Commons:Photo challenge/Submitting
2026 – June – Bokeh
The new challenge features Bokeh, through shallow depth of field, or "quality of blur".
The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout June UTC.
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. June 2026 UTC (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 12 days 19 hours left before this challenge ends. (refresh)
Examples
Entries
- Helsinki high-rises seen from Korkeasaari.
- Mien Ruys Gardens. Trollius chinensis. 'Golden Queen'.
- Nature's delicate white bouquet
- squirrel with a little hazelnut
- Fruits of geum urbanum
- Home maker,Al Jubail,Saudi
- Greater Flamingo in the evening golden hours of Pulicat,Tamil Nadu
- Baya Weaver Building Nest to attract female,Tamil Nadu,India
- Crimson Backed Sunbird looking for honey,Munnar,India
- A detailed macro photograph showing the textured surface of a jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus).
- Last day to buy local bus tickets in cash in Tampere, Finland
- Grass snake doing gymnastics
- Una fontanella circondata da fiori gialli selvatici
- Blurry lights at a Christmas market
- Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) against a blurred background at the Worms Zoo
- Flower of a Magnolia against a blurred background
- Candle on a dining table against a blurred background
- Dolls in a washbowl, with the sea seen from Rishiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan.
- A doll carrying a handwritten Japanese sign, with La Princesse in the background at Yokohama Kaikoku Expo Y150, 2009.
- Pitanga fruit in the greenhouse of Hachijo Botanical Park, Hachijojima, Tokyo, Japan.
- Seed pod of Strelitzia reginae at Hachijo Botanical Park, Hachijojima, Tokyo, Japan.
- Stage lights illuminate the singer from the hardcore band One Step Closer in blue and white light.
- Water droplets of a mist at night illuminated by flashlight reveal various paths that many individual droplets that compose the mist take.
- A tree with pink flowers blooms during a sunny day in early spring.
- Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina) grasping the end of a stick.
- Volchok the treasurer from town of Vyshny Volochok ("volchok" is a diminutive of "wolf")
- Ears of wheat
- Pink cyclamen at sunset
- Sea lily
- The lily of the valley is blooming
- The Rooks Have Come
- Love locks on the Rednitz Bridge, Stein, Germany
- Red tree blossoms, background with circular bokeh of a mirror lens, Orosi, Costa Rica (scanned slide)
- Goose-billed duck, Glücksburg, Germany
- Man with handkerchief in front of newsstand, Barcelona, Spain, 1984 (scanned slide)
- Detail: Zwinger, Münster (Westphalia)
- Penstemon digitalis blooming in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, demonstrating bokeh with a small-sensored bridge camera
- Soft serve ice cream at Shirogane Blue Pond
- Cattleya aclandiae
- Tail end of a storm over the Langweerderwielen.
- Brombeerblatt mit Raureif überzogen
- Pfaffenhütchen (Euonymus europaeus)
- Rainfarn (Tanacetum vulgare)
- Vexiernelke (Lychnis coronaria)
- Hiding in the grass
- A North Island robin (Petroica longipes) perched on a table while hunting for insects
- Immeasurable shopping carts
- Multicolored iris (Iris versicolor)
- Herde Hausschafe auf Nordseedeich bei Burhave
- Hauslamm auf Deich bei Tettens
- An uncomfortable seat with visibility limitations behind the column
- A black and white cat on the sidewalk in Victoria, British Columbia
- An Ipswich Savannah Sparrow on the jetty at Barnegat Light.
- Herbst's bloodleaf (Iresine herbstii) with a bee in Grugapark, Essen, NRW, Germany
- Fluffy long-haired Chihuahua ears
- Dahlia flower in Grugapark, Essen, NRW, Germany
- Seed pod of a rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) covered in hoarfrost
- Dog ball
- Ripe apricot
- Cone of a Spanish Fir (Abies pinsabo)
- Wheat field near Schwanau-Allmannsweier
- Photinia in contre-jour
- Rosmary twigs
- De Kruidhof Buitenpost. Grape boskoop glory.
- Cortinarius violaceus in the forest
- A beautiful day with beautiful view.
