WPC – WEEK 415 – SHADOW

It is the last collection of submissions of the month, so it is a good time revisit the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE FAQ:

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE

What skill level photographer can participate?

THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is open to photographers of all skill levels. From award winning photographers to professionals to the highly ranked amateurs to those that are just beginning to those who don’t even know how to focus a camera. All skill levels are encouraged and welcome. You can’t be too bad and you can’t be too good! Everyone has room to learn and be challenged!

Award winning photographers? Really?

Yes. I can think of at least 10 photographers that participate regularly that have won a photography award of some kind.

Is this a competition?
NO.

Is there a limit to the number of submissions I can have each week?

Yes. That limit is 3. If you send me more than 3, I will post the first 3 that you send. I’m not trying to harsh your photography buzz, but any more than that starts to overwhelm the other submissions and it takes me about 5 minutes to take a picture from my inbox to code it on the website. So I have to manage my workload.

If you are going to submit more than one picture, I strongly urge you to choose completely different subjects for each submission. If you are submitting multiple pictures of the same subject, make sure that each picture is saying something unique.

If participation rates climb, that limit of 3 is subject to lower.

Can I send you several pictures and have you pick the best one?

No! No! NO! If those words come out of your mouth or your keyboard, I consider that to be a non-submission.

Do you ever question whether somebody’s submission fits the theme?

Meh. Only if I think somebody is clearly confusing this week’s theme with last week or next week’s theme. Otherwise, if the submission makes sense in your head, that is good enough for me. However, I would urge you to not try to fit your favorite subject into the theme. This isn’t a challenge to share a picture every week of your kid or your business or your pet. It is a challenge to take pictures of different things every week. Which isn’t to say subjects can’t be repeated, but you shouldn’t become reliant on the same ones.

Why can’t I submit after 11 AM on Mondays if the post doesn’t publish until 12:01 PM?

I go to lunch at 11 AM. I leave my office. I’m not near a computer. At 11 AM I hit “Schedule” and then I go throw food down my throat. 167 hours is more than enough time to send a submission. Okay, 166 hours and 59 minutes. You got me.

Do I have to wait until Monday morning to submit?

Absolutely not! In fact I appreciate the submissions that make it to me by Sunday evening. Makes the job of putting this together on Monday morning much easier!

Are there resolution requirements for submissions?

I won’t turn down submissions that are too small. I will probably ask you for a picture of greater resolution if it is really small. The typical 4 x 6 image posted to my website has a resolution of 1280 pixels x 853 pixels. While a 400 x 300 image might look okay on your phone, it looks like trash on a computer monitor. I prefer images that are at least 1000 pixels at their widest point, but don’t ban smaller pictures at this point.

What format should my submission be?

.JPG but .PNG also works.

If I write a description of my image will you include that in your post?

No. Photography is art that should stand on its own. Only exception is the SLICE OF LIFE theme. But if you let me know where the picture was taken, I will include that.

When will you start accepting suggestions for next year’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE themes?

I will take suggestions only and ONLY in the comments sections of the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE posts the last week of October and the 1st week of November.

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SHADOW! A great theme, but did inspire people to lurk in the dark or come out into the light of participation? You’ll have to keep streaming to find out!

I do want to say that hope at least somebody appreciates my submission this week. I was pretty close to kicked out of a museum for taking it.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, August 21, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week
2-Willy McAlpine – 1 week
3-Becky Parmelee – 1 week
4-Nader Parsaei – 1 week
5-Mary Green – 3 weeks (2)
6-Sara Lockner – 3 weeks (3
7-Mike Vest – 7 weeks
8-Sheri Fakhouri – 10 weeks
9-Monica Jennings – 11 weeks
10-Logan Kahler – 11 weeks (2)
11-Nathanial Brown – 12 weeks
12-Jesse Howard – 12 weeks
13-Tamara Peterson – 15 weeks
14-Alexis Stensland – 20 weeks
15-Mindi Terrell – 27 weeks (3)
16-Brandon Kahler – 51 weeks
17-Linda Bennett – 56 weeks (2)
18-Sarah Toot – 57 weeks (2)
19-Angie DeWaard – 61 weeks
20-Dawn Krause – 65 weeks (2)
21-Kim Barker – 71 weeks
22-Joe Duff – 72 weeks (2)
23-Teresa Kahler – 83 weeks (3)
24-Carla Stensland – 83 weeks (3)
25-Micky Augustin – 85 weeks
26-Andy Sharp – 86 weeks
27-Bill Wentworth – 87 weeks
28-Cathie Morton – 91 weeks
29-Elizabeth Nordeen – 92 weeks
30-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 94 weeks
31-Kio Dettman – 96 weeks (2)

