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Thank you to everyone who took part in last month's 164th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with more than 1,500 pictures, excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme. Also, thank you to everyone who helped to make it another successful month by generously posting their pictures and in particular to those people who posted for the first time - I hope you found it an interesting and rewarding experience and I hope it encourages you to share more of your pictures with us! During May 2022 the Barnack's Monthly series of threads passed the milestone of100,000 photos posted! @LUF Admin Thank you all so much for contributing by very kindly sharing your photos because it's you who keep Barnack's Monthly going. Without your pictures there could be no Barnack's Monthly. The 165th Barnack's Monthly theme for June 2022 is: Anything starting with N. This month's theme is any picture that contains anything that starts with N. Please don't use descriptive adjectives such as a "nice whatever" to make a subject fit or "not a" something else because it isn't in the spirit of the thread. For example, it could be Nougat, nuzzling, a No Entry! sign, a nursery, nursing, nurturing, a Nissan, a nickle, nickel, a niche, Nixon, Nixie Tubes, neon signs, Nandos, a Nippon Kogaku lens, a Noctilux, Naphthalene, nappies, Nagasaki, North Carolina, Noddy, a Noddy car, nodding, nodding-off, necking, a neck, a nest, nesting, nestling, needles, needling, needing, nine, ninety, nits, a nose, Newton Abbott, Newfoundland, New York, New Jersey, nectarines, NASA, Nexus, nucleus, Neptune, nocturnal, night, nimble, neurosis, nuns, Nuneaton, neodymium magnets, neolithic, Neanderthals, nails, nobility, newborn, Nantucket, Nurnberg, naked, nude, the Nile, noon, a nibble, noisy, nosey, a nose ring, Nurse Ratchet, Nigerian, Norwegian, a Norman church, Gary Numan, Nirvana, New Kids on the Block, narcolepsy, narcotics, a Narwhal, a nanny-goat - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a big help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view. Members have asked if we'd very kindly name the camera and lens used because it's interesting to know. The rules are deliberately loose so go out and shoot with this month's theme in mind or start searching back through those pictures you took oh-so long ago that you'd forgotten about and start posting! It doesn't have to be your best ever shot and it's not a competition so you might surprise the rest of us and yourself - it's just about sharing some pictures, seeing others' take on the topic, and enjoying it! Everybody's welcome to contribute, any interpretation, any number of posts (but to avoid swamping the thread would you very kindly please post no more than ten pictures at a time), pictures that have been posted on the forum before, are fine any equipment as long as it complies with the forum's rules of either camera or lens or both made by Leica. Please post freely - especially newcomers and please remember there's no judging or criticism (good or bad) in this thread. So, if you'd like to show your acknowledgement or appreciation that someone has posted their picture then instead of posting a comment please use the "Thanks" button that you can find at the bottom right of every post. Please post away and I look forward to seeing your interesting interpretations of this month's theme. Note: Moderator Pop has very kindly assembled links to all of the past Barnack's Monthly threads as a single archive that can be found here: Barnack's Monthly Index. Thank you, Pop! Pete.

