January - Monthly Calendar Side Challenge

Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM

01/01/2026 05:56:57 PM · #1

This is the posting thread for the January calendar challenge.

No prescribed subject but all entries should have been taken in the month of January.

Archival images may be included. Challenge will end January 31, 2026.

For those who signed up, thank you. For anyone else, please feel free to join the fun.

Reference rules posted earlier (see previous thread here

Starting January 1, 2026 we are planning a "monthly" side challenge which will result, by the time we get to December, in a 2027 Yearly DPC Calendar.
We plan to make this calendar downloadable/printable/viewable to all (details on exactly how this will work to come later).

Here's the proposal:
1. The January side challenge opens and you post pictures taken in January. From wherever you are or were, during the month of January. They can be any format, no restriction on editing, but keep in mind that this is an entry for a wall calendar so preferably landscape or square-ish would work best. Let's assume it will be a 12 x 12 calendar format, ultimately. 12 pages. The cover will be a compilation of all 12 images.
2. You can post up to 3 or four (one/week) pictures for the month, current or archival, so long as they are/were all taken during the month of January.
3. Your entries should be freshly loaded into the thread. Please don't link to any challenge entries.
4. All commenting and constructive feedback appreciated (this is what makes side challenges fun!).
5. On Jan 31st the January thread will close and there will be a new one for February. And so on, through December.

Here's the catch:
We would like you to choose a favorite picture for each month that will ultimately be used for that month's page in a yearly calendar.
To do that,
1. As the January submission thread closes, we will open a new one called "Choose your favorite for the January Calendar" and ask that you rank your favorite in order of 1, 2, 3. No discussion in the thread please, just post your selected favorites. This thread will be open for one week. We will then assign point value to your selections as follows: 4 points for a first choice, 2 for second, 1 for third. The winner will have the highest total.
2. At the end of the week, the selected favorite will be posted to another thread titled "Monthly Calendar - Favorite of the Month".
That thread will be updated every month and in the end we will have selected favorites for a January thru December Yearly Calendar! Voila!

hajeka

Canon EOS R5

01/04/2026 02:26:05 AM · #2

An old one from the archives

Lydia

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

01/04/2026 09:26:22 AM · #3

Henk-Jan's is the best so far! :D

fantastic!

01/04/2026 12:15:08 PM · #4

January 6, 2011 when I lived in Australia

kichu

Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS

01/06/2026 12:59:28 PM · #5

Jan 2022, sunny winter hike

01/07/2026 12:18:50 PM · #6

For me the best view in the world, taken in Chardonne in January 2021 when we could not go skiing to Zermatt because of pandemia

Barroness

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

01/07/2026 01:11:11 PM · #7

I will post toward the end of the month this time because I went on a shoot and I liked a few of the images but some of the images I took I am going to use in other challenges and I don't want to be identified by them.

Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha

01/07/2026 01:17:56 PM · #8

I thought that's the problem with shooting for this SD, the current challenges take the precedence.

Barroness

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

01/07/2026 01:25:51 PM · #9

In a way, I already have my image chosen, I don't want to be identified and the photographer in the entries.

Barroness

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

01/07/2026 01:28:55 PM · #10

I actually think once this gets going many will submit later in the month and each month there will be more and more submits. How nice will it be to have a calendar with our images on it. I think it is very exciting but it will gain momentum.

nam

Sony DSLR-A580

01/07/2026 01:31:21 PM · #11

Originally posted by Barroness:

True. Plus since we only have 3-4 entries (entirely understandable and a good idea, BTW), I am thinking even if I get one I like, I'd prefer to wait until well into the month to commit to it as one of my three - four.

Message edited by author 2026-01-07 21:07:49.

01/07/2026 01:52:28 PM · #12

Please note that the images posted already in this thread were not taken this year. You may use ANY January if you would like to avoid conflicting with current challenges.

01/07/2026 04:04:40 PM · #13

Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS

01/07/2026 08:05:51 PM · #14

mariuca

Fujifilm X-T30

01/07/2026 09:30:55 PM · #15

mariuca

Fujifilm X-T30

Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS

01/07/2026 09:48:29 PM · #16

tvsometime

Nikon D750

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8D

01/08/2026 03:21:47 PM · #17

No 1 from Jan 2025,

Message edited by author 2026-01-08 15:25:19.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

01/08/2026 03:35:52 PM · #18

Originally posted by PennyStreet:

Please note that the images posted already in this thread were not taken this year. You may use ANY January if you would like to avoid conflicting with current challenges.

Yeah, I wasn't really planning on participating but I looked through my "logs" back to 2010 and found about 14 pictures that could work ... have to figure out which ones to edit ...