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 Theme and URL WINNER
April Theme and URL WINNER
May Theme and URL WINNER
June Theme and URL WINNER
July Theme and URL WINNER
August Theme and URL WINNER
September Theme and URL WINNER
October Theme and URL WINNER
November Theme and URL 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 RedThree
February Twilight Whoozit
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 hehe 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 mojitomax
April Up Entries None Kinkybooots
May Decay Entries None R&J
June Reflections Entries None Baz
July The Best Way To Cool Down Entries None tmk2
August From Above