Hey there aspiring photographer!

The winner for the January Challenge was Smoke* pic | comment by u/babyeater666

babyeater666 Choose the following topic for the March Challenge: juxtaposition

If anyone has any ideas on how to increase participation in the challenge please drop a comment or send me a PM!

A definition, incase it helps:

juxtaposition - noun the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

We only had one submission for February so there won't be a voting thread this month.

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

• Pictures must be submitted from OneDrive, Flickr, Picasa, min.us, smugmug, 500px.com, deviantart.com, Google Plus or playlookit.com so the mods can confirm that the picture is in compliance with the rules. Please note that the new Reddit photo-hosting system strips the EXIF data so we're not able to use it as a host. Submissions made to other hosts will be removed.

• Whichever one of our approved hosts you choose to host your pictures, please make sure you've chosen to allow people to view the EXIF data for your picture so we can verify the date. Any submissions without this available are subject to being removed.

• Pictures are not to have been taken prior to Wednesday, March 1st or after Friday, March 31st. Submissions that were not taken between those dates will be removed.

• Submissions should be posted by 11:59PM EDT on Friday, March 31th. Posts made after this time will not be included in the Voting Thread.

• Post your pictures as links with the title "#455: <picture title>". If the submission doesn't follow this format the script that we use to compile the Voting Thread won't include it.

• Do not upvote your own submissions from alternate accounts. That goes totally against the spirit of what this subreddit is about.

• NSFW submissions are allowed but make sure to flag it NSFW.

• Only one submission per challenge.

• Do not downvote submissions. If you have a criticism to offer about a picture, post a comment about why you think the submission doesn't work, and do so respectfully.

• Please post your challenge topic as a comment in your submission. This will enable us to quickly post the next challenge once we've determined the winning submissions. Failure to do this will cause us to ask the runner-up for their challenge topic. Should the runner-up not respond, the moderators will post a topic of their choosing. It's difficult for us to try to get in touch with the winner and still get the new challenge made in a timely fashion, so if you can't think of a topic when you make your submission PLEASE go to your submission and post a challenge topic idea at some point during the challenge period.

Be creative, and most importantly...have fun!

The winner for the December Challenge was The water of Lake Sammamish crests above the boardwalk at Marymoor Park pic by u/eyeswydeshut

eyeswydeshut Choose the following topic for the February Challenge: Blur

We only had one submission for January so there won't be a voting thread this month.

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

• Pictures must be submitted from OneDrive, Flickr, Picasa, min.us, smugmug, 500px.com, deviantart.com, Google Plus or playlookit.com so the mods can confirm that the picture is in compliance with the rules. Please note that the new Reddit photo-hosting system strips the EXIF data so we're not able to use it as a host. Submissions made to other hosts will be removed.

• Whichever one of our approved hosts you choose to host your pictures, please make sure you've chosen to allow people to view the EXIF data for your picture so we can verify the date. Any submissions without this available are subject to being removed.

• Pictures are not to have been taken prior to Wednesday, February 1st or after Tuesday, February 28th. Submissions that were not taken between those dates will be removed.

• Submissions should be posted by 11:59PM EDT on Tuesday, February 28th. Posts made after this time will not be included in the Voting Thread.

• Post your pictures as links with the title "#454: <picture title>". If the submission doesn't follow this format the script that we use to compile the Voting Thread won't include it.

• Do not upvote your own submissions from alternate accounts. That goes totally against the spirit of what this subreddit is about.

• NSFW submissions are allowed but make sure to flag it NSFW.

• Only one submission per challenge.

• Do not downvote submissions. If you have a criticism to offer about a picture, post a comment about why you think the submission doesn't work, and do so respectfully.

• Please post your challenge topic as a comment in your submission. This will enable us to quickly post the next challenge once we've determined the winning submissions. Failure to do this will cause us to ask the runner-up for their challenge topic. Should the runner-up not respond, the moderators will post a topic of their choosing. It's difficult for us to try to get in touch with the winner and still get the new challenge made in a timely fashion, so if you can't think of a topic when you make your submission PLEASE go to your submission and post a challenge topic idea at some point during the challenge period.

Be creative, and most importantly...have fun!

