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Photo Challenge

The Photo Challenge inspires photographers to take great pictures and upload them to Commons. Monthly thematic competitions encourage participants to try new subjects, new photographic or processing techniques, and to develop skills while improving the Commons repository of free images. Photographs entered into a competition must be new to Commons and taken by a Commons user.

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Challenges

Challenges are based on a theme and run for a month. The theme may be a concrete subject, an abstract concept, a photographic technique or artistic style.

Participation

Everybody can participate in challenges open for submission. You simply

  1. Choose one or all of the current challenges
  2. Read the challenge description(s), which may vary in their rules (e.g., some place restrictions on when the photos are taken)
  3. Take picture(s) for the challenge(s) during the challenge period (or, if allowed, select from your own existing pictures that are not yet on Commons)
  4. Upload your picture(s) during the challenge period
  5. Submit your candidates at the top of the current challenge gallery during the challenge period. To do that you click the [Edit] button of the Entries section of your chosen challenge and insert the File name above the last entry (or above File:-Insert image here-.svg for the first entry).
    Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:
    Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron
    For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.
  6. Do not sign your submission(s)
  7. If you want, you can have a look at previous challenges and Vote

Challenges are open to any Commons user. Submissions must be your own work, not previously uploaded to Commons prior to the challenge date and should illustrate the challenge theme in the opinion of the photographer. Please read the challenge descriptions, as there may be additional rules or explanations for specific challenges. There is no limit on the number of submissions per user (unless specially so restricted in the challenge), but please choose from among your best and most varied images.

To submit pictures, you edit the gallery of the contest and add your candidate(s) to the top of the list.

New themes can be proposed and discussed here.

Assessment

After the challenge has closed to new submissions, the pictures will be assessed by popularity voting in the subsequent month. You are allowed to vote for images submitted by others if your Commons account is at least ten days old and has more than 50 edits or if you participated in one of the challenges. Challenges open for voting can be found here.

Winning

The best three pictures will be awarded first, second and third place. They will be displayed on the Photo challenge page and may use the template {{Photo challenge winner}} on the file description page.

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Challenges open for submission

2023 – July – Climate change

The new challenge features Climate Change.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout July UTC.

Checklist for this theme:

  • Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
  • Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. July 2023 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
  • Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
  • Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.

  • Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.

There are 10 days 8 hours left before this challenge ends. (refresh)


Examples

Entries

  • Schneefall im Frühling in Sachsen IMG 5749WI

    Schneefall im Frühling in Sachsen IMG 5749WI

  • Schneefall im Frühling in Sachsen IMG 5730WI

    Schneefall im Frühling in Sachsen IMG 5730WI

  • Schneefall im Frühling in Sachsen IMG 0967WI

    Schneefall im Frühling in Sachsen IMG 0967WI

  • Schneefall im Frühling in Sachsen IMG 5908WI

    Schneefall im Frühling in Sachsen IMG 5908WI

  • Drought and heat turn a green landscape brown.

    Drought and heat turn a green landscape brown.

  • Ausgetrockneter Pingsdorfer Bach im Brühler Schlosspark]]

    Ausgetrockneter Pingsdorfer Bach im Brühler Schlosspark]]

  • The fire brigade removes storm damage

    The fire brigade removes storm damage

  • Ensayo fotográfico sobre la contaminación del agua y la erosión de la orilla del mar

    Ensayo fotográfico sobre la contaminación del agua y la erosión de la orilla del mar

  • Under bron finns skydd

    Under bron finns skydd

  • Det som finns kvar

    Det som finns kvar

  • Нетипичный осенний пейзаж 01

    Нетипичный осенний пейзаж 01

  • 2005 European floods - Unterägeri, Switzerland

    2005 European floods - Unterägeri, Switzerland

  • Sunset or storm

    Sunset or storm

  • Storm Mathis - Lake Zug

    Storm Mathis - Lake Zug

  • Joshua Tree National Park, CA, USA

    Joshua Tree National Park, CA, USA

  • Flooded Road

    Flooded Road

  • Prevent flooding

    Prevent flooding

  • Trees get ill

    Trees get ill

  • Trees fall down during typhoon

    Trees fall down during typhoon

  • Plants in greenhouse

    Plants in greenhouse

  • House amidst flooding in Kumarakom, Kerala

    House amidst flooding in Kumarakom, Kerala

  • Flooding in paddy fields of Kumarakom, Kerala, India due to heavy rainfall for over a week

    Flooding in paddy fields of Kumarakom, Kerala, India due to heavy rainfall for over a week

  • Flooding in Kumarakom, Kerala due to heavy rainfall for over a week

    Flooding in Kumarakom, Kerala due to heavy rainfall for over a week

  • Rhonegletscher, Switzerland in 2009. The tip of the glacier has now receded to near the center of the photo.

