October Photo Contest Theme: Doors

Hi everyone!

This theme has probably been done before... but not recently, at least 😉 Doors—open, closed, of houses, castles... even if only the threshold remains. Since I’m not home, I don’t have access to my photos right now, and regarding the rules, I’ll let you refer to one of the previous contests.

Photos can be posted until Thursday the 23rd at 11:59 PM (Paris time). Voting will take place from the 24th to the 30th of October, and the results will be announced on the 31st during the day.

See you soon! 🙂

Hi Muriel,

Congrats! For a first and only (I think) participation, you really nailed it! I’ll kick things off with my photo number 1.

Fontfroide Abbey.

Congrats on your win! 🙂

Okay, I'm giving it a shot since this photo I took recently is stuck in my head:

Photo 1: Imperial City of Huế - Vietnam

Great idea for this theme about "doors"!

I had the same one 10 years ago 😉

Photo contest on the theme "Door(s) Around the World" (July 2015)

Photo No. 1

in Bristol (England)



to be viewed while listening to the MAGA-approved version by Donald J. Trump 🏴‍☠️

Paint It, Black - Apocalypse Now Version

High tide, you swallow a mouthful of water; low tide, you twist an ankle... (Isla de Chiloé, Chile)

I had a feeling this theme had already been used, but 10 years is old 😉... I didn’t dig that far back in the posts

Jojoone 1, photo 1

A hint of Magritte. The blue hour in Indochina. The urge to step through the door and enter the tropical garden. To stay there forever.

Good evening, And congratulations on the win, even though I had your photo 1 at the top of my podium—less aesthetic, but funnier.

Photo 1: Château Laurens, Agde.



Cat

Photo 2: Salon de Provence

Hi, I'm giving it a shot: photo 1, Velika Planina (Slovenia)

I don’t have tons of them, but I found this one for photo 2: Silves (Portugal)

Hello,

After all those magnificent and artfully crafted doors above, here are some much more Spartan ones that still serve their purpose, from Mali:

Photo no.1: Konna

Photo no.2 : Ségou:

Photo no.3 : Djenné



Hery

Hello again, I found a 3rd photo: the door of a basement shop in Bern (Switzerland). Have a great weekend!

In this photo, you can see what it looks like when it's open! Have a great weekend. Sophie

Photo No. 1

In Nessebar. A door open to the Black Sea.

Photo 3: Piraeus, Greece The ferry’s rear doors were turned into ramps to allow loading before setting sail for the islands.



Catherine

Photo 2 - Imperial City of Huế, Vietnam. The red doors closing off one of the Buddhist temples in the city. My kids fully observing 😉

Photo 1, Crete

Photo 2, Finistère



a door, two arches, three openings, four porches, five entrances...

Photo 3, Crete

Congrats Muriel, and proof that beginner's luck still exists! 😉

xrctn-1 - The door with windows, Khiva, Uzbekistan

xrctn-2 - Door of a temple, Gyeongju, South Korea

xrctn-3 - "I'm prettier than you, blah blah blah!", Bogotá, Colombia

Back home now, I have access to my photos...

Photo1: one of the many decorated doors on Santa Maria Street in Funchal (Madeira)

Photo 1: Door to take the elevator from the parking lot to the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia

Hello! When someone mentions doors, I don’t know why, but I immediately think of India—this country is packed with stunning examples...

Photo 1: Varanasi, India

Watch out, there's a trick! Angkor Wat, Cambodia? No, considered the cradle of Khmer culture,

Photo 2: Wat Phu, Champassak, Laos

Still in Asia, this time Vietnam with the iconic doors of telephone booths

photo 3: Post office, SAIGON.

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Can't download the photos anymore If anyone knows how to fix this... (I didn’t disable anything at all—I thought it was a general issue, but no, since you managed to upload photos )

This time, it's really Angkor 😉 ... and who knows why, but I can upload photos again 🤪

Photo #2: row of doors (Angkor)

Photo #3: Arab-Andalusian doors at the Alhambra in Seville:

Photo number 2

Door in Essaouira, Morocco

Photo 1: One of Enver Hoxha’s countless bunkers in Albania—the door is now wide open.

Photo 2: Castelo de Vide, Portugal: an open door, well, look at that cat!

Photo 3: Aït Ouazik, Morocco - Not sure if I can swap my Livebox in this shop...

Photo 3

Door of the Man Mo Temple in Hong Kong

Photo 2: Door at the Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai

Photo 3: Doors of Artic Henge in Iceland

In Cetinje, the capital of Montenegro until 1918, the door of the French Embassy.

Photo #2

Hello

Photo No. 2

Somewhere in southern Karnataka (India), an elderly man fell asleep on his doorstep while watching people pass by. Back home, the elderly fall asleep in front of their TVs, but I don’t have a photo of that! 😛

Photo No. 3

Near Bukittinggi (Sumatra, Indonesia), this friendly Minangkabau woman settled with her cat on her doorstep at the top of a small flight of stairs.

Photo no. 3

Door completely inaccessible. In Bosnia

Photo number 3

Casa Museo Manrique, Lanzarote

Hi everyone!

Last day to post your door photos! :)

Good evening,

my votes:

3 points: Kate 1 (France) 2 points: UnaMilanese 2 (France) 1 point: Kola 3 (France)

Also stunning: Belphegor974 2 (Portugal), Kate 2 (Morocco), Montagnard74 1 (India), Muriel18 3 (Spain), Poste42 2 (Montenegro) 😊

hgb

Some of you are really quick ;) Voting is now open (until October 30th at 11:59 PM Paris time) ... so get typing! 😎