Commons:Photo challenge/Submitting
2026 – August – River mouths, Confluences and River deltas
The new challenge features Where rivers end: river mouths, confluences and river deltas.
The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout August AoE.
Checklist for this theme:
- Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
- Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. August 2026 AoE (but may have been taken earlier).
- Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
- Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.
Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:
Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron
- Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.
There are 17 days 21 hours left before this challenge ends. (refresh)
Examples
Entries
- Mouth of the Daintree River, North Queensland, Australia
- Mouth of Painkalac Creek, Aireys Inlet, Victoria, Australia
- Panoramic view of the Glenelg River mouth at Nelson, Victoria, Australia
- Panoramic view of the Gongsitian Creek mouth in Tamsui, New Taipei
- The delta of the Goshiki River, which flows into the crater lake of Mount Zao in Japan.
- Leaving the Seine estuary (Le Havre harbor) into English Sea
- Leaving the Seine estuary (Le Havre harbor) into English Sea
- Goyen river estuary in Audierne, Brittany, France
- Cady Brook confluence with Quinebaug River
- Goyen river estuary in Audierne, Brittany, France
- The Ribe Å river mouth into the Wadden Sea, Denmark
- The Ribe Å river mouth into the Wadden Sea, Denmark
- The Sneum Å river mouth into the Wadden Sea, Denmark
- Ice melt at the confluence of the Red River of the North and Assiniboine rivers
- Swamp at the mouth of the Whiteshell River
- Train at the Forks - the confluence of the Red River of the North and Assinniboine rivers
- Waterfalls at the Yellowknife River Delta
- A confluence where the Gomti River meets the Arabian Sea
- Great egret at Gomti River mouth, Gomti Sangam Ghat, Dwarka, Gujarat
- Gomti River Estuary, Gomti Sangam Ghat, Dwarka, Gujarat
- Gomti River Estuary, Gomti Sangam Ghat, Dwarka, Gujarat
- Chapora River Mouth at Arabian Sea, Goa
- Sunset at the end of the Kurau River (Kuala Kurau, Malaysia)
- The end of the Kurau River (Kuala Kurau, Malaysia)
- Foz do rio Tatuamunha no Oceano Atlântico (Alagoas, Brasil)
- Pont Neuf
- Paris Plages summer event along the banks of the Seine River, featuring palm trees and red umbrellas
- View of the Seine River in Paris with the Louvre Museum visible in the background
- At the confluence of the Xindian and Dahan Rivers , these two river converge to form the Tamsui River.
- Nearly dried-up tributary of the Neuer See, Stuttgart
- Sunflower in front of end of McKinstry Brook
- McKinstry Brook confluence with Quinebaug River
- The point where the clear Rinderalpbach meets the milky-white, glacier-fed Schwarze Lütschine in Switzerland.
- Evening sunset beautiful view.
- Confluence of Ottawa River and Rideau Canal at Ottawa-Gatineau
- Bateaux Mouches sightseeing boat navigating the Seine River in Paris, France
- Amsterdam, Amstel 2026
- Bruges, July 2026
- Confluence of Kapsha and Pasha rivers
- Confluenza di un torrente minore, che lo alimenta, nel fiume Mignone presso Rota (Lazio)
- Leibjok River flows into Lake Poirentjavre (Kola Peninsula)
- The mouth of the Black River, Tersky coast of the White Sea, low tide
- The confluence of the rivers Veldor-Kyrtayol and Shchugor ("Upper Gate" rocks on Shchugor river, Yugyd Va National Park in Komi)
- the confluence of Khon Phapheng leads into the Li Phi falls, on Mekong river, (Laos).
- Fort de l'Île des Provisions, at the confluence of the Perequê-Açu River and Baia Carioca (Brasil).
- Low water levels in August 2026 near Bingen, at the confluence of the Rhine and Nahe rivers.
- Mouth of Słupia river in Ustka seaside resort
- confluence of the Landsborough and Haast rivers. NZ
- The confluence of the Susquehanna River
- Bateaux Mouches sightseeing boat navigating the Seine River in Paris, France
2026 – August – Needles
The new challenge features Needles
The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout August AoE.
Checklist for this theme:
- Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
- Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. August 2026 AoE (but may have been taken earlier).
- Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
- Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.
Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:
Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron
- Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.
There are 17 days 21 hours left before this challenge ends. (refresh)
Examples
Entries
- Ago di una macchina per cucire Singer d'epoca
- Gypsy needle in Belarus
- The needle on a barometer.
- A seamstress working at her sewing machine
- Handheld compass with a magnetic needle
- Handheld mechanical balance scale with balancing Needle
- Wall clock with watch needle
- Watch needle in a recycled wall clock
- Watch needles in wristwatch closeup 2
- Watch needles in wristwatch closeup 1
- Pine needles amidst the Christmas ornaments
- The needle of a compass in Villeneuve d'Ascq (Fr)
- Needles on the table
- The needle of a compass.
- Sewing machine needle
- All set for sewing! – Hand sewing needles and machine sewing needles
- Pine needles in May
- Phono cartridge with elliptical stylus (needle)
- Traditional toolkit in School of Lace-Making (Bailleul).
- the Needle
- needlebook
- sewing box with needle book
- mouse-shaped pincushion