*** July Contest -- Topic Suggestion Thread *** [View All]

[regnaD kciN]

Oh, Lord. How do I get into these things? :banghead:

I should know better than to enter any contest that might require me to host the one directly before or after a Seasonal. Of course, in this case, there were unforeseen circumstances...such as the photographer who took what should have been this contest's sure winner deciding to withdraw his or her entry in the finals. I don't know who the mystery photographer is, but let me say "thank you for a beautiful image from that location...and no thanks for sticking me with the July hosting job!!!" ;-)

Seriously, while I don't have a topic yet, I do have a (rather forced) schedule, and here it is:

Submissions: 7/11-7/19
Preliminaries: 7/21-7/23
Finals: 7/24-7/26

Seeing as submissions start in eleven days, and I assume everyone wants as much shooting time as possible before that, we really need to have our topic set by the 5th at the latest. I am therefore opening the floor to any and all suggestions for the next couple of days. I plan to put a topic poll up on the 3rd, to run through Independence Day, so that I can announce the topic when I get back from whatever fireworks show I'll be photographing this year.

Just for reference, the following topics have been suggested in the past few months...

Festivals and Performances (not including fireworks)
Let's Get Physical
Critters
Cell Phone Camera Photos
Portrait of a Musician
Familiar Objects Shown In Unfamiliar Ways
Doors or Gates
Squares
Mirrored Images
Wood
Dancers - Parade
Contrasts
Metal

...but, if you want any of these, you need to "re-nominate" them, as I won't be carrying anything over from previous months.

So, let's hear your ideas!