THE WINDOW FOR SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR’S THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE HAS CLOSED.
So many great suggestions, it will be hard to winnow the list down to 52.
Here is the list of suggestions:
Angie DeWaard
- SWEET
- OVEREXPOSED
- SYMMETRY
- RHYTHM AND/OR PATTERN
- NOISY
- STRAIGHT OUT OF CAMERA
Lowell Davis
- HORSEMANING
- DISSENT
- ANXIETY
- MISTAKES
Deb Powers
- SPICY
- COLD
- YELLOW
- ABANDONED
- ADVERTISING
- WORKPLACE
- FRIENDSHIP
- REPETITION
- OPENINGS
Shannon Bardole-Foley
- FELINE
Joe Duff
- NEVER PHOTOGRAPHED BEFORE (AKA NEW SUBJECT FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER)
- AT YOUR FINGERTIPS (HOLDING SOMETHING)
- GROUND LEVEL
- MAKES YOU THINK
Alexis Stensland
- FUNGI AND/OR FUN GUY
- I CAN’T EVEN
- ONE AND DONE
- ROOF TOP
- EMPOWER
- ABSTRACT
- HOT PINK
- NASTY
- WEDNESDAY
- OUTER SPACE
- ART
Scott Degeneffe
- COMFORT FOOD
- YUMMY
- UNBELIEVABLE (BUT REAL)
- CONTRAST
- OUT OF THIS WORLD
- TREES
- ROAD CONSTRUCTION
- UNDER CONSTRUCTION
- UPGRADE
- FIRE
- COMPETITION
- UNDER REVIEW
- MEANING OF LIFE
Andy Sharp
- BIGFOOT OR BIGFOOT SCOUTING LOCATION
- NOT IN YOUR HOME COUNTY
- DOGS
- ANYTHING BUT CATS
- WATER
- BEARD
ANIMAL A great theme! But did enough people share space with a critter to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, November 3, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:
1-Mary Green – 1 week
2-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 2 weeks
3-Sabas Hernandez – 2 week
4-Jesse Howard – 2 weeks
5-Brandon Kahler – 2 weeks
6-Becky Parmelee – 5 weeks
7-Suzie Brannen – 8 weeks
8-Willy McAlpine – 10 weeks
9-Monica Jennings – 14 weeks
*10-Alexis Stensland – 30 weeks
11-Deanna McClain – 44 weeks
*12-Deb Powers – 62 weeks
13-Mike Vest – 76 weeks
14-Lowell Davis – 96 weeks
*15-Scott Degeneffe – 115 weeks
*16-Sheri Fakhouri – 125 weeks
17-Logan Kahler – 126 weeks
18-Nathanial Brown – 127 weeks
19-Tamara Peterson – 138 weeks
20-Mindi Terrell – 142 weeks
*21-Linda Bennett – 171 weeks
22-Sarah Toot – 172 weeks
23-Angie DeWaard – 175 weeks
24-Dawn Krause – 178 weeks
25-Kim Barker – 186 weeks
26-Joe Duff – 187 weeks
*27-Teresa Kahler – 198 weeks
28-Carla Stensland – 198 weeks
29-Micky Augustin – 200 weeks
*30-Andy Sharp – 201 weeks
31-Bill Wentworth – 202 weeks
32-Cathie Morton – 206 weeks
*33-Elizabeth Nordeen – 207 weeks
34-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 209 weeks
*35-Kio Dettman – 211 weeks
Here is the list of rules for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:
1. The picture must 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 and take pictures challenge!
- There is a limit of 2 submissions per person per theme. If you send me more than 2, I will use the first 2 that you submit. If you submit 2 pictures, make sure they are of different subjects.
- Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM Central Time the following Monday. But that is a deadline. Pictures can be submitted as soon as you take them.
- To be considered the photographer of an image, you have to be the one that clicks the shutter. If you hand your camera over to somebody else to take a picture of you, you are NOT the photographer of that image.
- No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.
- Please include the location of where the picture was taken with your submission.
There are still 2 ways to submit:
- Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
- Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro.
But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks or the rules of the challenge or how to submit. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:
Alexis Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 31 weeks
Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 202 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 176 weeks
Becky Parmelee (Bentonville, Arkansas) – 6 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 203 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska)
Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 199 weeks
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 207 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Big Creek State Park – Iowa)
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 179 weeks
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa)
Deanna McClain (Boone, Iowa) – 45 weeks
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 63 weeks
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 208 weeks
Jen Ensley Gorshe (Baltimore, Maryland) – 3 weeks
Joe Duff (League City, Texas) – 188 weeks
Joe Duff (League City, Texas)
Johnathan Stensland (Iowa) – 1 week
Kim Barker (Ankeny, Iowa) – 187 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 172 weeks
Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 127 weeks
Lowell Davis (Ames, Iowa) – 97 weeks
Mary Green (Iowa) – 2 weeks
Mary Green (Iowa)
Micky Augustin (Dallas County, Iowa) – 201 weeks
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 77 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa) – 143 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa)
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 15 weeks
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa)
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 128 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Iowa)
Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 3 weeks
Sara Lockner (Ames, Iowa) – 1 week
Sarah Toot (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 173 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 116 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Des Moines, Iowa) – 210 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 126 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 9 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa)
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 139 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 199 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)
Willy McAlpine (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – 11 weeks
Submissions from 35 participants this week. A popular theme. Many people seem to love ANIMALS!
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
- Arkansas
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Nebraska
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
Here is the Year 12 list of places where submissions have been taken:
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Washington
- Washington D.C.
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Argentina
- Chile
- Dominican Republic
- England
- Ireland
- Mexico
- Northern Ireland
- Spain
That is 36 states, 1 district, and 8 foreign countries!
The big milestone this week was Elizabeth joining the 4 Year Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! But it wasn’t all rainbows and unicorns. It appears there are some people that hate animals. Both Brandon and Jesse had their streaks snapped at 2. But here is the shocker. After 211 weeks Kio’s streak has come to an end. Most shocking as he is one of the greatest animal lovers I know. Devoted much of his time to volunteering for their care. The humanity! I have no doubt that he will get back on the horse and start up another legendary streak in no time at all!
This means that Shannon is now in possession of the longest streak in all of the Kingdom of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE.
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:
STICKERS
STICKERS! What a great theme for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
This is the first time STICKERS has ever been a theme.
I look forward to seeing your interpretation!
That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your image in this place that has its own stickers next Monday.