEST FRIENDS*** 7 HAB911 Nov 9 Sunday 2 327

***Submission Thread for the November Photo Contest: BEST FRIENDS*** 22 HAB911 Nov 9 Sunday 8 770

Early Morning Ground Fog 3 George McGovern Sunday Sunday 1 649

Beach Walkers at Low Tide 8 Bo Zarts Sunday Sunday 67 1288

The Full Beaver Moon over L.A. 18 Grumpy Old Guy Nov 6 Sunday 29 810

Afternoon Overcast 2 George McGovern Saturday Saturday 11 220

Horses Saturday 12 George McGovern Saturday Saturday 19 420

Life is simple Eat. Sleep. Fish. 2 George McGovern Saturday Saturday 8 310

A new one for me! 20 HAB911 Friday Saturday 69 1693

VIA Rail's Ocean -A Maritimes Train Odyssey (Montreal to Halifax in a Sleeping Berth) ABRIDGED 6 Hiawatha Pete Friday Saturday 9 330

Friday Sunrises & Sunsets 9 George McGovern Friday Saturday 7 225

Double Rainbow 14 valleyrogue Friday Saturday 38 791

***Calling for 2nd Submissions for November Photo Contest: BEST FRIENDS*** 5 HAB911 Friday Friday 2 246

Dear DU friends and fans of Shadow, KC, Maddie and Pete -- 4 George McGovern Friday Friday 9 255

Pretty Sunrise 13 George McGovern Friday Friday 26 344

Dear DU friends and fans of Shadow, KC, Sunrises and Sunsets -- 4 George McGovern Friday Friday 3 167

KC Wednesday 20 George McGovern Wednesday Thursday 13 377

Time-Traveling Through 35mm Film 7 question everything Wednesday Thursday 9 443

Canon's latest F1.2 lens is surprisingly fast, shockingly inexpensive 6 George McGovern Wednesday Thursday 4 1186

Autumn leaf shadows on tree bark. 4 George McGovern Wednesday Thursday 12 300

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Face Rock (the "face" looks up and to the right) and Beach Art - Bandon Beach, Oregon - June 2025 3 Bo Zarts Wednesday Wednesday 28 420

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 36 592

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 18 677

Warblers at the Habanero House 3 HAB911 Nov 10 Wednesday 19 253

This contemptuous 'Odocoileus hemionus' shows no respect to the photographer! 2 Bo Zarts Tuesday Tuesday 21 434

Autumn on a Back Bayou: Bald Cypress and Spanish Moss 3 Bo Zarts Tuesday Tuesday 22 339

Bandon Beach at Low Tide 0 Bo Zarts Tuesday Tuesday 16 271

Hello everyone -- Shadow now has a photo album on Flickr.com -- here's the link. 4 George McGovern Tuesday Tuesday 5 1290

Extreme Low Tide at Bandon Beach, Oregon - June 2025 11 Bo Zarts Nov 10 Nov 10 55 1353

"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 10 424

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 2 228

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 56 785

sunrise over the gulf of mexico 8 moonshinegnomie Nov 5 Nov 10 17 434

comet c/2025 A6 Lemmon 12 moonshinegnomie Nov 4 Nov 10 16 541

From Russia With Love -- 2021 APOD from Elsewhentide 2 SorellaLaBefana Nov 9 Nov 10 4 219

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