The winner for the November Challenge was sydney harbour in 15 seconds pic by u/wineBot

Winebot Choose the following topic for the January Challenge: Picture In A Picture

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

• Pictures must be submitted from OneDrive, Flickr, Picasa, min.us, smugmug, 500px.com, deviantart.com, Google Plus or playlookit.com so the mods can confirm that the picture is in compliance with the rules. Please note that the new Reddit photo-hosting system strips the EXIF data so we're not able to use it as a host. Submissions made to other hosts will be removed.

• Whichever one of our approved hosts you choose to host your pictures, please make sure you've chosen to allow people to view the EXIF data for your picture so we can verify the date. Any submissions without this available are subject to being removed.

• Pictures are not to have been taken prior to Sunday, January 1st or after Tuesday, January 31st. Submissions that were not taken between those dates will be removed.

• Submissions should be posted by 11:59PM EDT on Tuesday, January 31st. Posts made after this time will not be included in the Voting Thread.

• Post your pictures as links with the title "#453: <picture title>". If the submission doesn't follow this format the script that we use to compile the Voting Thread won't include it.

• Do not upvote your own submissions from alternate accounts. That goes totally against the spirit of what this subreddit is about.

• NSFW submissions are allowed but make sure to flag it NSFW.

• Only one submission per challenge.

• Do not downvote submissions. If you have a criticism to offer about a picture, post a comment about why you think the submission doesn't work, and do so respectfully.

• Please post your challenge topic as a comment in your submission. This will enable us to quickly post the next challenge once we've determined the winning submissions. Failure to do this will cause us to ask the runner-up for their challenge topic. Should the runner-up not respond, the moderators will post a topic of their choosing. It's difficult for us to try to get in touch with the winner and still get the new challenge made in a timely fashion, so if you can't think of a topic when you make your submission PLEASE go to your submission and post a challenge topic idea at some point during the challenge period.

Be creative, and most importantly...have fun!

The winner for the October Challenge was Fungal action pic | comment by Pirasp

u/Pirasp Chose "Wet" as the next challenge.

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

Pictures must be submitted from OneDrive, Flickr, Picasa, min.us, smugmug, 500px.com, deviantart.com, Google Plus or playlookit.com so the mods can confirm that the picture is in compliance with the rules. Please note that the new Reddit photo-hosting system strips the EXIF data so we're not able to use it as a host. Submissions made to other hosts will be removed.

Whichever one of our approved hosts you choose to host your pictures, please make sure you've chosen to allow people to view the EXIF data for your picture so we can verify the date. Any submissions without this available are subject to being removed.

Pictures are not to have been taken prior to Wednesday, December 1st or after Saturday, December 31st. Submissions that were not taken between those dates will be removed.

Submissions should be posted by 11:59PM EDT on Saturday, December 31st. Posts made after this time will not be included in the Voting Thread.

Post your pictures as links with the title "#452: <picture title>". If the submission doesn't follow this format the script that we use to compile the Voting Thread won't include it.

Do not upvote your own submissions from alternate accounts. That goes totally against the spirit of what this subreddit is about.

NSFW submissions are allowed but make sure to flag it NSFW.

Only one submission per challenge.

Do not downvote submissions. If you have a criticism to offer about a picture, post a comment about why you think the submission doesn't work, and do so respectfully.

Please post your challenge topic as a comment in your submission. This will enable us to quickly post the next challenge once we've determined the winning submissions. Failure to do this will cause us to ask the runner-up for their challenge topic. Should the runner-up not respond, the moderators will post a topic of their choosing. It's difficult for us to try to get in touch with the winner and still get the new challenge made in a timely fashion, so if you can't think of a topic when you make your submission PLEASE go to your submission and post a challenge topic idea at some point during the challenge period.

Be creative, and most importantly...have fun!

The winner for the September Challenge was One Last Dip in the Pool pic | comment by babyeater666

u/babyeater666 Chose "motion blur" as the next challenge.

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

Pictures must be submitted from OneDrive, Flickr, Picasa, min.us, smugmug, 500px.com, deviantart.com, Google Plus or playlookit.com so the mods can confirm that the picture is in compliance with the rules. Please note that the new Reddit photo-hosting system strips the EXIF data so we're not able to use it as a host. Submissions made to other hosts will be removed.

Whichever one of our approved hosts you choose to host your pictures, please make sure you've chosen to allow people to view the EXIF data for your picture so we can verify the date. Any submissions without this available are subject to being removed.

