Sayings & proverbs
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Challenges start on Fridays.
An interpretive series based on what the saying/proverb means to you
Announced (1 challenge)
Open for submissions (1 challenge)
Open for voting (1 challenge)
Finished (42 challenges)
Entries: 20
Winners announced: 1st December, 2023 GMT
Winner: Bon appetit!
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A Dutch saying which translates roughly as To blow something up out of proportion
Entries: 37
Winners announced: 24th November, 2023 GMT
Winner: Fishing off the pier
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...and just standing on the shore like an idiot
Your interpretation of the phrase/saying/quote
40. The end is nigh
Entries: 24
Winners announced: 17th November, 2023 GMT
Winner: Napalm Explosion-7907
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Your interpretation of the phrase
Entries: 37
Winners announced: 10th November, 2023 GMT
Winner: Botswana-0036
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Your interpretation of the saying
Entries: 44
Winners announced: 3rd November, 2023 GMT
Winner: Sunrise at the beach
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Your interpretation of the saying
Entries: 31
Winners announced: 27th October, 2023 GMT
Winner: Stone Alone
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Your interpretations of the phrase ' a rolling stone...(gathers no moss)
Entries: 17
Winners announced: 20th October, 2023 GMT
Winner: "Forgive, and thou shall be forgiven"
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Your interpretation of the saying/quote
Entries: 22
Winners announced: 13th October, 2023 GMT
Winner: ... Before They Fly Away
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Your interpretation of the saying
Entries: 48
Winners announced: 6th October, 2023 GMT
Winner: Winter road in Bucovina
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Your interpretation of the above bastardised quote
Entries: 48
Winners announced: 29th September, 2023 GMT
Winner: Predawn tree
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Pictures that illustrate this saying
Entries: 68
Winners announced: 24th March, 2023 GMT
Winner: Iron & Sky
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Your interpretation of Iron Sky
Entries: 46
Winners announced: 3rd March, 2023 GMT
Winner: Waiting for the fishy in the little dishy
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Traditional folk song from the North East of England
Your interpretation of...
Entries: 22
Winners announced: 24th February, 2023 GMT
Winner: G-Force
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There have been lots of songs with the title Rollercoaster. This one is about the song by the Dutch artist (in English) Danny Vera
29. Southern Cross
Entries: 24
Winners announced: 17th February, 2023 GMT
Winner: Towards the Cross
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Your ideas on the Crosby, Stills and Nash song - Southern Cross
Entries: 65
Winners announced: 10th February, 2023 GMT
Winner: So you think you can tell Heaven from Hell
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Your ideas on the Pink Floyd song, Wish you were here
27. Tout Là Haut
Entries: 37
Winners announced: 3rd February, 2023 GMT
Winner: All the way up there ..beautiful view
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Your interpretation of the song Tout Là-Haut by the French singer Zaz. Get your google translate out...it's in French
26. Classy Girls
Entries: 48
Winners announced: 27th January, 2023 GMT
Winner: Class Break
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Pictures that are your ideas on the Lumineers song, Classy Girls
Entries: 12
Winners announced: 20th January, 2023 GMT
Winner: Nocturnal Interlude
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Song by Guus Meeuwis, a Dutch singer song writer and sung in Dutch so you'll need to head to Google translate :)
Pictures that show your interpretation of this romantic song
24. Silent night
Entries: 44
Winners announced: 13th January, 2023 GMT
Winner: Quiet street
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Title says it all...Images that tell a tale. Silent Night
Entries: 24
Winners announced: 6th January, 2023 GMT
Winner: Walk you around the foothills of my town
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Show images that reflect the song by Ingrid Andress
Your ideas for the photos, DPR voters will decide
22. I Run to You
Entries: 36
Winners announced: 30th December, 2022 GMT
Winner: i run to you
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Pictures that show reflect the song by Lady Antebellum
Your ideas, others will decide...
