OK, everybody! I am now looking for your ideas on a theme for the October contest!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

It's a big month: the start of fall, Halloween, harvest doings, all sorts of things.

So, what would you like to see us use as the theme?

Let me hear you!

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. I think a harvest the3me has the most photographic potential.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. It does have a lot of potential. Thanks for your input!

[alfredo]

2. Change is coming.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Indeed, fall is a time of change. Thanks for your input too!

[alfredo]

5. But then the harvest in Colorado and California could be interesting.

[Earth_First]

6. "Out Back..."

Offers a wide variety of interpretation.

Just a thought...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. So, do you mean either physically or.....?

I'd like to hear your further thoughts! If you will...

[rdking647]

8. a few suggestion

scary things
football
ghosts (could really be interesting)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Good thoughts!

I actually had been thinking of something related to Halloween.....or All Hallow's Eve.

[Curmudgeoness]

10. I enjoyed going with the basics

with the last contest, and it seemed to go well. Remember, the six elements of design: line, shape, form, texture, pattern, and color.

By using another of these basic elements, it allows people to go in any direction that they want. With autumn coming, "color" might be a good element to focus on.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Thanks, I like that idea too.

Thank you for the list. Indeed it went very well.

I will ponder these...

[Tom Kitten]

12. How about October itself as the theme?

All the suggestions are good and very Octobe-rish, wouldn't you say? Seasonal change, Halloween, harvest time, color...An entrant can enter any subject as long as it evokes a feeling of "Octoberness". A person could enter a photo of a scarecrow in a field, leaves turning, football game, something that says October. Maybe that's too close to the seasonal contest, I don't know!

A thing about Halloween is that it's the last day of the month. The contest would be over by then, wouldn't it? But I suppose that wouldn't be a problem, unless you wanted to take pictures of trick-or-treaters.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. That is an interesting idea, my dear Tom Kitten...

The seasonal contest is "Autumn." or fall. So there doesn't have to be any overlap.

And yes, I expect to be done by Halloween, although that might depend on when the "autumn" contest runs.