Pictures are not to have been taken prior to Tuesday, November 1st or after Wednesday, November 30th. Submissions that were not taken between those dates will be removed.

Submissions should be posted by 11:59PM EDT on Wednesday, November 30th. Posts made after this time will not be included in the Voting Thread.

Post your pictures as links with the title "#451: <picture title>". If the submission doesn't follow this format the script that we use to compile the Voting Thread won't include it.

Do not upvote your own submissions from alternate accounts. That goes totally against the spirit of what this subreddit is about.

NSFW submissions are allowed but make sure to flag it NSFW.

Only one submission per challenge.

Do not downvote submissions. If you have a criticism to offer about a picture, post a comment about why you think the submission doesn't work, and do so respectfully.

Please post your challenge topic as a comment in your submission. This will enable us to quickly post the next challenge once we've determined the winning submissions. Failure to do this will cause us to ask the runner-up for their challenge topic. Should the runner-up not respond, the moderators will post a topic of their choosing. It's difficult for us to try to get in touch with the winner and still get the new challenge made in a timely fashion, so if you can't think of a topic when you make your submission PLEASE go to your submission and post a challenge topic idea at some point during the challenge period.

Be creative, and most importantly...have fun!

The winner for the August Challenge was The Gears, Chain, and Derailleur of a Bike pic | comment by eyeswydeshut

u/eyeswydeshut Chose " In the Darkness" as the next challenge.

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

Pictures must be submitted from OneDrive, Flickr, Picasa, min.us, smugmug, 500px.com, deviantart.com, Google Plus or playlookit.com so the mods can confirm that the picture is in compliance with the rules. Please note that the new Reddit photo-hosting system strips the EXIF data so we're not able to use it as a host. Submissions made to other hosts will be removed.

Whichever one of our approved hosts you choose to host your pictures, please make sure you've chosen to allow people to view the EXIF data for your picture so we can verify the date. Any submissions without this available are subject to being removed.

Pictures are not to have been taken prior to Saturday, October 1st or after Monday, October 31st. Submissions that were not taken between those dates will be removed.

Submissions should be posted by 11:59PM EDT on Monday, October 31st. Posts made after this time will not be included in the Voting Thread.

Post your pictures as links with the title "#450: <picture title>". If the submission doesn't follow this format the script that we use to compile the Voting Thread won't include it.

Do not upvote your own submissions from alternate accounts. That goes totally against the spirit of what this subreddit is about.

NSFW submissions are allowed but make sure to flag it NSFW.

Only one submission per challenge.

Do not downvote submissions. If you have a criticism to offer about a picture, post a comment about why you think the submission doesn't work, and do so respectfully.

Please post your challenge topic as a comment in your submission. This will enable us to quickly post the next challenge once we've determined the winning submissions. Failure to do this will cause us to ask the runner-up for their challenge topic. Should the runner-up not respond, the moderators will post a topic of their choosing. It's difficult for us to try to get in touch with the winner and still get the new challenge made in a timely fashion, so if you can't think of a topic when you make your submission PLEASE go to your submission and post a challenge topic idea at some point during the challenge period.

Be creative, and most importantly...have fun!

The winner for the May Challenge was An Underwater Home pic | comment by Fishhook007

u/Fishhook007 Didn't have a challenge idea so the second place submitter chose "End of summer" for the September Challenge.

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

Pictures must be submitted from OneDrive, Flickr, Picasa, min.us, smugmug, 500px.com, deviantart.com, Google Plus or playlookit.com so the mods can confirm that the picture is in compliance with the rules. Please note that the new Reddit photo-hosting system strips the EXIF data so we're not able to use it as a host. Submissions made to other hosts will be removed.

Whichever one of our approved hosts you choose to host your pictures, please make sure you've chosen to allow people to view the EXIF data for your picture so we can verify the date. Any submissions without this available are subject to being removed.

Pictures are not to have been taken prior to Thursday, September 1st or after Friday, September 30th. Submissions that were not taken between those dates will be removed.

Submissions should be posted by 11:59PM EST on Friday, September 30th. Posts made after this time will not be included in the Voting Thread.

Post your pictures as links with the title "#449: <picture title>". If the submission doesn't follow this format the script that we use to compile the Voting Thread won't include it.

Do not upvote your own submissions from alternate accounts. That goes totally against the spirit of what this subreddit is about.