Thank you to everyone who took part in last month's 161st Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with about 1,500 pictures, excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme. Also, thank you to everyone who helped to make it another successful month by generously posting their pictures and in particular to those people who posted for the first time - I hope you found it an interesting and rewarding experience and I hope it encourages you to share more of your pictures with us! The 162nd Barnack's Monthly theme for March 2022 is: Three This month's theme is any picture that contains exactly three of the same thing, or the word three in the name, or the word "three" in the picture, or the number "3" in the picture. For example, it could be the three wise men, a threepenny bit, three feet, the number 3 bus, the number 33 bus, the number 333 bus, gate number 3 at a sports stadium, three children, three airliners, three articles on a washing line, three glasses on a table, three bullet holes, three pairs of shoes at a temple door, three umbrellas, racing car number 3, 'Three Ways Travel Agency', a three-wheeler car, a three-legged dog, Jake the Peg (with his extra leg, deedle-deedle-deedle-dum), floor 33 in a building, 3 o'clock on a digital display, a three-horse race, three milk bottles, three beer bottles, three wine bottles, three sugar lumps, three mugs of coffee, a 'buy 3 get one free' offer, Three Cows Lane, Three-Feet Yard, three men in a boat, the three-thirty at Kempton Park racecourse, walking three dogs, three hats - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a big help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view. Members have asked if we'd very kindly name the camera and lens used because it's interesting to know. The rules are deliberately loose so go out and shoot with this month's theme in mind or start searching back through those pictures you took oh-so long ago that you'd forgotten about and start posting! It doesn't have to be your best ever shot and it's not a competition so you might surprise the rest of us and yourself - it's just about sharing some pictures, seeing others' take on the topic, and enjoying it! Everybody's welcome to contribute, any interpretation, any number of posts, pictures that have been posted on the forum before, any equipment as long as it and the photo complies with the forum's rules of either camera or lens or both made by Leica. Please post freely - especially newcomers and please remember there's no judging or criticism (good or bad) in this thread. So, if you'd like to show your acknowledgement or appreciation that someone has posted their picture then instead of posting a comment please use the "Thanks" button that you can find at the bottom right of every post. Please post away and I look forward to seeing your interesting interpretations of this month's theme. Note: Moderator Pop has very kindly assembled links to all of the past Barnack's Monthly threads as a single archive that can be found here: Barnack's Monthly Index. Thank you, Pop! Pete.

Thank you to everyone who took part in last month's 158th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with more than 1,200 pictures, excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme. Also, thank you to everyone who helped to make it another successful month by generously posting their pictures and in particular to those people who posted for the first time - I hope you found it an interesting and rewarding experience and I hope it encourages you to share more of your pictures with us! The 159th Barnack's Monthly theme for December 2021 is: Something beginning with T This month's theme is any picture that contains something beginning with T (to be clear, the definite article "the" does not count). For example, it could be a tortoise, a turtle, a terrapin, a Theramin, Tarragon, Tamarind, tabasco sauce, train tracks, trading banks, water tanks, tanning shops, tannin, tandems, tankers, three, ten, thirteen, twenty, thirty, thirsty, twisty, twerking, twirling, twine, twins, a tennis court, torch light, a tripod, tiny, tinny, tinted, tinsel, a transom, transcribing, a truant, a troubadour, taps, tap dancers, Trappist monks, tangled, tanned, toned, tones, toes, toast, towing, towers, tarpaulins, tar, the Tamar, tambourines, Tarantino, Tarantella, tarantulas, twofold, thinking, thanking, trinkets, trunks, taunts, trumpets, tumblers, tears, teams, a tempest, Tempura, tampering, thumping, trumping, touting, trout, trowels, towels, towns, togas, tofu, toffee, taffeta, traffic, tracery, tracing, traipsing, trailing, trialling, tailing, tails, trill, tweets, teens, teepees, tea leaves, teapots, teak, tweak, treacle, tricycle, thimble, thumb, tub, tug, turn, turkey - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a big help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view. Members have asked if we'd very kindly name the camera and lens used because it's interesting to know. The rules are deliberately loose so go out and shoot with this month's theme in mind or start searching back through those pictures you took oh-so long ago that you'd forgotten about and start posting! It doesn't have to be your best ever shot and it's not a competition so you might surprise the rest of us and yourself - it's just about sharing some pictures, seeing others' take on the topic, and enjoying it! Everybody's welcome to contribute, any interpretation, any number of posts, pictures that have been posted on the forum before, any equipment as long as it and the photo complies with the forum's rules of either camera or lens or both made by Leica. Please post freely - especially newcomers and please remember there's no judging or criticism (good or bad) in this thread. So, if you'd like to show your acknowledgement or appreciation that someone has posted their picture then instead of posting a comment please use the "Thanks" button that you can find at the bottom right of every post. Please post away and I look forward to seeing your interesting interpretations of this month's theme. Note: Moderator Pop has very kindly assembled links to all of the past Barnack's Monthly threads as a single archive that can be found here: Barnack's Monthly Index. Thank you, Pop! Pete.

