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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

Choose one or all of the current challenges
Read the challenge description(s), which may vary in their rules (e.g., some place restrictions on when the photos are taken)
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)
Upload your picture(s) during the challenge period
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.
Do not sign your submission(s)
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.

New media viewing experience

Please note users can disable the media viewing experience for all images on Commons when logged in (uncheck "Enable Media Viewer" under Files and click Save in Preferences, Appearance).

Challenges open for submission

2023 – November – Bicycle

The new challenge features bicycles and other cycles.

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 November 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. November 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 14 days 9 hours left before this challenge ends. (refresh)

Examples

Entries

Bicycle Sink
Directions Pole and Bike at Head of the Charles rowing race on the Charles River
Biker on Fiedler Dock of Charles River Esplanade at sunset
Yellow bicycle at the edge of one of Sylt's heathlands
An exhausted kid with an oversized, old bicycle
Tag der Sachsen 2023 in Aue 2H1A6288WI
Front logo of an NSU-bike from the 1940th
Decorated women's bike of a farm shop near Oevenum on Föhr
Bicycle as a sign for a pancake restaurant in Santanyí
Bicycle as waste within the meaning of the German Waste Management and Product Recycling Act
Children's bicycles in a school playground
domestic rabbit with bicycle wheel
Discarded bicycle
Lone bicycle wheel
Bicicletta decorativa sotto a una finestra a Capoliveri (Isola d'Elba)
Christmas decor in an Irish Pub in West Palm FL
Bicycle protest
Bicycle protest
aspettando il tramonto tra fidanzati
Sun bike
Bicycle in a tree in Crete
Cycle Track, Wellington, New Zealand.
Snow-covered bicycle in Berlin
Una bicicletta alla partita di cricket al Parco di Villa Doria Pamphilj a Roma
Un vélo miniature qui semble rouler sur la mer.
Un vélo sur un pont au dessus des bouchons
Bicycle in Hannover: Consideration gives us space
Checking Mellat park in Tehran,Iran
Moustache electric bike with the kiosk of the emperor in bois de Boulogne, Paris
German bicycle (VSF T-700) with the château of Sceaux in the background
Two bicycles on a former train track in West of France
Bicycle on the Debilly footbridge and the Eiffel Tower
Memorial for a fallen cyclist
Bicyclettes rangées le long d'un mur dans une cour d'école élémentaire
Vélo sur chemin recouvert de feuilles d'automne
Vélo devant un arbre tortueux dans la forêt
Vélo dans les herbes hautes
vélo devant des rochers sur lesquels une citrouille d'Halloween est posée
A Bergamont Grandurance gravel bike at the top of the Puech des Mourgues, Southern France
A touring bike standing on the fire road next to the city of Montaud (34), France
An e-bike on a gravel track at the Les Saisies station, in the French Alps
A purple gravel bile next to a tree with yellow, red and orange leaves
two bicycles in foggy Berlin
Bicycle parking strictly prohibited to save the planet
Large-scale transportation by bicycle in Saigon, Vietnam
Rental bikes in Paris
Dabbawala bicycle in Mumbai, India
Snow-covered bicycle on Schleusenbrücke at Alsterfleet, Hamburg
Bicycle repair shop in Nizhny Novgorod
Le Havre (France)
Grand Départ in Bruxelles
bicycle bells
Defective cargo bike parked in a subway in Beijing
Ausstellungsstück (Detail) im Verkehrsmuseum Dresden IMG 7445WI
Ghost bike in memory a cyclist killed in Wimereux
Cycle spare parts
Fruit vendor at the street
Tiny Bicycle
Orange bicycle at lake side
Hudson River Park. Morning bicycle walk along the Hudson River embankment
New York Marathon
Parking. Citibikes
Музейный экспонат
A picture of a Canal with a retro style bicycle in Amsterdam in the foreground, The Netherlands, 2012
Cycling a little uphill in the city center of the irish capital towards Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, 2012
Working bike at the Hydropower Museum in Sapporo
Cycling in Italy clos to mountains in Marche region
Fahrrad im Garten in Niederwürschnitz, Sachsen 2H1A8921WI
Through the flooded street on a bicycle
Countless bicycles parked outside of Kaneshie Market Complex in Accra, Ghana. Some of them are even hanging from a tall wall.
A bicycle on a Swiss apple farm. The back of the bicycle has a metal container for milk which will be filled at a nearby dairy farm. Cats wait for the bicycle to return with fresh milk.
A man in Mumbai is sitting on the cargo mount of his parked bicycle while eating lunch and looking at the Oval Maidan cricket field.
Am Rande eines Mohnfeldes 2H1A0271WI
Perfekte Täuschung
In riposo alla fontana della piazzetta di Casale Celsano a Santa Maria di Galeria
Bicycle on a grid in Beijing
Una bicicletta Bianchi alla 'Biblioteca della bicicletta Lucos Cozza' a Trevignano Romano
Tourenrad auf dem Inntal-Radweg im Val Mela
Bird dealer on bicycle, New Delhi, 1989
Tour de France 2020, 2020
Cars in Tour de France 2020
Cars in Tour de France 2020
Bicycle helihoisting
Bicycles in the Center of Copenhagen
A sumo wrestler on a bicycle in Japan
Bicycle parking, Japan
touch down
Breakway in Spandelles during La Vuelta 2023
Passo Pordoi, Italy
Silvia Persico and Esmée Peperkamp in Tourmalet during TDFF 2023
Cat sitting beneath a bicycle, beside an anchor
Parked bicycle covered in snow
Ariana Gilabert, pro cyclist, TCFIA 2023.
Épave de vélo dans la forêt de Séglien - Morbihan - France
A man in London cycles on a Barclay-sponsored "Boris Bike" across Waterloo Bridge with the London Eye, Big Ben, and sunset in the background.
Hällisch-Fränkisches-Meseum, 74523 Schwäbisch Hall, Germny
Bicleta com flores na Floricultura Florarte, Barão Geraldo, Campinas, SP, Brasil, 2011
Homem trabalhando com amolador de facas adaptado para bicicleta em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil, 2023
Bicicletário em Skyglass, Canela, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, 2022
Bicicleta na mata em Vila Flores, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, 2022
On the road
Bicycle near the wall
Старий кінь, борозни не спортить.
Mont Ventoux dénivelé challenge cycling race 2019
Bike stand (Stojan na bicykle)
To submit pictures please follow this link

