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mnhtnbb

(31,322 posts)
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 09:18 AM Sep 2018

October Photo Contest Ideas for Theme?

I want to get the October photo contest rolling right at the beginning of October and done by the 20th since I am having hip replacement surgery on Oct. 22nd.

I have a couple of ideas for themes, but would like people to suggest any others, and I will put up a poll in a few days to see what everyone would like to do.

Here are some ideas:

--Inspiration from words: a poem, a song, an essay, a book.

--Something old (it could be anything, a building, a tool, a vehicle, a person, a landmark of some sort...)

--Portraits (could be people or animals)

-- A color (we haven't done a color in a while and I would suggest BLUE for the Blue waving coming in November!)

--Shadows

--Best in Black & White

--Creative Editing (your chance to go crazy with whatever shot you want)


If you have thoughts about any of these ideas, please feel free to make comments. If you have other themes to suggest, please do!



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October Photo Contest Ideas for Theme? (Original Post) mnhtnbb Sep 2018 OP
+ Best of B&W or me ,being a Halloween lover , offers subject of "The strange The macabre" lunasun Sep 2018 #1
Ditto on the Halloween... MontanaMama Sep 2018 #5
Always thought "portals" would be a cool theme. Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #2
How about "October's Bright Blue Weather," a poem by Helen Hunt Jackson? Glorfindel Sep 2018 #3
How about something a bit more autumnal? Bayard Sep 2018 #4
The Autumn Seasonal contest will run mnhtnbb Sep 2018 #8
Thanksgiving Bayard Sep 2018 #6
Portraits in Black and White alfredo Sep 2018 #7
Back to School RainCaster Sep 2018 #9
How about Portraits in Color? CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2018 #10
"Something Old" is a good departure point. Duncan Grant Sep 2018 #11
What about Oktoberfest? edhopper Sep 2018 #12
Wonderful Ideas all Mira Sep 2018 #13
Yes to a poll. mnhtnbb Sep 2018 #14
 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
2. Always thought "portals" would be a cool theme.
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 09:28 AM
Sep 2018

Could be wide open from a gate in a field, a door or window in or out of a home, a cool entry to a business, an opening in a fence with a view of a secret garden...etc. etc.

Glorfindel

(9,706 posts)
3. How about "October's Bright Blue Weather," a poem by Helen Hunt Jackson?
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 09:28 AM
Sep 2018

It combines elements of several of your ideas, and if the skies are ever truly blue, it's in October!

O suns and skies and clouds of June,
And flowers of June together,
Ye cannot rival for one hour
October's bright blue weather;

When loud the bumblebee makes haste,
Belated, thriftless vagrant,
And goldenrod is dying fast,
And lanes with grapes are fragrant;

When gentians roll their fingers tight
To save them for the morning,
And chestnuts fall from satin burrs
Without a sound of warning;

When on the ground red apples lie
In piles like jewels shining,
And redder still on old stone walls
Are leaves of woodbine twining;

When all the lovely wayside things
Their white-winged seeds are sowing,
And in the fields still green and fair,
Late aftermaths are growing;

When springs run low, and on the brooks,
In idle golden freighting,
Bright leaves sink noiseless in the hush
Of woods, for winter waiting;

When comrades seek sweet country haunts,
By twos and twos together,
And count like misers, hour by hour,
October's bright blue weather.

O sun and skies and flowers of June,
Count all your boasts together,
Love loveth best of all the year
October's bright blue weather.

Helen Hunt Jackson

Bayard

(21,812 posts)
4. How about something a bit more autumnal?
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 09:30 AM
Sep 2018

Like,

Scents of the Fall.....woodsy, rain, candles, flowers, wood burning, dark and stormy nights.

mnhtnbb

(31,322 posts)
8. The Autumn Seasonal contest will run
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 10:27 AM
Sep 2018

in early December and provides an opportunity to submit shots like those you suggested and the various holidays that occur during a particular season.

We have four Seasonal contests to cover Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.

Duncan Grant

(8,258 posts)
11. "Something Old" is a good departure point.
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 03:50 PM
Sep 2018

“Something Old” resonates (thinking of wabi-sabi influences...). Along those lines, I’m also interested in viewing photographs that aren’t designed/contrived to be pretty or sentimental. I learn so much from fellow amateurs who document unrehearsed discoveries, moments and events.

I’m also a fan of seeing familiar things in new ways. “Five minutes from my front door” is always a great exercise for my eye. This type of theme is less about the final product and more about the pleasure of looking and seeing (“From mundane to magical...”).

Just my .02 cents — let the wisdom of the group and/or mnhtnbb prevail.

Mira

(22,378 posts)
13. Wonderful Ideas all
Sun Sep 23, 2018, 01:11 PM
Sep 2018

Well thought out and every one of them is totally fine with me. Will we have a poll of them?

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