Ideas for May Photo Contest?

[Schema Thing]

I'm distracted and my mind is blanking out when I try to think of themes for this month's contest.




Any ideas?

[ManiacJoe]

1. Red ball.

One or more red balls need to be somewhere noticeable in the frame, not necessarily relevant to the subject.

What?! OK, maybe I need to switch to decaf....

[Mz Pip]

2. Metal

Stairways

The color purple

Food for thought

[JeffR]

3. Negatives

[Mz Pip]

9. I like that idea

It's unusual.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. water

[Sheepshank]

5. I'm going to bring it up as often as I see stairs....or puppies

Hair......curls, lank, dog, back, long, shorn, stubble, etc

Or perhaps Textures

Or perhaps even Objects that have a resemblance to something else...like pictures in clouds, or driftwood looking like sea turtles, or hair looking like ocean waves, or distant hills looking like boobs (dh's favorite lol), faces apparent in burnt toast, or stalagmites that look like vampire teeth lol.

[BrightKnight]

6. boundaries and borders

Rio Grande

[Mira]

7. I liked Elfin Yeti's subject

of repeating patterns, or objects. I forget the word.

Or, maybe, perspectives/vanishing points.

(I'm coming back late tomorrow, thanks for your kind feedback on some of my photos)

[Sheepshank]

15. patterns

didn't someone here call that alliteration?

[Elfin Yeti]

16. Visual alliteration

[ohheckyeah]

19. I second this idea. n/t

[Mz Pip]

8. Here's the list of past contests

2010
May - ?
Apr - Storms
Mar - Beautiful Decay
Feb - Still Life
Jan - Your Favorite Shot of 2009

2009
Dec - A Shot in the Dark
Nov - Named After a Song
Oct - Wabi Sabi
Sep - Looking Up
Aug - Green
Jul - A Shot Taken in Your Yard (Or What Counts as Your Yard)
Jun - Portrait of a Stranger
May - Scene at a National Historic Register Site
Apr - The World of Work
Mar - Gates/Doors
Feb - Red
Jan - Street Scenes

2008
Dec/Nov - Celebrating
Oct - Need for Change
Sep - Let's Get Small! (closeups & macros)
Aug - Old dilapidated structures
Jul - Light and Darkness
Jun - Transportation
May - Wildlife
Apr - Making Connections
Mar - Main Street
Feb - Water's edge
Jan - Diagonals

2007
Dec - Surrealism
Nov - (postponed)
Oct - Spooky
Sep - Recurring Patterns in Black and White
Aug - Scenes of Zen
Jul - Barriers/Divides
Jun - Using Light Creatively
May - Cutloose (No theme)
Apr - Sky
Mar - Tranquility
Feb - Bridges
Jan - Motion

2006
Dec - Tis The Season
Nov - Silhouettes
Oct - Paths/Pathways
Sep - Trees
Aug - Texture
Jul - Portals
Jun - People Pictures
May - Something Old
Apr - Making Connections (Juxtaposition)
Mar - Architecture
Feb - Absence of Color
Jan - Close-Up

2005
Dec - Extreme Processing (unofficial)
Nov - Fall
Oct - Strength
Sep - Reflections
Aug - Hot Days of Summer (unofficial)
Jul - Water
Jun - Flowers
May - Light & Shadows
Apr - (No Theme)
Mar - Green
Feb - Cemeteries
Jan - Winter Cold

2004
Dec - (No Theme)

[Schema Thing]

14. Thank you, that is helpful

[HarveyDarkey]

10. Puppies & babies with raindrops on stairs

or some combination thereof. Am I gauging the sentiment here correctly?

Not necessarily responses to this post entered into this assessment.

[BrightKnight]

11. Mary Poppins "...a few of my favorite things" or William Wagman? -n/t

[Schema Thing]

12. now that's an idea

hmmmm

[Schema Thing]

13. Keep 'em coming folks

my brain fog is even worse today!

[alfredo]

17. vegetables

[HappyCynic]

18. Distorted

[HappyCynic]

20. Three

[alfredo]

21. Do you go to dpreview? They just had a "three" mini challenge.

They are having a three color mini challenge right now.

[HappyCynic]

22. Actually, no...

I don't go to dpreview so it looks like just one of those coincidences. I was actually thinking primarily in terms of objects rather than colours.

[alfredo]

23. I like the threes because it makes people think composition.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

24. Primary colors

Main subject composed of one or more of them... :shrug: