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Thank you to everyone who took part in last month's 129th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with nearly 2,100 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! June 2019 saw the number of posts in the set of Barnack's Monthly threads pass 50,000 pictures posted! So a massive thank you to everone who has so kindly contributed their pictures! The Barnack's Monthly theme for July 2019 is: Something beginning with G. This month's theme is any pictures containing something beginning with G. It could be a goat, a garrotte, a gamer, a gambler, a gazelle, a gateau, gateaux, a gate, a genome, a gnome, a gnomon, a geriatric, a Geranium, gelatinous, grapes, green paint, Gorgonzola cheese, roof guttering, a guttering flame, grouse, Grouse Whisky, gammon, gaming, gyrating, Geronimo, the George Tavern, German engineering, guavas, Guam, gum, a gum-shield, gumption, gloomy, groomed, goitre, a gunslinger, a gurney, glasses, a glitch, glamping, a Scottish glen, glancing, goading, a ghost, Gillingham, Glasgow, Geelong, gripping, griping, groping, grouping, gormless, gormful, gathering, the gist, a gateway, a getaway, a gurgle, a gargoyle, a garage, garbage, glee, glistening, glister, a granny, a Granny Smith apple, gentle, a gentleman, a guard, a guardsman, a grandfather clock, a glutton, a gradient, giddy, a glimmer, glamour - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free but please keep to the topic! It would be a 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 128th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with nearly 700 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for June 2019 is: Water. This month's theme is any pictures containing water in any of its forms such as steam, snow, rain, hail, fog, mist, ice, or Perrier - OR containing the word "water". It could be a relaxing lakeside scene, a raging seascape, a waterspout, a swimming race, yachting, a torrential downpour, a ski slope, water droplets on a car windscreen, ice inside a freezer compartment, the local Water Authority headquarters, umbrellas in the rain, a cold miserable saturated child, a puddle, a steaming cup of coffee on a cold day, mist rising from a frozen lake, a foggy landscape, a child dumping a bucket of water on their sunbathing dad, ice in a glass of whisky, water-buffalo in paddy fields, a cat lapping water from a bowl, the (niffy) Liffey River in Dublin, a mountain brook, a polar ice cap, a glacier, an ice cube in the shape of an ice cube, a cloud inversion layer, figure skating, a toboggan run, condensation trickling down a window pane, a popsicle, a slick street on a rainy night, snow drifts, a fountain, canoeing, a water bomb, a snowball, icicles hanging from the eaves, a frozen lake, an ice sculpture, raindrops on roses, wet whiskers on kittens, but no cofeves please! 😇 - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free but please keep to the topic! It would be a 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 126th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with more than 1,400 pictures, excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme, and which is the second highest total in the entire 10 years of the Barnack's Monthly thread! 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for April 2019 is: Triangle. This month's theme is any pictures containing at least one triangle or the word "triangle" whether on its own or as part of another word, and please let us know where the triangle is in your picture. It could be a triangle formed by the branches and trunk of a tree, triangles in the strings of a tennis racquet, soldiers in a triangular formation, a triangle played by a member of an orchestra, a triangle in the lines of a persons face, a crack across the corner of a paving stone, The Triangle Motorcycle Gang, the triangle formed by the bargeboards and soffit in the front of a house, the triangles in an icosahedron (20-sided figure), the triangles in a Star of David, the triangle in the frame of a bicycle, triangles in the lead in lead-light windows, triangles in a pentagon, triangles in The Pentagon, the triangle in a Lacrosse racquet, triangles on a football, the triangle formed by a Vulcan aircraft, the triangle in a cantilever streetlight beam, The Golden Triangle hotel in Phnom Penh in Cambodia, the triangle formed by the body of a lute, triangles in a spidey's web, triangles in a chickenwire fence, the triangle fascias in a 'Trilliant' cut diamond ring - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free but please try to keep to the topic! It would be a 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 125th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with more than 1,140 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for March 2019 is: Church, temple, synagogue, mosque, place of worship. This month's theme is any pictures containing or inside a church, cathedral, temple, synagogue, mosque, chapel, basilica, shrine, monastery, minster, abbey, Wat, kirk, Society of Friends Meeting House, Kingdom Hall, or other place of worship. It could be a kirk on a hill, a synagogue by the sea, a metropolitan mosque, a Wat beside water, candles in a cathedral, a procession in a basilica, flowers left beside a shrine, a congregation at a church service, a timeless temple, a mosque's minaret, a hill-top monastery, York Minster, Canterbury Cathedral, the Temple of Mithras, Regent's Park Mosque, Westminster Abbey, Stamford Hill Synagogue, St Clement Danes RAF Church, The Guards' Chapel in London, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Hindu Temple in Brighton, the Buddhahapadipa Buddhist Monastery Temple, sunlight glinting off a crucifix, pews in shadow, sunlit stained glass windows, a chalice, flowers at an alter, a sermon from a pulpit, traditional dress in a temple, a priest's robes, a table with copy of the Talmud, or the Quran or the Bible, or the Book of Mormon, or the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a wedding, a funeral, Hanukkah, The Five Pillars of Islam, a Bar Mitzvah, a steeple, a church graveyard, a messy vestry, a cathedral clock - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a 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.