21. All I want
Entries: 30
Winners announced: 23rd December, 2022 GMT
Winner: _DSC5491 copydprcol
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Your vision of All I want by Kodaline in a picture
20. This is the life
Entries: 15
Winners announced: 16th December, 2022 GMT
Winner: Snowy Evening
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Your interpretation of Amy MacDonald's song This is the Life
19. Blue and yellow
Entries: 29
Winners announced: 23rd September, 2022 GMT
Winner: Sunny Side Up
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Pictures with 2 predominating colours - Blue and Yellow
Entries: 25
Winners announced: 2nd September, 2022 GMT
Winner: ©Julian Ray_DSC9774
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Pictures that have 2 predominant colours - orange and brown
A repeat of Orange & Brown but for 'old' pictures
17. Orange and Brown
Entries: 21
Winners announced: 26th August, 2022 GMT
Winner: _1570780
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2 colours predominating please - orange and brown
Entries: 31
Winners announced: 29th July, 2022 GMT
Winner: Flying the flag
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pics with these 3 colours predominating
15. Red & Green
Entries: 31
Winners announced: 15th July, 2022 GMT
Winner: Red Bug, Green Leaves
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Yes, you guessed it, pics that are predominantly red and green
Entries: 22
Winners announced: 1st July, 2022 GMT
Winner: Watch out for children playing
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The colours of the Belgian floag, so i suppose that's an obvious one to try...
3 colours as specified
13. Yellow & Red
Entries: 26
Winners announced: 17th June, 2022 GMT
Winner: Red on yellow
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Take a pic or two that has prdominantly yellow and red in it
12. Pink & black
Entries: 18
Winners announced: 3rd June, 2022 GMT
Winner: Paper flower
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Images that are predominantly pink and black
11. Blue & Red
Entries: 33
Winners announced: 27th May, 2022 GMT
Winner: Piled Up
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Take a picture (or two) that is predominantly blue and red
10. Yellow & Green
Entries: 55
Winners announced: 13th May, 2022 GMT
Winner: Custom Hotrod
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Show us photos that are predominantly yellow and green. Other colours are allowed but the two should be predominant
Entries: 6
Winners announced: 18th June, 2021 GMT
Winner: Old English goat, and hens
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One or more goats (or parts thereof) with another living animal in the frame. Humans are not counted as animals for this challenge
Entries: 23
Winners announced: 4th June, 2021 GMT
Winner: Piglet in action
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Let's see some piggies. I want to see headshots or whole pig shots, indoors or outdoors
Entries: 18
Winners announced: 28th May, 2021 GMT
Winner: cow-5413-dpr
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Either a black and white cow (or more than one) OR a Black and White photo of a cow (or more than one)
Parts of a cow (whilst still attached to a living cow) are acceptable, so long as they are black and white
Entries: 7
Winners announced: 21st May, 2021 GMT
Winner: The Eye of The Hunter
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Our small furry friends that are pets or farm animals
Rats, mice, rabbits, cavias etc...Must be a mammal and not a wild animal - if you are not sure pm me :)
Entries: 25
Winners announced: 7th May, 2021 GMT
Winner: At the Munich Zoo
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As the title suggests I'd like to see photos of Alpacas and/or Llamas.
As many as you want in 1 pic - a herd ?
Set in their 'natural' surroundings or at home, either is good
4. Donkeys
Entries: 36
Winners announced: 30th April, 2021 GMT
Winner: What's up?
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Anyone who knows me here, knows I love a nice donkey (or two)
I want to see donkeys in all their glory. The more the better. Asses are also welcome (the animals not the North American rear end)
Donkey ears, heads, torsos, tales...all partial donkey shots are welcome
Donkeys in their environment are also welcome
3. Cats
Entries: 33
Winners announced: 23rd April, 2021 GMT
Winner: Tilly
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Obviously the most photgraphed animals on the interweb so a few rules below :
Only colour pics
One domesticated/house cat only (no lions, lynx wild cats)
Must show the cats face with 2 eyes showing
Try to show the cat's character
2. Sheep
Entries: 57
Winners announced: 9th April, 2021 GMT
Winner: A sheepscape
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Pictures of sheep (no goats please
Entries: 42
Winners announced: 7th August, 2020 GMT
Winner: Zimanga Lions
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An image that shows the title
Can be literal or figurative
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