**We have a theme for February, the subject is "Shadows" - and here is the schedule**

The winner of the poll is "Shadows", the submissions will start on the morning of the 16th of February - and run through the evening of the 19th, which gives us a shooting time of 13 days, during which the winter contest will run its course.

I waited until after groundhog day :)
because I wanted to see if anything would come of Celebration's query about making some changes in the way we chose the subjects/themes.

I think overall this is not something that struck enough of a collective chord to make changes now. A discussion about it would be worthwhile in the future if there is enough interest.

The Preliminaries will start mid-day on the 20th and run through the 22nd.
The Finals will start on the 24th and run through the 26th.

The only place where we have a small time problem is in the amount of time to gather the 30 entries. Only 4 days - so we need to get them in pretty quick - but we have shown we can do that and don't usually need a full week.

We will have then fit everything into the short month of February without having sacrificed and hurried.

That way the winner can start polling for a new theme at the cusp of the new month and we can have the desired shooting schedule of 2 weeks after it is declared.

If we can have a schedule like this most months, I will be a happy camper. Doesn't mean I won't use my archives, but I won't have a legitimate complaint, unless we have 13 straight days of cloudy weather here. :silly:

so I'd better get off my butt and start shooting.

This has to do less with sun and more with early am and late pm temperatures (best shadow times). I have my limits (think freezing), and unless I figure out how to take shadowy photos from my car it is back to my archives! And, my archives are a bit sparse for that theme.

But, you never know. Ten days from now it could warm up.

Kudos for Mira's efforts!

Yep, you better get off your butt.

I had completely ignored the shadows on this photo, and had never looked at it twice. I have a suspicion you are going to find them everywhere looking in your files, I do, and I can't enter. :(

But of course I understand about wanting sunshine to shoot something new.

amazing pic.

Just holding the pace as you are is what's needed. Two weeks to shoot the month's theme is enough for everybody. We just need to keep the decision and entry times as brief as possible so we can have fun with the photography part. :thumbsup:

I expect it will be unexpectedly varied for a subject that's pretty tight!

Even if the sun doesn't come out here within the next two weeks, :rofl: I'm sure I'll be able to come up with something.

I truly appreciate this extended lead-time.

I wasn't sure about people putting up their favorite photo only to have others not vote for it. A tad masochistic.:) For all those worried about sunlight, unless Mira deems it not allowed there is always artificial light. A shadow is still a shadow no matter the light source.

I don't see the type of light (natural v. artificial) being a huge deal...

Thanks!!!

shadows whether made by the sun, artificial light or even the moon are all ok?

then take a photo of.
Creativity is always a plus.

This one's for you
(it's my own shadow)

:)

One of us is prescient. Or both.