    Rhonegletscher, Switzerland in 2009. The tip of the glacier has now receded to near the center of the photo.

  • Refinery located in West Texas with sepia effect

    Refinery located in West Texas with sepia effect

  • Canadian wildfire smoke - St. Louis

    Canadian wildfire smoke - St. Louis

  • The Marmolada glacier on July 5th 2023, almost exactly one year after the 2022 Marmolada serac collapse

    The Marmolada glacier on July 5th 2023, almost exactly one year after the 2022 Marmolada serac collapse

  • The moraine created downstream of the Fee Glacier, Switzerland.

    The moraine created downstream of the Fee Glacier, Switzerland.

  • Устричная ферма в дыму от лесных пожаров. Черногория

    Устричная ферма в дыму от лесных пожаров. Черногория

  • Устричная ферма в дыму от лесных пожаров. Черногория

    Устричная ферма в дыму от лесных пожаров. Черногория

  • Устричная ферма в дыму от лесных пожаров. Черногория

    Устричная ферма в дыму от лесных пожаров. Черногория

  • Online monitoring of the wind map

    Online monitoring of the wind map

  • Contaminación atmosférica en la ciudad de Madrid

    Contaminación atmosférica en la ciudad de Madrid

  • I cambiamenti climatici sono la causa della proliferazione anticipata e dell'espansione di insetti dannosi come la Processionaria dei pini (Traumatocampa pityocampa).

    I cambiamenti climatici sono la causa della proliferazione anticipata e dell'espansione di insetti dannosi come la Processionaria dei pini (Traumatocampa pityocampa).

  • Meteorological station in the Dolomites

    Meteorological station in the Dolomites

  • Жаркое лето 2010 г. в Московской области 01

    Жаркое лето 2010 г. в Московской области 01

  • Жаркое лето 2010 г. в Московской области 02

    Жаркое лето 2010 г. в Московской области 02

  • Весенний снегопад 01

    Весенний снегопад 01

  • Schlehenblüten Anfang April im Schnee

    Schlehenblüten Anfang April im Schnee

  • Unter Trockenheit leidende Bäume

    Unter Trockenheit leidende Bäume

  • Glacier Upsala - Patagonie - Argentine.

    Glacier Upsala - Patagonie - Argentine.

  • Visuale dal Santuario della Verna (Toscana) offuscata dal fumo prodotto dagli incendi boschivi in Emilia Romagna, estate 2022.

    Visuale dal Santuario della Verna (Toscana) offuscata dal fumo prodotto dagli incendi boschivi in Emilia Romagna, estate 2022.

  • Collapse over 100 years of the seafront of Ault (France)

    Collapse over 100 years of the seafront of Ault (France)

  • Cycling to halt climate change

    Cycling to halt climate change

  • Ape che raccoglie acqua sul bordo di una fontana (Lazio), estate 2022 una delle più calde degli ultimi anni anche in italia.

    Ape che raccoglie acqua sul bordo di una fontana (Lazio), estate 2022 una delle più calde degli ultimi anni anche in italia.

  • Grandinata in Aprile a Roma

    Grandinata in Aprile a Roma

  • oceans are rising

    oceans are rising

  • demonstration for climate justice

    demonstration for climate justice

  • The park floods due to climate change

    The park floods due to climate change

  • Disastrous vision of the salt pans of Cervia, transformed into a freshwater lake, after the flood that occurred in the south of Emilia Romagna in May 2023.

    Disastrous vision of the salt pans of Cervia, transformed into a freshwater lake, after the flood that occurred in the south of Emilia Romagna in May 2023.

  • The flooded ski stadium in Tambov.