CELEBRATING TEN YEARS OF BARNACK'S MONTHLY! Barnack's Monthly has been going for 10 years! Please accept a massive thank you from me for all your support in keeping this thread going by generously sharing your pictures and interpretations!! Without you all there would be no thread, just a man sadly posting a new topic month after month and a few of his raggedy photos. Pete Taylor (elansprint) started the thread in 2008 and I took it over in 2010 when Pete T went off to do other things and with your support Barnack's Monthly has survived for a total of 10 years during which time it has gone from strength to strength and achieved the following so far: 43,267 pictures posted by us all 1,160,653 views by us and others Thank you! And on with the show ... Thank you to everyone who took part in last month's 123rd Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with more than 800 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for January 2019 is: Something Red. This month's theme is any pictures including something red, the word "red", or the word "red" in another word. It could be a red hat, credit, a red car, a red bed, a red dress, a redress, a red herring, someone reddening, Simply Red, red haired, Red Rum, Redditch, red light, a red lens, a red camera, red gloves, a ruddy-red complexion, red dirt, red sky at night shepherd's delight, red dreadlocks, altered, shattered, flattered, splattered, entered, interred, a red flag, a red magazine, red paper, red cardboard, a red bow, red spectacles, red fireworks, a tomato, a fire engine, a Royal Mail postbox, a red double-decker bus, blood, a red bird, a red fish, a red dish, red lipstick, a red kiss, a predator, predated, a predilection, pre-disposed, shredded paper, a dredge, the actor Red Buttons, red paint, red cellophane, a red red robin, re-distribution, Red Rock West, red socks, a Red Salmon, something being aired, red curtains, Red Red Wine, incredulous, a red squirrel, a Red Deer, a red beer, a red smear, a red pear - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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! *The index seems to have disappeared during the software update but I'll try to have it reinstated as soon as possible. Pete.

Thank you to everyone who took part in last month's 120th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with more than 600 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for October 2018 is: Ending in ~ment. This month's theme is any pictures with a subject ending in ~ment or including the consecutive letters "ment". It could be cement, detriment, escarpment, engagement, disengagement, lament, lamentation, foment, moment, endowment, excrement, "women too", mentality, fundament, fundamental, sacrament, Sacramento, ligament, rapprochement, liniment, argument, entertainment, enlightenment, government, investment, divestment, involvement, accomplishment, arrangement, appointment, disappointment, reappointment, retirement, firmament, disillusionment, demented, oddment, fitment, ailment, ferment, fermented, pigment, figment, comment, element, segment, segmented, mental, payment, impediment, armament, disarmament, ointment, filament, rudimentary, compliment, complement, complimentary, uncomplimentary, complementary, sediment, tenement, monument, judgement, judgemental, sentiment, sentimental, ornament, regiment, document, treatment, apartment, amusement, enjoyment, statement, enactment, re-enactment, inclement, amazement, placement, alignment - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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

(I'm attending a forum meeting in York on the 1st September so I've put the Barnack's Monthly thread for September up a day early.) Thank you to everyone who took part in last month's 119th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with more than 1150 pictures, excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme and attracted the second-most pictures in the 10-year history of Barnack's Monthly! 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for September 2018 is: Cover or covering. This month's theme is any pictures showing something or somebody covering something or somebody, or containing a cover or covering, or anything with the word "cover" in it. It could be an umbrella, someone covering up graffiti on a wall, a manhole cover, The Discovery channel, a covering of snow, a female swan (Pen) covering her cygnets, hands covering eyes, a covert operation, a beard covering the chin, a niqab covering the face, sunglasses covering the eyes, tattoos covering skin, an antimacassar, a cover charge, a dustbin lid, a hat covering a bald spot, a tarpaulin covering a roof, the covers on a cricket pitch, a duvet covering a bed, a journo covering news events, a gambler covering his bet, a horse blanket, a contract covering a performer, a silver salver and meat cover, a poncho, a Cromby jacket, a transparent plastic rain cover, a lens cover, an ever-ready camera case, a car cover, a motorcycle cover, to uncover the truth, someone in the recovery position - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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 