- Chasing horizons, finding peace
- Where the sky meets soul.
- Kainchi Dham Nainital.
- Nainital Lake View.
- A quiet moment above clouds.
- Sangam View
- Kanpur Central Front
- Frauenhut. Aufgenommem bei einer Veranstaltung in Oelsnitz/Erzgebirge (Landesgartenschau 2015).
- Der Einlappenkasuar (Casuarius unappendiculatus) im Weltvogelpark Walsrode. Deutschland.
- Inkaseeschwalbe (Larosterna inca) im Vogelpark Walsrode, Deutschland.
- Dewdrop on a leaf in the garden of Giverny
- Domestic Shorthair Siamese-Mixed Breed cat
- A Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) calling from the Boardwalk at John Heinz NWF
- Coleophora lutipennella on the Friesener Warte
- Flowers and seashore in Vlora, Albania
- Mohnblute auf dem Purpur-Kleefeld, Sachsen.
- Clinging on to savor
- Focusing on tiny miracle
- Blossom in progress
- Just holding on
- a burrowing owl flying
- Rosa 'Pink Knock Out'. Flower. (Rosarium in the city park of Winschoten).
- When focus fades, magic appears.
- Golden whispers against a velvet backdrop.
- Swan at Hyde Park
- Veronica Austriaca, home for small lives
- Stolperstein Sabine Schelhasse
- Ein Treppengeländer an der Kreuzkirche Münster
- 草丛里的野花
- 炫光下的狗尾草
- Squirrel hiding behind a tree branch.
- Árbitro de futebol no Brasil visto de costas, apontando para cima durante uma partida. Ele veste uniforme preto com o patch contra o racismo, com a torcida desfocada ao fundo.
- Retrato em close da cabeça de uma arara-canindé (Ara ararauna) em foco nítido, contrastando com um fundo escuro propositalmente desfocado (efeito bokeh).
- Retrato Indigena Close-up com Pintura Facial
- Arbitro Anderson Daronco sorteio moeda
- Corylus avellana L. - Common hazel, male catkins
- Close-up of dandelion fruit
- Taraxacum F.H. Wigg.- dandelion, fruit close-up
- Taraxacum F.H. Wigg. - close-up of fruit
- Incandescent light bulbs
- Watermill part in Musée des moulins de Villeneuve-d'Ascq, (Fr)
- Put van Nederhorst in the mist. Reed collar on the shore of the lake in the mist.
- Laubblätter der Taglilien (Hemerocallis)
- Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)
- A bee on an Echinacea purpurea flower
- Drosophila on Iris pseudacorus, green blurred background
- Consolida regalis in Poland
- Roe deer in the forest
- Jarzębina (Sorbus aucuparia)
- Close-up of Ptecticus aurifer
- Fiori di Fritillaria in un bicchiere rosa
- Inflorescence of guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) in backlight from the setting Sun, Ukrainka village, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.
- Peony flower (Paeonia) with raindrops, Ukrainka village, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.
- Blossoms of sour cherry (Prunus cerasus) in backlight from the setting Sun, Ukrainka village, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.
- Hof der Engel / Court of Angels
Schwäbisch Gmünd, GER - Golden Gate impression. Steel pylon and grass panicles.
- A locomotive approaching.
- Bokeh close-up of the soft serve
- Gewürze auf dem Markt in Pézenas, Südfrankreich
Spices at the market in Pézenas, Southern France - Bokeh 20240530
- Sumpf-Schwertlilie am Herrenmühlestausee bei Adelberg, GER
Siberian Iris at the Herrenmühle Reservoir near Adelberg, GER - Almond tree blossoms
- Samurai lamp closeup
- Statue head bokeh
- Long exposure of boats leaving Independence Day fireworks show. Hartford, CT USA.
- Water taps in Mizumoto Park, Tokyo, Japan
- Christmas Tree on Main Street in 2023
- These oystercatchers are walking along the photographers beach in Fjellskålnes on Osterøy in Norway.