    The flooded ski stadium in Tambov.

  • A concrete channel for excess water.

    A concrete channel for excess water.

  • To submit pictures please follow this link

    To submit pictures please follow this link

2023 – July – ½

The new challenge features half or halfs.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout July UTC.

Checklist for this theme:

  • Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
  • Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. July 2023 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
  • Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
  • Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.

  • Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.

There are 10 days 8 hours left before this challenge ends. (refresh)


Examples

Entries

  • The sky divided in two by a cold front

    The sky divided in two by a cold front

  • Half and half on a pond. Location, Lower Saxony

    Half and half on a pond. Location, Lower Saxony

  • Standard and half wine bottles

    Standard and half wine bottles

  • Облачный фронт на фоне ясного неба 01

    Облачный фронт на фоне ясного неба 01

  • Столб с проводами 01

    Столб с проводами 01

  • Brovalvet

    Brovalvet

  • The site of the temple of Artemis in 2011

    The site of the temple of Artemis in 2011

  • dreihalbe-threehalf of strawberry

    dreihalbe-threehalf of strawberry

  • Halved old fishing boat. Location, port of Laaxum.

    Halved old fishing boat. Location, port of Laaxum.

  • Delad kotte

    Delad kotte

  • FIN DU PETIT COCHON

    FIN DU PETIT COCHON

  • Rött äpple delat i två

    Rött äpple delat i två

  • Half real, half mirrored building in Hannover, Germany

    Half real, half mirrored building in Hannover, Germany

  • Half a strawberry

    Half a strawberry

  • The Sun is on its way at dusk during summer in Tamilnadu, India.

    The Sun is on its way at dusk during summer in Tamilnadu, India.

  • Red Bull Air Race

    Red Bull Air Race

  • Diet

    Diet

  • Half a traffic sign

    Half a traffic sign

  • Cutting into half

    Cutting into half

  • Salad with chicken and avocado

    Salad with chicken and avocado

  • Cola with ice and sliced lemon

    Cola with ice and sliced lemon

  • Observing the moon from Macao

    Observing the moon from Macao

  • Three halves reduced

    Three halves reduced

  • Half-painted bridge, Narbonne

    Half-painted bridge, Narbonne

  • Salad wrap

    Salad wrap

  • Greenhouses near Ladenburg, Germany

    Greenhouses near Ladenburg, Germany

  • Old Window at Seckenheim, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany

    Old Window at Seckenheim, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany

  • Detail of a vineyard near Vaihingen an der Enz, Germany

    Detail of a vineyard near Vaihingen an der Enz, Germany

  • Début et fin

    Début et fin

  • Vor einem Modegeschäft in Brühl]]

    Vor einem Modegeschäft in Brühl]]

  • Cour de château à Segura de León (Zspagne)

    Cour de château à Segura de León (Zspagne)

  • Half male half female god Ardhanarishvara statue at Airavateshvara temple in Darasuram, TN, India

    Half male half female god Ardhanarishvara statue at Airavateshvara temple in Darasuram, TN, India

  • Halv sommer på Høgafjellet på Osterøy

    Halv sommer på Høgafjellet på Osterøy

  • Semicircle shaped wild bee hive at Lonar Crater, Maharashtra, India

    Semicircle shaped wild bee hive at Lonar Crater, Maharashtra, India

  • Gapura Wringin Lawang in Trowulan, East Java, Indonesia]]

    Gapura Wringin Lawang in Trowulan, East Java, Indonesia]]

  • Bratwurst with rösti

    Bratwurst with rösti

  • Кряква с утятами 01

    Кряква с утятами 01

  • Reflection of the Orthodox Church.

    Reflection of the Orthodox Church.