118th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with more than 600 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for August 2018 is: Something beginning with B. This month's theme is any pictures containing a something beginning with the letter B. It could be a brooch, a breach, a beach, a beech, beef, brief, breed, breeding, a briefing, a Breitling watch, a breath, breadth, bread, a bed, a bead, bored, a board, boring a hole, boarding, a bone, broad, a broad bean, a bird, a bird-dog, to birddog, a beagle, a bitch, britches, bridges, bridge supports, bilge water, beans, beetroot, Vitamin B, a bee, a bumble bee, a bumbling fool, a bugler, a burglar, a burger, a Bursar, a bursary, the Bourse, a border, Boolean algebra, boots, Boots the Chemist, booties, booty, beauty, a beautician, Botox, a box, a box of Botox, a boat, a brig, a barque, tree bark, a barking dog, barked shins, a barge, barging into a queue, a Borgward, a Bentley, bent, Bentwood chairs, bendy, Ted Bundy, a brumby, bearing the brunt, a bicycle, a bifocal, a Bicentenary, a biscuit, a biscuit box, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Beckham, Count Basie, Basil Brush, bongo drums, a double bass, Bass beer, a base, basting a turkey, boasting, a bee-sting, a cattle brand, a commercial brand, a brass band, a rubber band, bland, Blandy's Madeira, a bid, a bidet, a bride, a bridle, bridging, bodging, budging, a budgie, the musical group Budgie, budgeting, Budget Rentals, bugs, a bugbear, Bugs Bunny, a black bear, a brown bear, bare, bare cheek - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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 115th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with more than 740 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for May 2018 is: Something ending in ~ing. This month's theme is any pictures containing something ending in ~ing. It could be Charing Cross, chairing a meeting, ending, something, smiling, filing, piling, nothing, noting, boating, floating, sinking, thinking, shrinking, beginning, frowning, browning, drowning, clowning, clapping, slapping, slippering, shivering, wincing, mincing, pincing, kinking, pinking, winking, pinching, synching, sinking, drinking, an inkling, banding, handing, handling, mounting, a changeling, dangling, wrangling, jangling, mangling, a foundling, founding, bounding, sounding, rounding, wounding, crooning, spooning, tuning, tainting, painting, panting, wanting, bellowing, belaying, bellying, bell ringing, finger spinning, knitting, kitting, sitting, shading, wading, fading, hiding, riding, a siding, piquing, peaking, peeking, Peking, hoarding, fording, Rudyard Kipling, stippling, rippling, Worthing, reversing, reverting, Sing-Sing, adjoining, rejoicing, voicing, icing, spicing up, sitting up, sitting down, filling up, priming, stymying, chuntering, baring one's teeth, Baring Strait - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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 113th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with more than 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for March 2018 is: Wet. This month's theme is any pictures about 'wet' or any word with "wet" in it. It could be a wet fish, a wet dish, a wet wish, a wet kiss, a wet Pimms, a wet vet, a wet veteran, a wet vicar, a wet picker, a wet lick, a wet prickle, a wet stick, a wet stickleback, a wet quarterback, a wet greenback, a Weta, a wether, wetting the baby's head, wetter water, the wet look, wet-weather clothes, wet nursing, wet shaving, wet paint, a wet plant, a wet plank, a wet bank, a wet drink, a wet skunk, a wet night in the city, wet wipes, getting wet, not getting wet, getting wetter, a wet room, wet shoes, a wet cruise liner, a wet pet, a wet bet, a wet tête, wet bricks, wet tricks, wetsuits, a wet suit, wet fruit, a wet dessert, a wet table, a wet label, a wet fable, a wet Betty Grable, a wet star, a wet car, a wet carriage, a wet marriage, a wet sweater, a wet sweat, a wet sweet, a wet tweet, a wet sheet, a wet Shetland pony, a wet weatherman - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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

I've been asked by a valued and regular contributor to settle a little confusion that has arisen and point out that Barnack's Monthly is not restricted to pictures taken with 'Barnack' screw mount cameras. Pictures taken with any Leica camera or any Leica lens or combination of both are very welcome and gratefully received in Barnack's Monthly! Thank you to everyone who took part in last month's 111th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with more than 820 pictures, excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme! 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for January 2018 is: Step, stair, ladder, lift, or other elevator. This month's theme is step, stair, ladders, lift, or other elevator and pictures should include a step, or a stair, or a ladder, or a lift or an elevator, or an escalator, or any means by which people elevate themselves or things from the ground, OR, anything that contains any of the theme's words such as stepmother, or bladder, or uplifted etc. It could be someone climbing a grand staircase, a doorstep, a 'doorstepping' salesman, a ladder in a lady's stocking, a fireman's ladder, a Jacob's ladder, a ladder-rack, snakes and ladders, 'lifts' in someone's shoes, a department store lift, a goods lift, a stairlift, an elevator on an aircraft wing, an elevator with steel mesh doors, a stepsister, a stepping motor, goose-step, stepping over a puddle, upstairs, downstairs, stair-rods, Alastair Cook, the Quickstep, a sidestep, a stepladder, a foot elevator, Clifton, Carstairs, swimbladders, the Ukrainian Steppe, a mis-step, the final step, the bottom of the stairs, the top step, an alpine elevator, a car jack, a forklift, Helium balloons, hot-air balloons, a helicopter, a Flying Bedstead, a rocket - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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 110th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with a wonderful a MAGNIFICENT 1336 pictures and excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme! This is a new record for Barnack's Monthly and beats the old record by more than 330 pictures! 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for December 2017 is: Reflection. This month's theme is "Reflection" which is a picture with any type of reflection in it. It could be a reflection from a kettle, or a crystal chandelier, or a freshly washed kitchen floor, or a ballroom floor, or a ballroom mirror, or a bedroom mirror, or a barber's mirror, or a car door, or a windscreen, or a shiny bald head (like mine), or a table knife, or a spoon, or a ladle, or a lady's handbag, or a hand mirror, or a handgun, or a chrome cowling, or a chrome wheel rim, or a chrome hubcap, or a painted hubcap, or a military helmet, or an eye, or an eyepiece, or an eyeglass, or a pair of pince-nez, or a pair of opera glasses, or a milk bottle, or a telescope, or a pair of binoculars, or a camera lens, or a watch face, or a brooch, or a belt buckle, or a street lamp, or a street sign, or it could be reflection on things that could have been done better, or a reflection at a graveside, or a reflection on how lucky we are, or a reflection from a polished table, or a puddle, or a river, or an ocean, or a bridge, or a clock face, or a sundial, or an engagement ring, or a wedding ring, or a friendship ring, or an earring, or a dinner bell, or a silver salver, or a silver sword, or a silver fish, or a silver swordfish, or a silverfish, or a cat's eye, or a catseye, or a catsup bottle, or a wine bottle, or a wine cask, or a hip flask - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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 109th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with a wonderful array of more than 630 pictures and excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme! 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for November 2017 is: Doors, walls, windows. This month's theme is "Doors, walls, windows" which is any picture with any type of door, wall, window, or any combination of them or any word containing "door", "wall", or "window". Doors, walls, windows could be a doll's house door, someone waving from a window, a blank wall, a white wall, a white-wall tyre, a doorway, a barn door, a doorstop, a doorbell, a window-washer, a wallflower, a wallet, indoor sports, the windows to the soul, light through yonder window, wallowing in pity, wallowing in mud, an indoor pool, a window ledge, a window-winder, the Wall of Death, a Wall's ice cream sign, The Doors, a back door, a front door, a side door, a Dormer window, a pay-wall, a sea-wall, a stage door, a trapdoor, a Trapdoor spider, WallMart, George Doors, the comedian Max Wall, an end wall, a high wall, a ruined wall, a walled castle, a walled city, a swallow, swallowing, window-glass, a broken window, an arched window, a rose window, a stained-glass window, a lead-light window, a cage door, Windows 3, Word for Windows 6, window frames, wall hangings, wall art, doormen - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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 108th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with a wonderful array of more than 430 pictures and excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme! 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for October 2017 is: Something beginning with S This month's theme is Something beginning with S, which was a popular topic 5 years ago so I think it's time to think about and look through all those photos you've taken in the last 5 years, or before! Something beginning with S could be the Sistine Chapel, six swollen swordfish swimming sideways in the southern seas, scissors, scission, scything, sisters, the sky, the Sky Tower, spillage, silage, silos, Sliema, Sicily, the Scilly Isles, scintillating, scantily-clad, scanning, spanning, scattering, spattering, shattering, shadowing, shading, seeding, speeding, squeezing, squeaking, speaking, stoking, stroking, spokes, shocks, stocks, Spocks, socks, smocks, spoons, spooning, spoonfuls, souls, soles, sodas, sides, sideways, sidecars, sideshows, stilettos, stilts, steels, steals, stinking, shoes, stinking shoes, sock-puppets, shares, spares, stares, stairs, stains, stained glass windows, Shire horses, Shetland ponies, shepherds, German Shepherds, Slinkies, slinky dresses, Saturday, Sunday, Summer, Spring, sprigs, springs, strings, strong, storing, snoring, shoring, sharing, shearing, steering, steers, spears, smears, squelches, Starfish, Sharks, the sun, spun, spinning, skinning, sunning, stunning - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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 106th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with a wonderful array of more than 400 pictures and excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme! 