2023 – November – Too many to count

The new challenge features too many to count.

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 November 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. November 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 14 days 9 hours left before this challenge ends. (refresh)

Examples

Entries

Plovers, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
Red wood ants in early spring
Poppy field
Larch trees in autumn
Maoricolpus - the New Zealand screw shell, at Aramoana Beach, Dunedin
Colony of king penguins in South Georgia
Hier ist Zählen zwecklos
Dome tiles of the Mouassine mosque in Marrakech
Meeting of pigeons in Kolkata
Perline di vetro per ricami
Frammenti di murrine Millefiori per mosaici in vetro
Eriophorum_scheuchzeri in Vanoise National Park
Mohnfeld in Sachsen 2H1A0931WI
School strike for climate
Mosaic on the columns
Lotus Pond in the exotic gardens in Bouqnadel-Morocco
Ceiba speciosa in Secret Garden in Marrakech-Morocco
Spinnen-Mutti
The sparks are too many to count when this cracker blown
2023 olives harvest in Basilicata
Albero di mimosa in fiore
Beethoven in Bonn
Frühlingsfeld in Sachsen IMG 5281WI
Ostereierbaum mit 10.000 Eiern geschmückt IMG 0013WI
Too many bricks to count
Models of the Eiffel tower, Paris
Too many candles to count
Blue Church, Bratislava
Dead lotus flowers
Foliage in the forest
Fishing boats in the fishing harbour of Malpe, Karnataka, India
Sorting fish in the fishing port of Malpe, Karnataka
Crows gathering in an old oak tree before flying to their roosting trees
Wine bottle tops at a market in the Camargue
Too many stars — the Triangulum constellation
Traditional pottery utensils from Safi-Morocco
Beer cans are stored in the Backpocket Brewing Company production facility in Coralville.
Daikon (Japanese white radish)
Все ключи выброшены в реку
Новая партия авто от производителя
Березовые дрова
Иллюминация
Crowded car carrier
Rags to riches - the onion trader
Various equipment
Clay seats made for Lakshmi pujan on Diwali period mainly used by Sindhi community of Gujarat
Beer cans are stored in the Backpocket Brewing Company production facility in Coralville.
Wall of many bricks
Closeup of the many golden mosaic pieces that make up the large outer discs of Matrimandir in Auroville, India.
Sorting freshly picked cherry tomatoes at Solitude Farm in Auroville, India.
The roads of Ho Chi Minh City are packed with scooter traffic. One scooterist has a unique yellow helmet with a winky smile on the back of it, making him/her standout from others.
A street vendor in Vasco da Gama Square in Fort Kochi, India, demonstrates the spirographs he is trying to sell.
Ostereierbaum mit 10.000 Eiern geschmückt IMG 9243WI
Vögel
Uncountable spring flowers in Mainz
Collection of conifer cones in the Botanical Garden of Hokkaido University in Sapporo
Pacific Sardines - Monterey Bay Aquarium (California)
The Iola People's Fair, Wisconsin, June 1970
Love padlocks at the bridge 'Eiserner Steg', Frankfurt am Main
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial
Arranged rhinestones, Swarowski shop in Lugano
Flock of sheep in Vanoise National Park
Flock of sheep in Vanoise National Park
Ruthenian carpet
A 50 mm shot of Jaipur from a nearby fort.
>100.000 breeding King Penguins
Uspenski cathedral chandelier
Plates in the Gurum Das Langar in Amritsar, probably the largest community kitchen in the world
Plates in the Gurum Das Langar in Amritsar, probably the largest community kitchen in the world
Plates in the Gurum Das Langar in Amritsar, probably the largest community kitchen in the world
Volcanic rock pebbles on a seashore
Triangles in the roof of Heuston Station, Dublin, Ireland
A shoe shop in Japan
Flores de trevo na grama
Laranjas, limões e bergamotas
Torcedores do Sport Club Internacional no estádio Beira Rio, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
Flores de Salvia splendens em Gramado, RS, Brasil
Parc à huitres à Gouville sur mer - Cotentin - France
Giovani ragni di Araneus diadematus
Coprinellus disseminatus in the forest.
Railing on the bridge (Zábradlie na moste)
Ducks at Kadambrayar River, Kerala
Поле з соняшниками
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.