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:


WEEK 415 - SHADOW - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 97 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - SHANNON BARDOLE-FOLEY
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 95 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 93 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - CATHIE MORTON
Cathie Morton (Water Works Park – Des Moines, Iowa) – 92 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - BILL WENTWORTH
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 88 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 87 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - MICKY AUGUSTIN
Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 86 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 84 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa) – 84 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Iowa)

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Dallas, Texas) – 73 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Dallas, Texas)

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - KIM BARKER
Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 72 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 66 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa)

WEEK 415 - SHADOW -
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 62 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 58 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 57 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - BRANDON KAHLER
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 52 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 28 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - ALEXIS STENSLAND
Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 21 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - ALEXIS STENSLAND
Alexis Stensland (Iowa)

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - ALEXIS STENSLAND
Alexis Stensland (Iowa)

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - TAMARA PETERSON
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 16 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 13 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - JESSE HOWARD
Jesse Howard (Ames, Iowa) – 13 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 12 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 12 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Guthrie Center, Iowa)

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - SHERI FAKHOURI
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 11 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 8 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - SARA LOCKNER
Sara Lockner (Johnston, Iowa) – 4 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - MARY GREEN
Mary Green (Camp Wyoming – Wyoming, Iowa) – 4 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - BECKY PARMELEE
Becky Parmelee (King Author Flour & Bakery – Norwich, Vermont) – 2 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - BECKY PARMELEE
Becky Parmelee (West Lebanon, New Hampshire)

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - BECKY PARMELEE
Becky Parmelee (Atlanta, Georgia)

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - SABAS HERNANDEZ
Sabas Hernandez (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Cleveland, Ohio) – 2 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - WILLY MCAPLINE
Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 2 weeks

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - EVIE GORSHE
Evie Gorshe (Iowa) – 1 week

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - SCOTT DEGENEFFE
Scott Degeneffe (Dickcissel Park – Boone, Iowa) – 1 week

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - SUZIE BRANNEN
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 1 week

WEEK 415 - SHADOW - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett (Union Station – Omaha, Nebraska)

34 participants! That is a pretty great week! And pictures were taken from all over the country this week!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
+ Georgia
+ Kansas
+ Iowa
+ Nebraska
+ New Hampshire
+ Ohio
+ Pennsylvania
+ Texas
+ Vermont

Thanks to Becky’s recent travels, 2 more states have been filled in on the map. New Hampshire and Vermont. WooHoo!

Here is the current calendar year list for states:

+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Colorado
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Louisiana
+ Maryland
+ Michigan
+ Minnesota
+ Missouri
+ Montana
+ Nebraska
+ New Hampshire
+ New Jersey
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ North Carolina
+ North Dakota
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Oregon
+ Pennsylvania
+ South Carolina
+ South Dakota
+ Tennessee
+ Texas
+ Utah
+ Vermont
+ Washington
+ Washington D.C.
+ Wisconsin
+ Wyoming

35 states and 1 district! That is pretty impressive! Over 70% of the way there!

The Outside of the United States map is currently:

+ British Virgin Islands
+ Mexico (General)
+ Isla Mujeres, Mexico
+ Riviera Maya, Mexico
+ Nassau Bahamas
+ Vallunareju Norte – Peru
+ Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

I took my picture 156 miles from my front door. In a state where a regular contributor resides. I continue not to contribute.

The big milestone this week is Brandon joining THE YEAR LONG STREAK CLUB! WooHoo! Congratulations Brandon!

But it wasn’t all good news! Nader could not build on their submissions last week and their streaks are over before the began.

But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:


WEEK 416 - NATURE
NATURE

NATURE! What a great theme for Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

But what exactly is a NATURE photo? “Nature photography is a wide range of photography taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and close-ups of natural scenes and textures.”

That encompasses a lot of the world. So what isn’t NATURE? Humans and anything created by humans. Although those elements can be included in a NATURE photo. But they aren’t the main subject matter.

While thinking about possible subjects for your NATURE photo meditate on the following quote and I have no doubt you will come up with a fascinating image:

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
-Khalil Gibran

I look forward to seeing your interpretation.

RULES

The picture has to be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge. There is a limit of 3 submissions per participant. To be considered the photographer, you have to be the one that takes the picture. Don’t be stealing the work of other artists. You can submit pictures for other photographers that took pictures with your camera or phone, but give credit where credit is due.

You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.

That is it. Thems the rules!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of NATURE in this place that shows mine next Monday.