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for September 2017 is: Street "Art" This month's theme is Street "Art", which is basically anything that's intended to decorate or liven up the street environment. Street "Art" could be graffiti, murals, statues, pavement chalk pictures, specially-lit buildings, street theatre, artful architecture, triumphal arches, billboards, shop window displays, fountains, buskers, flower clocks, patterns in building cladding, advertising hoardings, pictures projected onto buildings, patterns in paving slabs in pedestrianised zones, 'bigged-up' building entrances, Christmas lights, bunting, street market tents or stalls, a city marathon finishing line, street signs that have been tampered with, spray-painted stencils on walls, campaign banners, autumnal produce displays - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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 105th Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with a wonderful array of nearly 450 pictures and excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme! 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for August 2017 is: "Up close" This month's theme is "Up close", which doesn't need to be macrophotography but it needs to be in the spirit of 'up close' and should be taken near to the subject or with a telephoto lens to give the appearance of being up close. 'Up close' could be a macro of a leaf, a flower, a beetle, a spider, your grandma's cheek, a stick insect, a close shot of a fabric pattern, the peeling paint on a post box, raindrops on a window, crotchets, minims, hemi-semi-demi quavers, or semi-breves on a musical score, freckles, the light and shadow cast by a wine glass in the sun, newsprint, a rocky ledge that is part of a mountain, an abstract of a high-rise window, the detail of an elephant's tail, a column of ants, a close-up of cutlery, a cat's whiskers, a dog's danglies, a cow's udder, a bird's beak, a picture of an eye, Moorish motifs, a ponytail, a scrunchy, a rubber band, a rubber ball, a silver band, a silver necklace, a vehicle emblem, a rusty gate latch, a candle flame, a pinhead, the eye of a needle, the head on a coin - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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 June's Barnack's Monthly theme during which we posted our 30,000th picture! over the life of Barnack's Monthly from its start in October 2008. This is such an impressive achievement and a massive thank you to everyone because without your generous support through sharing your pictures Barnack's Monthly couldn't exist. June's Barnack's Monthly was filled with a wonderful array of more than 450 pictures and excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme so thank you to everyone who helped to make it another successful month by generously posting your 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for July 2017 is: "Something beginning with L" Your pictures should include something that starts with the letter "L" or pictures that show the letter "L". It could be a list, a last, lost, a listing ship, least, leased, a llama, a lama, a larva, lava, Lecithin, lesser things, lessors, lessons, lessening, lasting, ladelling, labelling, laboratories, lavatories, lava lights, light bulbs, light weights, light rays, light trays, Lithium, lithographs, Little Bo Peep, Little Chef, Little and Large, little white lies, Lidl, lanterns, lamp posts, lamplight, Leica (okay I've said it now), a liker, a lier, a lyre, Lyme Regis, limelight, late night, ladies night, Ladies Day, ladies, ladles, lapels, legumes, loo brushes, lieu time, Lagrange, L'orange, L'Assange, lame duck, a low deck, Lacrosse, lactose, a lack, a lick, licked, lickety-split, live, living, leaving, leavening, leaves, loaves, loads, leads, Lidos, lemurs, the lea side, leering, leaning, leaping, leading, leeching, letching, loathing, lithe, lathe, louche, lashes, luscious - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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 May's Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with a wonderful array of more than 600 pictures and excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme! 