October 2025 Competition - Street Photography

[Tim Mayo]

Our October monthly competition is now open for entries.

Please Include Metadata with Images Submitted. The Creation Date Restriction is No Longer

Theme
For this month our theme will be Street Photography. If you need some inspiration Flickr is always helpful.

Competition Dates
Entries start: The date that this post is published.
Entries end: October 21st at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting starts: October 21st at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting ends: October 28th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)

Shot Taken Date
Images can be taken anytime, there is no restriction like we had in 2024 for images to be taken in the current or previous two months.

What Do I Get if I Win?
I'm afraid now it's just the joy of taking part, but I will look into adding a special profile banner to winners profiles. In the past there have been vouchers for 1st and 2nd places, but we want to try and encourage people to enter without dangling a voucher code in front of them.

How to Enter + Rules

1. Post your entries in this thread by scrolling down to the reply box then hitting the 'upload images' button. Insert image as full not thumbnail.
2. Sony cameras only.
3. Camera metadata must be included in the images to verify.
4. Only one photo entry per member.
5. Keep the photos clean and family friendly.
6. Please don't use sky replacements or AI image generation.
7. You are free to change you image during the entry period.
8. Not essential but it would be nice if you added a little background information on your entry.

How to Vote (when voting opens)

1. Use the vote button (up arrow) to the right of the post (below post on mobile) to vote up images that you like
2. You can vote on as many images as you like apart from your own

Themes for 2025
Our themes for the year have already been decided to give you a heads-up on what's coming next.

• Jan: Black & White
• Feb: Natural World and Wildlife
• Mar: Creative
• Apr: Action
• May: Mechanized Machines
• Jun: Land and City Scapes
• Jul: At Home
• August: Close Up / Macro
• Sep: Long Exposure
• Oct: Street
• Nov: After Dark
• Dec: Your Favorite Shot of 2025

Feedback
I'd really appreciate feedback about how the competition is running but please don't post it in this thread. Instead please post any feedback in this thread in the Feedback Forum.

Thank you for participating and good luck!

Tim

 

[Alan Clark]

• FE 12-24mm F4 G
• 12.0 mm
• ƒ/5.5999999046326
• 1/30 sec
• ISO 500

 

[MikeWPM]

Shadows on the street

• ILCE-7RM5
• Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II (SEL70200GM2)
• 185.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Richard A]

• ILCE-7RM5
• 50.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/25 sec
• ISO 320

 

[Chris 3754]

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
• 61.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 80

Dancer at Venice Beach, Florida, weekly sunset drum circle.

 

[BrianN]

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-50mm F2.8 G
• 31.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/5 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Phil Vetra]

McBurney Lane...No rain drops on your head here!

• ILCE-1
• FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
• 46.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/10 sec
• ISO 100

 

[HarleyG]

Liberty Bridge, Budapest. Spotted the old tourist 'steamer' and thought an image in black and white could look over a century old

• ILCE-7CR
• Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II (SEL2470GM2)
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 160

 

[DJT]

Hope this is OK - first time entering - Homeless guy in Birmingham - got a guitar 3 days earlier and wanted to learn to play so he could get some money for food.

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 135mm F1.8 GM
• 135.0 mm
• ƒ/1.8
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 200

 

[dragonsdreams]

'The Seaside Telescope'

( Though obviously not done through a telescope!).

• ILCE-6700
• E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
• 41.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 200

 

[evacguy]

The skater

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/8000 sec
• ISO 5000

 

[ronhrad]

Vienna calling

• ILCE-7CM2
• FE 24mm F2.8 G
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/30 sec
• ISO 100

 

[RVS]

ILCE-7RM5 FE 135mm F1.8 GM. 135mm f2.8. 1/200s iso 100

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 135mm F1.8 GM
• 135.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 100

 

[reneegw]

• ILCE-7RM5
• E 35-150mm F2.0-F2.8 A058
• 150.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 200

 

[WeeMalky]

Caught this young lady as she was photographing the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Then took one on her phone with a Tower background, lovely young lady

• ILCE-7CM2
• E 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 A071
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 320

 

[GeffBourke]

Waiting for a metro train, NYC.

• ILCE-9M2
• E 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 A071
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 2500

 

[SPB-universal]

Taken at the Swiss British Classic car meeting in St-Prex, Morges, Switzerland originally published on my website as part of this year’s event.

Morges-St-Prex-2025

Morges-St-Prex-2025 - Morges-St Prex Swiss British Classic Car meeting 2025 October 4th

spbch.jalbum.net

• ILCE-7RM5
• Sony FE 35mm F1.4 GM (SEL35F14GM)
• 35.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Unframed Dave]

• ILCE-7CR
• 40.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 640

Dunstable - Bedfordshire - Yesterday

 

[TomF162]

• ILCE-6700
• 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN | Contemporary 021
• 26.2 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 200

 

[Landshark99]

• DSC-RX1RM2
• 35.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 25600

 

[spudhead]

Port de Sóller Palma Majora a lovely town where the 1930s trams wind through the streets and plazas down to the stunning seaside resort of Sóller

• ILCE-1
• Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS (SEL2470Z)
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 500

 

[Tim Mayo]

A big thanks to all who have entered our street competition this month. There are definitely some superb entries! Voting is now enabled. Please remember that you can vote on as many images as you like, just not your own