- Rhododendron flower in the botanical garden in Munich
- Rhododendron flower in the botanical garden in Munich
- Passengers waiting for train at Dongdan Station, Beijing, China
- Bicycles along Han River, Seoul, South Korea
- Gruppo di funghi della specie Mycena renati su un ceppo di faggio, in un bosco misto nell'area di Sorano (Toscana)
- Akelei - Aquilegia vulgaris - green blurred background
- White bud against dark blurred background
- Tiny leaves tangled in green fence with jungle blurred background
- Tiny jungle against grey blurred background
- Tiny red fruit against green blurred background
- Two small mushrooms in the grass
- Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
- Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus) on Graham Island, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
- Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) found near Nakusp, British Columbia
- Deteriorating steel framework and scaffolding at the former Cape Explosives Works, Somerset West, South Africa, originally established in 1899.
- Zantedeschia aethiopica (flowers)
- Plantago lanceolata
- Roadside plants with blur
2026 – June – Street food
The new challenge features Street foods.
The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout June UTC.
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. June 2026 UTC (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 12 days 19 hours left before this challenge ends. (refresh)
Examples
Entries
- The nutritious sandwich vendor stall in Qidu District, Keelung
- Jyune mochi sold as "Christ mochi" at the Christ Festival in Shingō, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
- Okonomiyaki at a food stall in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan
- Yaki dango from Matsuyama Shoten in the precincts of Renkei-ji, Kawagoe, Japan
- Ikayaki, grilled squid, at a food stall during the Zōshigaya Kishimojin-dō Oeshiki festival in Tokyo, Japan
- Food truck with beverages at bridge Umberto Primo, Rome, Italy
- Street vendor selling hot dogs, Potsdam, Germany
- Food truck with beverages, New York City, USA
- Food truck in the Madison Avenue, New York City, USA
- A typical wine stall at Granada’s Corpus fair, 2026
- A street stall sells yuanxiao (sweet glutinous rice ball) in Keelung,Taiwan
- Robocafé in the Podolsk Park of Culture and Rest (sale of coffee and cocktails)
- Robocafé in the Podolsk Park of Culture and Rest (sale of coffee and cocktails)
- Food in the window of a snack bar in Shanghai
- Plov (Pilaf), a traditional Uzbek and Central Asian street food. Chorsu Bazaar, Tashkent.
- Plov (Pilaf), a traditional Uzbek and Central Asian street food. Qo'yliq Bazaar, Tashkent.
- A food truck in Japan, that sells curry and shaved-ice desserts.
- Sale of roasted sweet potatoes in Beijing
- Pavbhaji - Indian streetfood in German style
- An unusual customer
- Streetside vendor 3
- Streetside vendor 2
- Streetside vendor 1
- Street food: fruits and fruit jellies in Can Tho (Vietnam).
- Syrups and toppings used to prepare raspados (Mexican shaved ice) in Tonalá (Jalisco, Mexico).
- A Street vendor of Vietnamese barbecue in the Ximentding ,Taipei
- Streetfood : skewers in Can Tho, Vietnam
- Streetfood : cuttlefish in Chinatown (Bangkok, Thailand).
- Vendedor ambulante de milho
- On sale Russian drinks: hot medovukha (mead), mysterious dusheparka (lit: soulsteam, something like "mulled-mead") and spiced sbiten (hot winter beverage).
- Sheng jian bao in Hong Kong
- Tanghulu vendor in Taipei, Taiwan
- Lu wei prepared in Tainan, Taiwan
- Candy stand in Paris
- Hotteok being made in Busan, South Korea.
- Two men order from a falafel truck during a heavy snowstorm in New York City
- Street seafood and snails cooked vendor in Wangfujing, Beijing, China
- Rote Wurst mit Brötchen im Biergarten beim Kernenturm, Fellbach, GER
- Frische Fritten / Fresh Fries in Brüssel
- Street food 2021
- Street kebab vendor in Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
- Roasted pork feet at Tumen Road, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
- Sweetfish skewers being grilled and sold in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan.
- Street side stall for Christmas market
- Closed street side stall for Christmas market
- Natural herbal green tea in a Beer mug
- Pastéis de bacalhau and a glass of white porto
- Traditional Roman artichoke preparations
- Zantedeschia aethiopica (flowers)