CLIFFS OF THE WORLD: January 2025 Photo Contest

It's tough to find a fresh topic since so many themes have already been covered, so this one is intentionally narrow to highlight the photo—inspired by a recent visit ;)

**Participation** Each VF member can submit up to 3 photos, until **Saturday, January 25 at 11:59 PM Paris time**. Each photo must be posted in a separate message, with its number (1, 2, or 3). Don’t forget to add a little explanation (comment, location, etc.).

**Voting:** Each VF member can vote for the 3 photos they think are the best, based on their own criteria and the theme.

Voting runs from **Sunday, January 26 to Friday, January 31 at 11:59 PM Paris time**.

Photos should be ranked in order of preference: - 1st photo: 3 points - 2nd photo: 2 points - 3rd photo: 1 point

The winner is the photographer whose photo earns the most points.

Results will be announced on **February 1**. In case of a tie, the number of first-place votes will decide. The winner gets the honor of organizing February’s contest.

For discussion about the contest, check the thread: https://voyageforum.com/forum/discussion-falaises-monde-concours-janvier-2025-d10659248/

(Big thanks to Raga and unamilanese—I just did a copy-paste 😎)

Photo 1: Ha Long Bay

I’m kicking off this year’s first edition with a photo of Ha Long Bay. When Bruno revealed the theme, these thousands of karst islands plunging into the sea were a must for me. The challenge was choosing just one...

Photo 1: Monemvasia, Laconia, Greece.



Between the cliff and the sea, Laconians fleeing Slavic invaders built their city.

Photo 1: Monemvasia, Laconia, Greece.



Between the cliff and the sea, Laconians fleeing Slavic invaders built their city.

Except here, I don’t have the sea, so it’s off-topic. Sorry Catherine, I want water!

Anyway, I reread my messages—mea culpa—because even though I mentioned it (the battle of the sea against the land), it’s not in this post. So, to clarify: Cliffs of the World and the Sea Sorry Catherine, you can give a second N1 now 🏆 Good thing Michel85200 isn’t participating, or I’d have gotten Table Mountain

In Corsica, La Sardiagne carved into the cliff. Photo 1

Île d'Yeu Photo2

In Bulgaria, the ochre cliffs of Kaliarka, 70m high. Photo 3

Photo 1: Faroe Islands, Vágar

Photo number 1

Arch of the cliffs at Legzira Beach, Morocco. Before it collapsed! (in 2016)

Just one photo so I don’t rain on your parade 😉

Photo 2 : Algarve

The late afternoon sun highlights the ochre cliffs, while dark clouds gather in the distance, creating a beautiful contrast.

Good evening everyone,

Photo #1 A little mix of this contest and the last one 😄: the sun rising over the cliffs of Formentera Island in the Balearics.

Photo #2 Still in the Balearics: a tower, a cliff, and lovers in the middle 😊

La Poule Pondeuse - Hienghène - New Caledonia

Lifou - New Caledonia

Milford Sound - New Zealand

Hi Fred, and thanks for joining in! Don’t forget to number the photos so we can vote. And I had to Google Milford Sound to find Bowen Falls, which do indeed flow into the sea (but is it the sea or freshwater?). I don’t know this area, but it looks magical. Unfortunately, no sea, no photos—unless you’ve got another one where we can see the water… I know, I’m a pain, but it’s just for consistency’s sake ;)

PS: I love the chicken! !

Photo 1 Laying hen - Hienghène - New Caledonia

Photo 2 Lifou - New Caledonia

photo no. 1



Normandy. Cliffs along the D-Day landing beaches.

photo no. 2



Nova Scotia. Cape Breton Island. When the Cabot Trail overlooks the cliffs.

photo no. 3



The Highlands of Scotland. Near Durness.

Photo 2: Pontal da Carrapateira, Portugal

Photo 3: On the hiking trail leading to the Kallur Lighthouse, Faroe Islands

Hey friends! Okay, I gotta liven things up here—it’s too quiet! 😉 Photo 1

First things first, Étretat, of course! I’ll spare you the famous "needle’s eye" photo... Or maybe not...

Photo 2:

Los Gigantes, southwest of Tenerife, on a spring evening, sipping a mojito on the hotel terrace (though you can’t see the mojito ;))

Photo 3:



Of course, everyone was waiting for them, since they’re the inspiration for this month’s theme: The Twelve Apostles (though only 9 remain), Port Campbell National Park, Great Ocean Road, Australia !

