The Guidelines below should hopefully mean that the competition & the challenge continue to run smoothly.

The difference between the Photo Challenge and the Photography Competition is that the entries for the challenge must be taken within the coming month of the challenge being announced (normally the 1st day of the month) and may not be from your back catalogue. The competition can be any photo you've taken at any time. Post processing will be allowed in either competition or challenge unless the judge states otherwise.

Monthly Photography Competition Rules

1. The photos taken must be your own work
2. The competition will run from the first to the last day of the month.
3. The winner from the previous month decides on the topic for following month and judges it at the end of the month
4. Entries and discussion on a single thread, please.
5. All entrants acknowledge that they may indeed win and that their adherence to convention ensures everyone else's continued fun.
6. Winners should update the Competition Wiki (it's easy)
7. Photos entered can be as large as you like, although bear in mind if too large, it may not be possible to see the whole image on some screens. Links to larger versions are permissible.

If after 7 days of a competition ending, either a winner has not been declared, or the winner has not created a new thread, a new thread should be started, with the topic set as whatever the topic was 10 years ago, based on this wiki.

Previous Competitions

Year	Month	Theme	Winner
2024	January	ATMOSPHERE	Dibbly
	February	Numbers	nre
	March	Back-lit	Craikeybaby
	April	Home town	Benzinaio
	May	Decay	Its_Just_Adz
	June	Happiness	C n C
	July	Green	velocemitch
	August	Speed	Benzinaio
	September	Old & New	Nigel_O
	October	Bad Weather	LimaDelta
	November	Strength	WINNER
	December	Theme and URL	WINNER
2023	January	WINTER	singlecoil
	February	Food Photography	Whoozit
	March	Your View - Winter	kman
	April	Old & New	TheRainMaker
	May	Why are you on Pistonheads?	Its Just Adz
	June	Technology	Whoozit
	July	Summer holiday	bennno
	August	Car on holiday
	September	Faces	7 5 7
	October	The Commute	PomBstard
	November	Construction	LimaDelta
	December	Spirit of Adventure
2022	January	In the mist	Whoozit
	February	Twilight	RedThree
	March	Seascape	TheRainMaker
	April	Everyday objects	Whoozit
	May	The decisive moment	Itsallicanafford
	June	Outdoor flash photography	some bloke
	July	Tools	TheRainMaker
	August	Car shows	57 Chevy
	September	Reflection	Whoozit
	October	Minimalism	Nigel_O
	November	Panning	satfinal
	December	Complimentary colours	TBA
2021	January	Garage	driver67
	February	Landmarks and Famous Places	TheRainMaker
	March	Taken with a phone	rst99
	April	Above the Horizon	Eein
	May	Sheep	ch37
	June	Serene	GravelBen
	July	Opposite Lock	Dogsey
	August	Your Best Shot	Vintage Racer
	September	Landscapes	Dailyhack
	October	Rain	nre
	November	Shadows or Silhouettes	Covboy
	December	Heavy Industry	RedThree
2020	January	Red	DJSmith74
	February	Prime	Top Banana
	March	Lines	rst99
	April	Home & Garden	Rob Dickinson
	May	Over Saturated Landscapes	Gravel Ben
	June	Lines	DailyHack
	July	Aged	neilski
	August	Boats	TheRainMaker
	September	The Best of Humanity	C n C
	October	Coronavirus	burton_ii
	November	Autumn	nre
	December	Empty	eein
2019	January	Food and Drink	Neilski
	February	Night Street Photography	Toasty
	March	Holidays	DailyHack
	April	Photojournalism/Editorial	C&C
	May	Blue	Eein
	June	Wheel	C&C
	July	Liquid	Neilski
	August	Bokeh	C&C
	September	Transport	LaSource
	October	Pattern	Top Banana
	November	Power	Nigel_O
	December	Perspective	Noell35
2018	January	Symmetry	Top Banana
	February	Decay	C&C
	March	Technology	Paul Deitch
	April	Underground	Dogsey
	May	Morning	Eltawater
	June	Making a splash	Vintage Racer
	July	Timing!	Avantime
	August	Inside Out	Dan_1981
	September	The End of Summer	Singlecoil
	October	Still Life	Noell35