NSFW submissions are allowed but make sure to flag it NSFW.

Do not downvote submissions. If you have a criticism to offer about a picture, post a comment about why you think the submission doesn't work, and do so respectfully.

Please post your challenge topic as a comment in your submission. This will enable us to quickly post the next challenge once we've determined the winning submissions. Failure to do this will cause us to ask the runner-up for their challenge topic. Should the runner-up not respond, the moderators will post a topic of their choosing. It's difficult for us to try to get in touch with the winner and still get the new challenge made in a timely fashion, so if you can't think of a topic when you make your submission PLEASE go to your submission and post a challenge topic idea at some point during the challenge period.

Be creative, and most importantly...have fun!

The winner for the May Challenge was Deadlines pic | comment by Pirasp

u/Pirasp chose "Machines" for the August Challenge.

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

Pictures must be submitted from OneDrive, Flickr, Picasa, min.us, smugmug, 500px.com, deviantart.com, Google Plus or playlookit.com so the mods can confirm that the picture is in compliance with the rules. Please note that the new Reddit photo-hosting system strips the EXIF data so we're not able to use it as a host. Submissions made to other hosts will be removed.

Whichever one of our approved hosts you choose to host your pictures, please make sure you've chosen to allow people to view the EXIF data for your picture so we can verify the date. Any submissions without this available are subject to being removed.

Pictures are not to have been taken prior to Monday, August 1st or after Wednesday, August 31st. Submissions that were not taken between those dates will be removed.

Submissions should be posted by 11:59PM EST on Wednesday, August 31st. Posts made after this time will not be included in the Voting Thread.

Post your pictures as links with the title "#448: <picture title>". If the submission doesn't follow this format the script that we use to compile the Voting Thread won't include it.

Do not upvote your own submissions from alternate accounts. That goes totally against the spirit of what this subreddit is about.

NSFW submissions are allowed but make sure to flag it NSFW.

Do not downvote submissions. If you have a criticism to offer about a picture, post a comment about why you think the submission doesn't work, and do so respectfully.

Please post your challenge topic as a comment in your submission. This will enable us to quickly post the next challenge once we've determined the winning submissions. Failure to do this will cause us to ask the runner-up for their challenge topic. Should the runner-up not respond, the moderators will post a topic of their choosing. It's difficult for us to try to get in touch with the winner and still get the new challenge made in a timely fashion, so if you can't think of a topic when you make your submission PLEASE go to your submission and post a challenge topic idea at some point during the challenge period.

Be creative, and most importantly...have fun!

The winner for the May Challenge was ** Timeless** pic | comment by QuimiQ

u/QuimiQ chose "Wildlife" for the July Challenge.

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

Pictures must be submitted from OneDrive, Flickr, Picasa, min.us, smugmug, 500px.com, deviantart.com, Google Plus or playlookit.com so the mods can confirm that the picture is in compliance with the rules. Please note that the new Reddit photo-hosting system strips the EXIF data so we're not able to use it as a host. Submissions made to other hosts will be removed.

Whichever one of our approved hosts you choose to host your pictures, please make sure you've chosen to allow people to view the EXIF data for your picture so we can verify the date. Any submissions without this available are subject to being removed.

Pictures are not to have been taken prior to Friday, July 1st or after Sunday, July 31st. Submissions that were not taken between those dates will be removed.

Submissions should be posted by 11:59PM EST on Sunday, July 31st. Posts made after this time will not be included in the Voting Thread.

Post your pictures as links with the title "#447: <picture title>". If the submission doesn't follow this format the script that we use to compile the Voting Thread won't include it.

Do not upvote your own submissions from alternate accounts. That goes totally against the spirit of what this subreddit is about.

NSFW submissions are allowed but make sure to flag it NSFW.

Do not downvote submissions. If you have a criticism to offer about a picture, post a comment about why you think the submission doesn't work, and do so respectfully.

Please post your challenge topic as a comment in your submission. This will enable us to quickly post the next challenge once we've determined the winning submissions. Failure to do this will cause us to ask the runner-up for their challenge topic. Should the runner-up not respond, the moderators will post a topic of their choosing. It's difficult for us to try to get in touch with the winner and still get the new challenge made in a timely fashion, so if you can't think of a topic when you make your submission PLEASE go to your submission and post a challenge topic idea at some point during the challenge period.

Be creative, and most importantly...have fun!