Thank you to everyone who took part in last month's 156th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with more than 1,300 pictures, excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme. Also, thank you to everyone who helped to make it another successful month by generously posting their pictures and in particular to those people who posted for the first time - I hope you found it an interesting and rewarding experience and I hope it encourages you to share more of your pictures with us! The 157th Barnack's Monthly theme for October 2021 is: Liquid This month's theme is any picture that contains liquid or the word "liquid" in the picture. For example, it could be a filled swimming pool, water in a paddling pool, a full diving pool, a cooling drink, a hot drink, Mercury at room temperature, Champagne at a celebration, dishes in the kitchen sink, fountain pen ink, wet paint on the road, raindrops on a window pane, a puddle on a doorstep, a wet shower head, a shower after a shower, a rubber ducky swimming in the bath, jet black coffee filling a cup, "two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year" (Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here), engine oil being poured into a filler, Maple syrup, golden syrup, melting ice cream from a Sundae, water spraying from a watering can, rain, petrol floating on water in a puddle, a dripping car wash, painting a swimming pool, painting a picture, flooded fields, thawing snow, a fireman's hose in use, watering the garden with a garden hose, boiling water in a pot on the stove, raindrops on the top deck of a camera, glistening dewdrops in the early morning, sap from a pruned plant, oil spots beneath a car, a carafe of wine at dinner, milk in corn flakes, pea soup, tomato juice, prune juice, peach nectar, a latte, blood oozing from a child's grazed knee, snot (please, no!), wet glue, rainwater flowing down a culvert, water filling up a steam train's boiler, a fountain, a garden water feature, a stream, a brook, a river, a sea, an ocean, asparagus spears in brine, bodily organs stored in formaldehyde, ketchup, mayonnaise, salad cream, cream, fizzy drink, Scotch Whisky, Irish Whiskey, Tennessee Whiskey, melted cheese, melted butter, melted chocolate, liquid soap, molten steel in a foundry, cheese sauce, Béchamel sauce, Hollandaise sauce, magma running from a volcano, non-Newtonian fluids, slime - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a big help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view. Members have asked if we'd very kindly name the camera and lens used because it's interesting to know. The rules are deliberately loose so go out and shoot with this month's theme in mind or start searching back through those pictures you took oh-so long ago that you'd forgotten about and start posting! It doesn't have to be your best ever shot and it's not a competition so you might surprise the rest of us and yourself - it's just about sharing some pictures, seeing others' take on the topic, and enjoying it! Everybody's welcome to contribute, any interpretation, any number of posts, pictures that have been posted on the forum before, any equipment as long as it and the photo complies with the forum's rules of either camera or lens or both made by Leica. Please post freely - especially newcomers and please remember there's no judging or criticism (good or bad) in this thread. So, if you'd like to show your acknowledgement or appreciation that someone has posted their picture then instead of posting a comment please use the "Thanks" button that you can find at the bottom right of every post. Please post away and I look forward to seeing your interesting interpretations of this month's theme. Note: Moderator Pop has very kindly assembled links to all of the past Barnack's Monthly threads as a single archive that can be found here: Barnack's Monthly Index. Thank you, Pop! Pete.

