Prompt: Summer Hikes

Next challenge: The Beginning of The End

Burr Pond in Connecticut.

August prompt: Summer Fare.

Alt prompt: Empty Spaces.

The winner of the April Challenge was Island Hopping pic | comment by Ajros02

Ajros02 did make a suggestion for June, so we went with the second place winners suggestion of Water. Thanks u/eyeswydeshut

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Please bear in mind the following rules... Failure to follow any of them can result in your picture being disqualified:

• This is a monthly challenge, so pictures can not be taken prior to Monday, June 1st or after Tuesday, June 30th. Submissions that were not taken between those dates will be removed.

• Post your pictures as links with the title "#494: <Picture Title>".

• Only one submission per challenge.

• No AI Generated images, the point is to get out shooting!

• In order to verify the photo was taken during the contest period you must upload to a site that does not strip the EXIF data. Because of that we only allow submissions from the following domains. [ OneDrive, Flickr, Picasa, Min.Us, Smugmug, 500px.Com, Deviantart.Com, Google Plus Or Playlookit.Com ] This will allow the mods to validate the photos qualifies. Please note that the new reddit photo-hosting system strips the EXIF data so we're not able to use mberit as a host.

Be creative, and most importantly...Have Fun!

July prompt: Summer Time; alternate: In the sun

The winner of the March Challenge was Mud Bath pic | comment by u/jmoreno_pinete

jmoreno_pinete did make a suggestion for May, so we went with the second place winners suggestion of Reflection. Thanks u/eyeswydeshut

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Please bear in mind the following rules... Failure to follow any of them can result in your picture being disqualified:

• This is a monthly challenge, so pictures can not be taken prior to Friday, May 1st or after Sunday, May 31th. Submissions that were not taken between those dates will be removed.

• Post your pictures as links with the title "#493: <Picture Title>".

• Only one submission per challenge.

• No AI Generated images, the point is to get out shooting!

• In order to verify the photo was taken during the contest period you must upload to a site that does not strip the EXIF data. Because of that we only allow submissions from the following domains. [ OneDrive, Flickr, Picasa, Min.Us, Smugmug, 500px.Com, Deviantart.Com, Google Plus Or Playlookit.Com ] This will allow the mods to validate the photos qualifies. Please note that the new reddit photo-hosting system strips the EXIF data so we're not able to use mberit as a host.

Be creative, and most importantly...Have Fun!

The winner of the February Challenge was Waiting For My Crew pic | comment by u/jmoreno_pinete

jmoreno_pinete suggested blurred motion for the April Challenge

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Please bear in mind the following rules... Failure to follow any of them can result in your picture being disqualified:

• This is a monthly challenge, so pictures can not be taken prior to Wednesday, April 1st or after Thursday, April 30th. Submissions that were not taken between those dates will be removed.

• Post your pictures as links with the title "#492: <Picture Title>".

• Only one submission per challenge.

• No AI Generated images, the point is to get out shooting!

• In order to verify the photo was taken during the contest period you must upload to a site that does not strip the EXIF data. Because of that we only allow submissions from the following domains. [ OneDrive, Flickr, Picasa, Min.Us, Smugmug, 500px.Com, Deviantart.Com, Google Plus Or Playlookit.Com ] This will allow the mods to validate the photos qualifies. Please note that the new reddit photo-hosting system strips the EXIF data so we're not able to use mberit as a host.

Be creative, and most importantly...Have Fun!

The winner of the January Challenge was Snowy Hills pic | comment by u/splitti

Unfortunately Splitti didn't suggest a topic for March, and I forgot to ask them... So looking at our second place finisher they suggested we do "Motion" for the march challenge.

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Please bear in mind the following rules... Failure to follow any of them can result in your picture being disqualified:

• This is a monthly challenge, so pictures can not be taken prior to Sunday, March 1st or after Tuesday, March 31st. Submissions that were not taken between those dates will be removed.

• Post your pictures as links with the title "#491: <Picture Title>".

• Only one submission per challenge.

• No AI Generated images, the point is to get out shooting!

• In order to verify the photo was taken during the contest period you must upload to a site that does not strip the EXIF data. Because of that we only allow submissions from the following domains. [ OneDrive, Flickr, Picasa, Min.Us, Smugmug, 500px.Com, Deviantart.Com, Google Plus Or Playlookit.Com ] This will allow the mods to validate the photos qualifies. Please note that the new reddit photo-hosting system strips the EXIF data so we're not able to use mberit as a host.

Be creative, and most importantly...Have Fun!

Next challenge: blurred motion