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for June 2017 is: "Cloth" Your pictures should include some form of cloth, or something made from cloth, or something that cloth is made from, or include the word "cloth" either by itself or as part of another word. It could be a dish cloth, a floor cloth, the Emperor's new clothes, the latest fashion, work clothes, party clothes, Sunday best, a wash cloth, a filled washing line, fancy dress, a business suit, a clothing factory, a weaving loom, a needle and thread, knitting needles and wool, sackcloth and ashes, a ball of wool chased by a kitten, a threadbare carpet, faded curtains, a cloth cap, a Fedora, a Bearskin, a buckskin jacket, a face cloth, a moth-eaten jacket, a shiny new suit, a waistcoat, those ol' blue jeans, the cloth canopy on a sports car, beaten carpets hanging out to air, washing on a line strung between buildings, a wedding dress, a ball gown, a cleaning smock, an apron, a sail on a yacht, a widow's veil, a burkha, a hijab, a niqab, a shawl, a scarf, or a skirt - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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 April's Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with a wonderful array of more than 300 pictures and excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme! 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for May 2017 is: "Darkness" This month's theme is "Darkness", which could be at night or in low light or a subject in the shadows where the light fears to tread. We did a similar theme four years ago and it was very popular so here's an opportunity to dust off and post those shots again or find others that you've taken in the meantime - it might even be an opportunity to re-work pictures you've taken before with all the knowledge you've gained since. "Darkness" could be a star-lit night, dusk by the Danube, a fox in the shadows behind the bins, a bear having a feast behind a dumpster, late-night party-goers straggling home, a church in the moonlight, twilight over Tuscany, dawn over Duckberg, midnight in Marseilles, the gloaming in Glasgow, nightfall in Nigeria, the gloom in Gdańsk, first light in Firenze, daybreak in Detroit, cockcrow in Córdoba, dim light in Dunedin, darkness in Dargaville, blackness in Baghdad, murkiness in Mumbai, shade in Shaolin, sunrise in Sun City, shadows in Shadowlands, aurora in Argentina, evening in El Paso, midday in winter in Reykjavik, a midnight gathering on park benches, crowds leaving the theatre, a street scene in the small hours, a darkroom, the inside of a cupboard, a car in a poorly-lit garage, a Duesenberg in night time - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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 February's Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with a wonderful array of more than 600 pictures and excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme! 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for March 2017 is: "Metal" This month's theme is "metal", so your pictures should include metal or a reference to metal. This could be a metal staircase, metal teeth braces, a metal watch, a metal medal, heavy metal, heavy metal rock, a chromed hood ornament, a steel ball, zinc sun cream, lead piping (in the dining room with Colonel Mustard), an iron flatiron, plutonium, steel train tracks, Iron Butterfly, Metallica, the Pittsburgh Steelers, Lithium-ion batteries, brass rubbing, coins, copper-coloured hair, sodium street lights, a caesium clock, a magnesium camera body, a nickel lens, a titanium lens, cobalt-blue jewellery, a platinum blond, gold teeth, a silver service, the Silver Surfer, an olympic gold medal, an aluminium ladder, a lanthanum lens element, neodymium magnets, arsenic and old lace, a wire rope, a tin shed, calcium stalagmites, barium meal, potassium permanganate, cadmium batteries, the Roman god Mercury, Quicksilver surfing equipment - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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 January's Barnack's Monthly theme, which was the 100th Barnack's Monthly thread! and was filled with a wonderful array of almost 300 pictures and excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme! 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for February 2017 is: "Lines" This month's theme is "Lines", which is connected points that form a line in some way. This could be the lines in a face, the lines up the face of a skyscraper, the lines left by a tractor ploughing a field, fishing lines, lines of unmentionable illegal substances, the lines of a well-cut suit, the centre line on a road, a starting line, lines of people waiting to enter an auditorium, washing lines, lines across the sky left by aircraft, the wash left by a jet-ski, forehead lines, ley-lines, lines on the palm of a hand, lines of lavender gracefully stretching into the distance in Provence horizons, lines on a chessboard, frame lines, chalk lines on pavement for a game of hopscotch, tram lines, railway lines, lines for motorway lanes, lines for swimming lanes, lines for supermarket checkouts, baselines, sidelines, top lines, bottom lines on balance sheets, lines from a script, the Maginot Line, a fine line, a newspaper byline, a genetic line, a telephone line, a camera line (marque), a production line, aa bucket line to extinguish a fire - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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 