	November	From Above	Voldemort
	December	Architecture	Burton_ii
2017	January	Mist	DavidY
	February	Into The Sky	Top Banana
	March	Unusual Shapes	DavidY
	April	After Dark	4LMike
	May	Summer	Toasty
	June	Portraits	DavidY
	July	Numbers	Top Banana
	August	Vintage	tuffer
	September	Engineering	Dibbly
	October	Sunsets	RobDickinson
	November	Long Exposure	Malcolm Feth
	December	Simplicity	Noell35
2016	January	Fresh	V8Wagon
	February	Wheels	kman
	March	Tell Me a Story	Mrs Megy
	April	Mystique	chrismarr
	May	Adventure	Zelda Pinwheel
	June	Duplicates	TheRainMaker
	July	Light Painting	kman
	Aug	Food and Drink	4Lmike
	Sept	Detail	Dibbly
	Oct	Autumn Colours	4Lmike
	November	Movement	Beggarall
	December	Indoors	Nigel_O
2015	Jan	Bridges	Gilhooligan
	Feb	Light Trails	markmullen
	Mar	Solitude	PBLP
	Apr	Mood	V8Wagon
	May	Glass	Gilhooligan
	June	Blue Hour	Craigbunyan
	July	Noon	Rainmaker
	Aug	Dusk until Dawn	DibbyDobbler
	Sept	Minimalism	PBLP
	Oct	Trees	Rob Dickinson
	Nov	Water	Nezquick
	Dec	Snow	baz7175
2014	Jan	Get out	kybo
	Feb	Beauty	craigbunyan
	Mar	Into the Sun	Yellabelly
	Apr	Shadows/Reflections	toasty
	May	Internals	rottie102
	Jun	Happy	Morbid
	Jul	Sky	kman
	Aug	Black & White	Pete Baraka
	Sep	Alternative View	threespires
	Oct	Pix of People Taking Pix	baz7175
	Nov	Autumn	Yellabelly
	Dec	Tree/Trees	Dibbly Dobbler
2013	Jan	Travel	neilski
	Feb	Pure Filth	Dogsey
	Mar	Up Close	Mutts
	Apr	Showers	curtisl
	May	Fast	tim-b
	Jun	Diptych	RobbieKB
	Jul	Vehicles	GFWilliams
	Aug	What You're Best At	curtisl
	Sep	Faces	RobbieKB
	Oct	Best Light	markmullen
	Nov	Different PoV	Yellabelly
	Dec	Cityscape	baz7175
2012	Jan	Optimism	JSS 911
	Feb	Simplicity	McMacro
	Mar	Angles	furtive
	Apr	Spring	10speeduk
	May	Light	Fezant Pluckah
	Jun	Hair	B16 RTT
	Jul	Power	...Mole...
	Aug	Diagonals	londonagent
	Sep	Leading Lines	paul911
	Oct	Water	JJM
	Nov	Long Exposure	Londonagent
	Dec	Texture	Kermit power
2011	Jan	Emotion	mojitomax
	Feb	Lines	JJM
	Mar	Sky	baz7175
	Apr	Emotion In The Inanimate	abarth500
	May	Transparency	Nick Grant
	Jun	Cinematic	Robbie B
	Jul	Golden Hour	RobDickinson
	Aug	Shutter Speed	Andy-xr
	Sep	Abstract	Dogsey
	Oct	Black and White	londonagent
	Nov	Industrial	crmcatee
	Dec	Serenity	londonagent
2010	Jan	Your Car	craigbunyan
	Feb	New Beginnings	racinggreen
	Mar	The Less Travelled Road	GravelBen
	Apr	Perspective	Racing Green
	May	Sport	jon-
	Jun	Flight	jonnylarge
	Jul	Jack	Lois
	Aug	Love	andy-xr
	Sep	Reflections/Distortions	MarkMullen
	Oct	Changes	Racing Green
	Nov	Creative Spark	Paul.B
	Dec	Candid Camera	joe20vt
2009	Jan	Scarred	Stigmundfreud
	Feb	People Portraiture	Yellabelly
	Mar	Detail	andy-xr
	Apr	Musical	Sammy_bibs
	May	Light	4Hero
	Jun	Glass	Cirks
	Jul	Generation	CivicMan
	Aug	A Very British Summer	PPhillpott
	Sep	Contentment	Mini1275
	Oct	Nature's special gifts	Dogsey
	Nov	Memory	curtisl
	Dec	Lights	john185k
2008	Jan	Wild	Scho
	Feb	Pretty Ordinary	stigmundfreud
	Mar	The Kitchen	rhubarb
	Apr	Street Photography	nick_bbb
	May	Circle	rhubarb
	Jun	The Man Made Landscape	AndWhy
	Jul	Shade, shadows and silhouettes	Cabinet Enforcer
	Aug	The Eyes Have It	DIW35
	Sep	It's too wet outside to take photos	john185k
	Oct	A new beginning	ruaricoles
	Nov	Dirt	charnock
	Dec	Movement	theRossatron
2007	Jan	Activity	stuart b
	Feb	Beauty	Dogsey
	Mar	Art	john185k
	Apr	Panoramic	T4R
	May	Changing Seasons	Dogsey
	Jun	Speed	CY88
	Jul	Green	CVP
	Aug	Life	CY88
	Sep	6:00am	rj vaughan
	Oct	Inside	jackal
	Nov	Youth	Dogsey
	Dec	Party	MartinP
2006	Jan	Perfection	rhubarb
	Feb	Power	up-the-dubs
	Mar	Impact	bacchus
	Apr	Contrast	doodah
	May	Candid	g stacey
	Jun	Focus	flameop
	Jul	Detail	UKBob
	Aug	Our World	Slinky
	Sep	Extraordinary	cvp
	Oct	Shape	chrisrwc
	Nov	Light	crmcatee
	Dec	Film Titles	te51cle

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Monthly Photo Challenge

Below is a list of all previous monthly Photo Challenges. Here's the original thread which kicked off the challenge.