October 2023

Silhouette Pollution

Previous challenges

September 2023

Beach -> Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - September - beach/Winners Compost -> Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - September - composting/Winners

August 2023

**millet: Entries • Votes • Scores**
Rank	1	2	3
image
Title	Proso millet in Zurich	Drying millet on the Bolaven Plateau (Laos)	Eat it up
Author	Ephramac	Pierre André Leclercq	Sneha G Gupta
Score	22	15	10

**on stage: Entries • Votes • Scores**
Rank	1	2	3
image
Title	3(+3) dancers performing on stage	Nenda & Gilewicz live in Vienna	Dancer on stage
Author	Virtual-Pano	Tsui	Virtual-Pano
Score	15	9	8

July 2023

**climate change: Entries • Votes • Scores**
Rank	1	2	2
image
Title	Storm Mathis - Lake Zug	oceans are rising	Contaminación atmosférica en la ciudad de Madrid
Author	Roy Egloff	Spielvogel	Saldeplata
Score	13	9	9

**half: Entries • Votes • Scores**
Rank	1	2	3
image
Title	Farm track near Micheldever, Hampshire	My birthday cake! Oops there's only half left!	Ein in der Längsachse vertikal zerstückeltes Automobil.
Author	Simon Burchell	Anna.Massini	Levin Holtkamp
Score	15	15	11

June 2023

**rainbow colors: Entries • Votes • Scores**
Rank	1	2	3
image
Title	Tunnel at London King's Cross illuminated in rainbow colours	Rainbow yarn for knitting, display in front of a needlework shop in Graz, Austria	This shows the view directly above the basket of a hot air balloon.
Author	The wub	Lusi Lindwurm	Hu Nhu
Score	19	11	8

**tents: Entries • Votes • Scores**
Rank	1	2	3
image
Title	Kasachische Jurten in der Kyzylkum/ Usbekistan	Chegem-001	Chegem-002
Author	Carsten Siegel	Саня Новиков	Саня Новиков
Score	17	17	13

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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Table of contents

Contents

New media viewing experience

Challenges open for submission

2023 – November – Bicycle

Examples

Entries

2023 – November – Too many to count

Examples

Entries

Challenges open for voting

October 2023

Previous challenges

September 2023

August 2023

July 2023

June 2023

May 2023

April 2023

March 2023

February 2023

January 2023

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