  • Бородинский хлеб

    Бородинский хлеб

  • Тень

    Тень

  • Черный стул на фоне белого круга

    Черный стул на фоне белого круга

  • Street art in the forest

    Street art in the forest

  • Microbial culture:1st half staph 2nd half L.monocytogenes

    Microbial culture:1st half staph 2nd half L.monocytogenes

  • Детский рисунок на дороге 03

    Детский рисунок на дороге 03

  • Halbaffe Katta. Half monkey Lemur

    Halbaffe Katta. Half monkey Lemur

  • Half read My family and other animals by Gerald Durrell

    Half read My family and other animals by Gerald Durrell

  • Half colored Easter tablecloth

    Half colored Easter tablecloth

  • Half Sachertorte

    Half Sachertorte

  • Former police headquarters of Trier, half demolished

    Former police headquarters of Trier, half demolished

  • half-pipe in Bonn, Germany

    half-pipe in Bonn, Germany

  • Half tire, for demonstration purposes

    Half tire, for demonstration purposes

  • Fake Gold Ducat - Tu Domine Spes Mea (1752)

    Fake Gold Ducat - Tu Domine Spes Mea (1752)

  • To submit pictures please follow this link

    To submit pictures please follow this link

Challenges open for voting

Voting is open to all registered contributors who have held accounts for at least 10 days and made 50 edits, and also to new Commons contributors who have entered the challenge with a picture. Users cannot vote for their own picture. Voters may select up to three photographs in each theme to award points and can give praise to other photos without awarding points. Voting will be open for one month. The votes not complying with those requirements will be removed or converted to praises. In some cases users might be asked to correct their votes after voting ends.


June 2023

Previous challenges


May 2023

Macro photography: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Close up photograph of wing of Papilio
demoleus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Lime Swallowtail		 weibliche Schwarze
Habichtsfliege (Dioctria
atricapilla) mit Morgentau		 Caterpillar of the small
frost moth on a rose leaf
Author ManaskaMukhopadhyay Carsten Siegel Ermell
Score 12 11 10
feathers: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Victoria crowned pigeon Western Crowned Pigeon
in Geneva, Switzerland.		 Peacock feather close-up
Author Roy Egloff RomanDeckert Mister rf
Score 10 9 7

April 2023

Looking up: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Pylon of high-voltage
line crossing Elbe
River at Hetlinger Schanze
near Hamburg, Germany		 Street corner in Nice's old town Ballonwettbewerb
Author Mozzihh Virtual-Pano Mensch01
Score 13 12 12
Baby farm animals: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 2
image
Title Sheep with lamb, lying on a dyke, which
they graze as dyke sheep for erosion
control, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany		 Poitou donkey foal (Equus asinus)
in the Lüneburg Heath Wildlife Park		 Baby alpacas of a Quechua Family
(Huaman Quispe farm) - Alpacas bebes -
Paqucha uña Nuñoa llaqtamanta
Author Lusi Lindwurm F. Riedelio Elwinlhq
Score 16 13 13

March 2023

Laundering: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Facade of a house
at 277, Fondamenta
Cavanella in Burano (Italy)		 Washing clothes in a open area Laundry lines in a
residential neighbourhood
in Venice, Italy
Author Ermell Pauloleong2002 Marc-Lautenbacher
Score 15 12 11
Hotels and Motels: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Ice-Hotel in Quebec Canada,
the only one in North America		 Spa at Tschuggen Grand Hotel The Dolder Grand, Zurich, Switzerland
Author Marc-Lautenbacher Roy Egloff Roy Egloff
Score 15 14 12

February 2023

Handles: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 2
image
Title Handle of leather trunk
from the early 1900s		 Handle Of A Pots Lid Glättkelle mit
rotem Holzgriff
Author Mariojan photo OJjnr VSchagow
Score 14 8 8
Cruise ship: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 2
image
Title Royal Clipper
sailing the Med		 cruise vessel
'Expedition' in Antarctica		 Cruise ships in
Geiranger Fjord, Norway
Author Cbuske46 Virtual-Pano Hgrobe
Score 26 10 10

January 2023

Ice: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title A growler became a sculpture wind-blown rime ice found
on a summit cross		 jogger crossing the icy right barrier
gate of the Jahnwehr weir in Bamberg, Germany
Author Virtual-Pano Roy Egloff Ermell
Score 19 18 15
Hospitals: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Hospital corridor in the
“Marienhaus Klinikum Hetzelstift“		 Hospital corridor covered
with Namib sand in ghost
town Kolmanskop, Namibia		 Ny del av Haukeland Universitetssykehus
fra Møllendal gravplass i Bergen
Author F. Riedelio Mozzihh Odd Roar Aalborg
Score 16 14 11

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