Finding these challenges has been a bigger challenge than the photo challenges. Some seem to be in the TVR section, others in Ultima? WTF!! If you find any missing links or info, please update this page.

Anyhow, here's the rules and previous challenges and winners.

Rules

1. The photos taken must be your own work
2. The shot MUST be taken this month, with the closing date being midnight on the last day of the Challenge month
3. The exif must be posted with your shot
4. The competition will run from the first to the last day of the month
5. The winner from the previous month decides on the topic for following month and judges it at the end of the month
6. The Challenge for next month should be generic, as not everyone has access to zoom, macro, specialist lenses. It should be shots that everyone is capable of achieving with the bare essentials.
7. There will be two threads that need starting: The Entries thread to commence same time as Discussion thread. In the Entries thread only one picture should be entered. Any others you wish to discuss should be posted in the Discussion thread.
8. All entrants acknowledge that they may indeed win and that their adherence to convention ensures everyone else's continued fun.
9. Photos entered should be no bigger than 750 pixels wide for a landscape photo and 600 pixels high for a portrait photo. Some people still have black and white tellies, and use these stupid 3G phone things for browsing the interweb Links to larger versions are permissible.

Previous Challenges

Year	Month	Theme	Entries Thread	Discussion Thread	Winner
2014	Jan	Emotion	Entries	Discussion	driverrob
	Feb	Unseasonable	Entries	Discussion	No Entries
	Mar	Natural Patterns	Entries	Discussion	MartinQ
	Apr	Faceless Portraits	Entries	Discussion	Golaboots
	May	Unusually backlit	Entries	Discussion	rottie102
	Jun	NO CHALLENGE SET	-	-	-
	Jul	NO CHALLENGE SET	-	-	-
	Aug	NO CHALLENGE SET	-	-	-
	Sep	NO CHALLENGE SET	-	-	-
	Oct
	Nov
	Dec
2013	Jan	New Beginnings	Entries	Discussion	Kit80
	Feb	Reflections	Entries	Discussion	rst99
	Mar	Engineering	Entries	Discussion	ChipsAndCheese
	Apr	Nature	Entries	Discussion	curtisl
	May	Victory	Entries	Discussion	No entries
	Jun	Inside the Photo	Entries	None	Guam
	Jul	The Weekend	Entries	None	Dogsey
	Aug	Use Your Camera!	Entries	Discussion	rst99
	Sep	Urban	Entries	Discussion	No Entries
	Oct	Anything Goes	Entries	Discussion	stu1984
	Nov	Around the Home	Entries	Discussion	HedgehogFromHell
	Dec	Low Angle	Entries	Discussion	kman
2012	Jan	Blue	Entries	Discussion	utgjon
	Feb	Seven Deadly Sins	Entries	Discussion	JSS 911
	Mar	Things That Go Together	Entries	Discussion	Dogsey
	Apr	Travel	Entries	Discussion	Xaero
	May	A Stranger	Entries	Discussion	jimmy156
	Jun	In Motion	Entries	Discussion	gary71
	Jul	The Race	Entries	Discussion	tim-b
	Aug	Nice Pair	Entries	Discussion	Dogsey
	Sep	Home	Entries	Discussion	Kermit power
	Oct	Decay	Entries	Discussion	Colin RedGriff
	Nov	Everyday	Entries	Discussion	ChipsAndCheese
	Dec	Cold	Entries	Discussion	RobbieKB
2011	January	Back to work	Entries	None	Chrisj_abz
	February	Engineering	Entries	None	No winner?
	March	Movement	Entries	None	londonagent
	April	Dreams and Ambition	Entries	None	Ollerton57
	May	On The Edge	Entries	None	jimmy156
	June	On The Road	Entries	None	jaik
	July	Reflections	Entries	None	londonagent?
	August	Bokeh	Entries	Discussion	pphillpot
	September	Colour	Entries	Discussion	markmullen
	October	Lines	Entries	Discussion	londonagent
	November	After Dark	Entries	Discussion	Comacchio
	December	Taken For Granted	Entries	Discussion
2010	March	Street Panning	Entries	None	mojitoma Forum My Stuff What's New My Profile