S is for September

[rmdavis]

Hey everyone, I thought I would start a new photograph assignment/contest of sorts. Each month we will shoot items in that month that begin with the first letter of the month (S for this month). To further narrow it down I thought we would try picking a category for each week of the month and shoot items that fall in that category.
A couple of rules.

1. Photos should be taken during that week

2. Pictures should be your own work (of course those of you that have kids that want join in are more than welcome)

3. Only one photo of an item per person ( in other words if you get a picture of a steeple, you can replace it with another steeple photo but you only get credit for one of them) but each person can post their own steeple ( hope that makes sense)

4. You MUST have fun.

5. Whoever gets the most pictures in a category will get to choose the next weeks category. But lets go for quality as well as quantity

( This is a work in progress so any ideas for tweaking these rules are more than welcome.)


So let's get started shall we This first category will go from now until midnight on Sept 10th (and from now on I am thinking about going from Midnight Saturday morning to midnight the next saturday morning)

First category" S for september, category Animals so if it walks, crawls, or flies shoot away.

[rmdavis]

Squirrel

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad58/robresq2/IMG_7775.jpg

[PrincessInOz]

Spider

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0409024.jpg

[PrincessInOz]

Snail Taken in the pounding rain last night!!!

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0509030.jpg

[PrincessInOz]

And my category stretch.......:)


Sasquatch (Big Foot)

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0905005.jpg

princess::upsidedow

[rmdavis]

Spider

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad58/robresq2/IMG_7759.jpg


Princess in Oz, that may be your biggest category stretch yet... definetly lept into it "feet" first :lmao: (yeah yeah I know that was a BAD pun but hey it's late and I've been at work all day)

[PrincessInOz]

Princess in Oz, that may be your biggest category stretch yet... definetly lept into it "feet" first :lmao: (yeah yeah I know that was a BAD pun but hey it's late and I've been at work all day)

Hope that you're well rested now and back on your feet :thumbsup2, so to speak.

I don't know about Sasquatch being my biggest category stretch yet....I have a lot to live down - my HoeDown did not have a leg to stand on....and Whale in Ocean was completely legless :rotfl2:

The Aussie equivalent to Sasquatch is the Yowie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yowie); and there could have been one come to visit me, trying to squeeze on the uggs ;), which was no mean feat (or should I spell this as feet?).

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

princess::upsidedow
(BTW - all puns, bad or otherwise, ARE intended in this post).

[TheGoofster]

Signs:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/Jessdad/trip77.jpg

[AndrewWG]

Signs:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/Jessdad/trip77.jpg

This doesn't follow the rules of Animals, however it brings up a point that I wanted to make about nailing down a specific category being a very tough assignment. In this case I expect to see a whole bunch of spiders and squirrels with the occasional skunk or snake. Other than those, this is very limited. Perhaps trying this with a more open category would be better? It is not my thread so it is up to you, rmdavis. Just a suggestion.

[TheGoofster]

This doesn't follow the rules of Animals, however it brings up a point that I wanted to make about nailing down a specific category being a very tough assignment. In this case I expect to see a whole bunch of spiders and squirrels with the occasional skunk or snake. Other than those, this is very limited. Perhaps trying this with a more open category would be better? It is not my thread so it is up to you, rmdavis. Just a suggestion.

Oops. Guess who didn't read the instructions carefully? :rotfl:

I didn't even see the animal part (I guess posting in the early morning isn't my thing).

Let me go ahead and post a different shot that does meet the category. What's funny about this shot (which is the only one that I have right now that is an animal) is almost a twin of one that has already been posted

Spider:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/Jessdad/spider02.jpg

[AndrewWG]

I guess it's that time of year for these guys to show up in peoples gardens. :rotfl2:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w148/AndyG1970/Dis%20Scavenger%20Hunt/IMG_3777.jpg

I guess I will just post this one as my pic of a spider.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w148/AndyG1970/Dis%20Scavenger%20Hunt/IMG_1797.jpg

And this one of a spider crab? It's days were numbered but it is a spider crab just the same....

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w148/AndyG1970/Dis%20Scavenger%20Hunt/IMG_9701.jpg

[ColleenG]

I'll have to get my camera go squirel hunting!

[tlcmommyx4]

I will give this a try as well
Squirrel
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll189/tlcmommyx4/Hunt/hunt-134-2.jpg

Spider
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll189/tlcmommyx4/Hunt/misc-100-2.jpg

[rmdavis]

Andrew, I think you are right about the narrowing it down and am really considering after the 10th (when this category was going to end just opening it up to any S pictures for the rest of the month. (but you did manage to get 2 for one in the spider crab picture if you add in the seagull too :lmao:)

Princess I never realized that ya'll had a version of bigfoot. Another great feet-ure of these posts is the learning about other places.

[AndrewWG]

Andrew, I think you are right about the narrowing it down and am really considering after the 10th (when this category was going to end just opening it up to any S pictures for the rest of the month. (but you did manage to get 2 for one in the spider crab picture if you add in the seagull too :lmao:)

Princess I never realized that ya'll had a version of bigfoot. Another great feet-ure of these posts is the learning about other places.