December's Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with a wonderful array of more than 550 pictures and excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme! Thank you to everyone who helped to make it another successful month - and a successful 2016 - 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for January 2017 is: "Something beginning with N." This month's theme is anything beginning with "N". This could be New Year's Day, New York, New Zealand, nurseries, nurses, nooses, noises, notches, notes, note-takers, notation, notional, national, natty, netting, neat, nests, narrating, navigating, naval vessels, navel oranges, navy blue, a navy loo, Nubuck shoes, Ninevah, nanny, nits, nitwits, Newtonian Rings, a Newton's cradle, nowadays, new ways, Nero, nearer, nearest, numbers, numchucks, numbskulls, numbness, numpties, nuns, no one, none, noon, nooks and crannies, November, Nylon, nail-on, nails, naked, neighs, nays, names, Nîmes, Nantes, non-toxic, nom-de-plumes, nominal, nomination, Navaho Nation, next in line, Nexus, Noctilux, nocturnes, nincompoops, Nietzsche's features, newspapers, newsprint, newscast, new cast - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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 November's Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with a wonderful array of nearly pictures and excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme! 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for December 2016 is: "Statue, standing, still, stationary, or statuesque" This month's theme is a statue or anything in a state of stasis whether temporarily or permanently. This could be a triumphal statue, a stationary sloop, a statuesque woman, still waters, a bike against a railing, a train waiting to leave, a hovering helicopter, a man standing on one leg, a horse in a field, Nelson's Column, a still evening, frozen movement, the Louvre, a gondola suspended on a cable, a spinning plate balancing on a pointy stick, Michelangelo's David, the Venus de Milo, Venus over Milan, a balloon hanging in the sky, a De Lorean at traffic lights, a parked Ferrari, a stationary stationery van, a sitting statue - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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 October's Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with a wonderful array of more than 600 pictures and excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme! 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for November 2016 is: "Mechanical" This month's theme is "Mechanical", which is anything that relies on mechanics to function. This could be a robot, a swing bridge, a steam train, a Zeppelin, Meccano, Lego, Duplo, chess, a wheelchair, a Venetian Vaporetto, a bicycle, a tricycle, a tandem, a garden swing, Whack-a mole, a funicular, a rack railway, a peddle car, a paddle steamer, a kayak, a rowing boat, a bi-plane, a tri-plane, a chainsaw, a harrow, a steam roller, a pocket watch, a fountain pen, a fountain, an elevator, a potato-peeing machine, a one-armed bandit, a slot machine, a pinball machine, a machine gun, a sewing machine, a typewriter, a knitting machine, a paint mixer, a cake mixer, a bicycle pump, a car jack, a tip truck, a crane, a hydraulic arm, a cherry-picker, a combine harvester, a sludge pump, a sump pump, a fire engine, a car engine, a difference engine, a mechanical camera, a self-winding wristwatch, a hovercraft that's full of eels, a vacuum cleaner, a push mower, a mangle, an hand-powered police siren, an egg-beater - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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 September's Barnack's Monthly theme, which was filled with a wonderful array of more than 450 pictures and excellent ideas and interpretations of the theme! 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 Barnack's Monthly theme for October 2016 is: "Something ending in ~ing" This month's theme is "Something ending in ~ing". This could be singing, swinging, stinging, slinging, speaking, breaking, making, shaking, raking, taking, talking, walking, balking, sulking, skulking, bending, tending, lending, ending, upending, finding, grinding, minding, winding, hiding, guiding, a railway siding, sliding, soldering, soldiering, shouldering, folding, moulding, holding, standing, branding, outstanding, sanding, waxing, waving, saving, raving, shaving, having, the ceiling, the never-ending, transcending, rollicking, frolicking, licking, sticking, picking, tricking, dictating, lactating, fact-checking, fat-checking, bathing, lathing, a craving, a sending down, a sanding down, a taking down, baking, barking, marking, harkening, sickening, wittering, Pickering, stickering, snickering, pioneering, piloting, engineering, optioneering, imagineering, ring, thing, my ding-a-ling - it's entirely your choice so let your imagination run free! It would be a help if you give your picture a title so to help us understand your point of view but it's not compulsory. 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 not compulsory 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