Thank you to everyone who took part in last month's 153rd Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with nearly 1,300 pictures, excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme. Also, thank you to everyone who helped to make it another successful month by generously posting their pictures and in particular to those people who posted for the first time - I hope you found it an interesting and rewarding experience and I hope it encourages you to share more of your pictures with us! The 154th Barnack's Monthly theme for July 2021 is: Bridge This month's theme is any picture that contains a bridge or part of a bridge or the word "bridge" on its own or as part of another word. (No cheating by claiming a picture was taken from a bridge but there's no bridge in the picture please!😊) For example, it could be the Bridge of Sighs, a drawbridge, a game of Contract Bridge, a rope bridge, a railway bridge, a viaduct, an aqueduct, a dental bridge, Waterloo bridge, Tyne Bridge, Strawbridge Furniture premises, Whaley Bridge Football Club, Stamford Bridge football ground, the Battle of Stamford Bridge, a swing bridge, a suspension bridge, Bridgend, the Bridge over the River Kwai, Dublin's Boroughbridge district, a box girder bridge, an arch bridge, Battersea Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Tower Bridge, Tonbridge in Kent, a rest bridge in snooker, the bridge of an ocean liner, a nasal bridge, a cello's bridge, a Wheatstone Bridge for balancing electrical circuit resistance, The Bridges of Maddison County, Bridgetown in Barbados - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a big help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view. Members have asked if we'd very kindly name the camera and lens used - if you can remember - because it's interesting to know but, again, it's just helpful. The rules are deliberately loose so go out and shoot with this month's theme in mind or start searching back through those pictures you took oh-so long ago that you'd forgotten about and start posting! It doesn't have to be your best ever shot and it's not a competition so you might surprise the rest of us and yourself - it's just about sharing some pictures, seeing others' take on the topic, and enjoying it! Everybody's welcome to contribute, any interpretation, any number of posts, pictures that have been posted on the forum before, any equipment as long as it and the photo complies with the forum's rules of either camera or lens or both made by Leica. Please post freely - especially newcomers and please remember there's no judging or criticism (good or bad) in this thread. So, if you'd like to show your acknowledgement or appreciation that someone has posted their picture then instead of posting a comment please use the "Thanks" button that you can find at the bottom right of every post. Please post away and I look forward to seeing your interesting interpretations of this month's theme. Note: Moderator Pop has very kindly assembled links to all of the past Barnack's Monthly threads as a single archive that can be found here: Barnack's Monthly Index. Thank you, Pop! Pete.

Thank you to everyone who took part in last month's 152nd Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with more than 1,850 pictures, excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme. Also, thank you to everyone who helped to make it another successful month by generously posting their pictures and in particular to those people who posted for the first time - I hope you found it an interesting and rewarding experience and I hope it encourages you to share more of your pictures with us! The 153rd Barnack's Monthly theme for June 2021 is: Night or low light. This month's theme is any picture that was taken at night or in low light conditions, the eerier the better. For example, it could be a moonlit evening, a white cat in a coal shed, taken in a dimly-lit bar, a partial eclipse of the sun, shot at dusk, shot at dawn, the lights of a city, a starry sky, car tail-light trails, a foggy evening, a fireworks display, a sports stadium after dark, a cloudy full-moon night, a performance at the theatre - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a big help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view. Members have asked if we'd very kindly name the camera and lens used - if you can remember - because it's interesting to know but, again, it's just helpful. The rules are deliberately loose so go out and shoot with this month's theme in mind or start searching back through those pictures you took oh-so long ago that you'd forgotten about and start posting! It doesn't have to be your best ever shot and it's not a competition so you might surprise the rest of us and yourself - it's just about sharing some pictures, seeing others' take on the topic, and enjoying it! Everybody's welcome to contribute, any interpretation, any number of posts, pictures that have been posted on the forum before, any equipment as long as it and the photo complies with the forum's rules of either camera or lens or both made by Leica. Please post freely - especially newcomers and please remember there's no judging or criticism (good or bad) in this thread. So, if you'd like to show your acknowledgement or appreciation that someone has posted their picture then instead of posting a comment please use the "Thanks" button that you can find at the bottom right of every post. Please post away and I look forward to seeing your interesting interpretations of this month's theme. Note: Moderator Pop has very kindly assembled links to all of the past Barnack's Monthly threads as a single archive that can be found here: Barnack's Monthly Index. Thank you, Pop! Pete.