Haha! I didn't even think of the seagull. Maybe there are more S animals than I thought.

[spinetnglr]

How about a swallowtail

http://rewindtime.smugmug.com/Close-to-Home/Gifford-Pincot-State-Park/DSC0039-2/998170006_Y7yCv-L.jpg

The picture was actually captured in late July but I am just now getting around to looking at the pics and doing a little processing

[allie5]

Snow Leopard?

Taken at a Wildlife park last week :)

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz169/alliestuff2009/bwsnowlep-1.jpg

[tlcmommyx4]

Here is a S for Sheep, she looks so embarrassed without her woo.
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll189/tlcmommyx4/Hunt/untitledshoot-102-2.jpgl

[tlcmommyx4]

S is for Steer
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll189/tlcmommyx4/Hunt/untitledshoot-103-3.jpg

[PrincessInOz]

Shrimp

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0909019.jpg


Starfish

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0909026.jpg



Seagull

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0909030.jpg

[SC Mouse Fan]

Meet King Bob our pet King snake.
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh286/landeru84/miscellaneous/_DSC9982.jpg

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh286/landeru84/miscellaneous/_DSC9983.jpg

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh286/landeru84/miscellaneous/_DSC9986.jpg

[juligrl]

A bunch of spiders!
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p4/3jgirls/026-2.jpg

[rmdavis]

Sorry I am a little late on getting back to this post, been a busy few days. But I am back now and it looks like Princess Oz got the most different animals so Princess Oz, you can either pick a new "S" category or we can just open it up to anything beginning with S for the rest of the month, your call...

Hope everyone is doing good.

[PrincessInOz]

Oh....the pressure! You're asking ME to make a decision? I'm the most indecisive person here!

Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe
Flip a Coin
And Doh-see Doe

I guess it's going to have to be anything that is S related for the rest of the month; which will cut down on administratration and having to pick another category in a week's time....and there is only 15 more days to the end of the month.

princess::upsidedow
(The alternative was anything Food related starting with S......:confused3)

[rmdavis]

alright then.. anything S related it is, with extra ooohhhsss and ahhhsss given to anything food related. :thumbsup2

[atsolomon]

S is for a Sperm Whale Skeleton

From Boston's Museum of Science's Whales | Tahora exhibit that closed this week.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/atsolo/4985353302/in/set-72157624386866840/
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/4985353302_e8b4f03868_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/atsolo/4985353302/in/set-72157624386866840/)

[dcg0317]

Barn Swallow feeding on flies
http://amtphoto.smugmug.com/2010-Photos/Birds/Unknow-Bird-09-01-01ccr/993546726_JH8bh-X2.jpg

[dcg0317]

A Skipper
http://amtphoto.smugmug.com/2010-Photos/Butterflies/Skipper-09-15-01acr/1010045747_a6Trr-X2.jpg

Soda Can
http://amtphoto.smugmug.com/2010-Photos/2010/Soda-Can-09-15-01cr/1010049396_qNY8m-X2.jpg

Close up of sand
http://amtphoto.smugmug.com/2010-Photos/Micro/Sand-09-15-01cr/1009235644_MS2rX-X2.jpg

Stream
http://amtphoto.smugmug.com/2010-Photos/Rochester-NH/Stream-09-15-01cr/1010055131_5ozPr-X2.jpg

[AndrewWG]

Senator Scott Brown:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w148/AndyG1970/Dis%20Scavenger%20Hunt/IMG_7311.jpg

[PrincessInOz]

Spring


http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0919RMS2010Spring.jpg

Sage

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0919RMS2010Texture.jpg

[PrincessInOz]

The Royal Melbourne Show (http://www.royalshow.com.au/) is our annual agricultural event, which I am assuming is similar to the American County Fairs. Got a few of S for September shots to share.....


Slide

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0919RMS2010Slide.jpg



Swings

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0919RMS2010Swing.jpg



Seesaw with Sheepdog on Shetland pony

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0919RMS2010SeeSaw.jpg



Shetlands

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0919RMS2010Shetland.jpg



Sheep

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0919RMS2010Sheep.jpg



Silkie

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0919RMS2010Silkie.jpg



Saddle and Stirrup

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0919RMS2010Saddle.jpg



Straw bale

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0919RMS2010Strawbale.jpg



Scotsmen and their Sporrons (and Socks and Shoes)

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0919RMS2010ScottishSporron.jpg



Splash

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0919RMS2010Splash.jpg



Skull

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0919RMS2010Skull.jpg



Scarecrow

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0919RMS2010Scarecrow.jpg



Stroller, Shopping bag and Showbags

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0919RMS2010Stroller.jpg




Scooby Doo


http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0919RMS2010ScoobyDoo.jpg

princess::upsidedow

[PrincessInOz]

And my food related item from today.....

Scone with jam and cream

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/PrincessInOz/DisBoard%20Photoshots%202010/0919RMS2010Scone.jpg