Photo 3 : Iceland

The sea has shaped the lava flow for a breathtaking sight. A small house was built in this exceptional setting.

HEY HEY FOLKS!!

Only two days left to post your photos and try to win the amazing January contest!!!

Then again, given the competition, you’ve got a great shot—there’s not exactly a crowd. 🏴‍☠️

Well, since you asked for it, Bruno! 😄 Photo #3 A piece of the Philippine end-of-the-world that we love.

I see it’s high time I shared my picks.

Photo #1

The cliffs of Costa Vicentina (Alentejo, Portugal) In the battle between the ocean and the continent, it’s no contest—the ocean always wins.

Photo No. 2

The small island of Staffa in Scotland, home to the famous Fingal’s Cave.

"The basalt structures bore witness to an invisible script. As they cooled, the effusive lavas had replicated a pattern. The honeycombed columns revealed an organization"

(Sylvain Tesson, With the Fairies).

Photo #3

The limestone cliffs of the Calanques, dressed in blue and yellow.

A little nod to Ukraine!

Thanks Michel for your entry—we’ve got some real cliff, tough stuff, solid rock!! Answer at the end of voting 😉

AND DON’T FORGET, fellow readers—only 24 hours left to enter!! 100% of winners tried their luck!!

Ugh, if that’s not a hard sell… 😛

Good evening

Photo No. 2



Villa Malaparte, built between 1938 and 1943 (Arch. Adalberto Libera) on the side of a cliff in Capri.

Filming location for the movie *Contempt* (1963) by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Brigitte Bardot

Photo No. 3



The Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge connects Carrick Island to the mainland of County Antrim, not far from the Giant's Causeway (Northern Ireland)

Hi Raga! Thanks for the feedback and for joining in. But no photo 1—was that on purpose to make the game trickier? 😉

Oh! Right, I forgot to post my ...

... Photo No. 1



La Scala dei Turchi is a rocky cliff on the coast near Realmonte, in the province of Agrigento (Wikipedia) in Sicily.

Hello Haute-Savoie. Here’s the Alsace vote:

Attila photo 1 – three points Rouquine photo 2 – two points Montagnard 74 photo 3 – one point

Our jury is surprised and disappointed to find far more photos in the contest discussion thread than in the contest discussion thread. Especially since the voting result would’ve been different given the quality of some shots.

The slideshow is here Step 2...

I had a bit of trouble inserting Poste42’s photos because the format didn’t work. That’s why they look different from the others.

Don’t hesitate to let me know about any mistakes or omissions! !

Thanks Agnès for the slideshow. I didn’t get the “step 2” part, but yeah, we have to go down after the December contest to find ours.

Thanks to everyone who took part too—true, the discussion was livelier than the contest itself, but that’s how it goes. We’ll still find a winner!

Voting is now open! Have a great day everyone

Hi Bruno,

So:

Ragamuffin-2: 3 points. I love the photo—the smooth, almost metallic mirror of the sea, the vibrant red of the flowering bush in the foreground that echoes the ochre plaster of the house. And then, it’s Italy, and Curzio Malaparte.

Rouquine38-3: 2 points. Even though these are short, stocky cliffs, I think the photo is really well done—those shades of burnished green and gray, with the white of the house and the snow-capped mountain in the background, and the open fan of clouds.

And for the last one... tough choice...

Dolma-3: 1 point. For the serenity it exudes.

I also really liked Kate’s photo, all of Attila’s shots, and Michant’s photo of the calanques.

Catherine

While scrolling through the slideshow page, you’ll see "VF" with small lines next to it in the top left corner.



By clicking on the small lines, you get this:



All you have to do is click on "2" to go directly to this contest’s slideshow! !

4ecofuel photo 1 - 3 points Attila photo 1 - 2 points Dolma photo 3 - 1 point

Ragamufin photo 2, 3 points For the vintage color palette.

Attila photo 2, 2 points For the fisherman contemplating a sea of foam... the Portuguese version of Friedrich's painting.

Dolma photo 3, 1 point A grainy image that could pass for a painting.

This month’s vote:

Rouquine38 photo 3 🙂🙂🙂 Kate photo 1 🙂🙂 Lillieone photo 2 🙂

Hi,

Rouquine38 photo 3: 3 points Montagnard74 photo 3: 2 points solene40 photo 3: 1 point