PLACES! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, January 26, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:
1-Sarah Karber – 1 week
2-Sara Lockner – 1 week
*3-Alexis Stensland – 3 weeks
4-Deanna Peters – 5 weeks
5-Jesse Howard – 7 weeks
6-Kio Dettman – 11 weeks
7-Becky Parmelee – 15 weeks
8-Suzie Brannen – 20 weeks
9-Willy McAlpine – 22 weeks
10-Monica Jennings – 26 weeks
*11-Deb Powers – 74 weeks
12-Mike Vest – 88 weeks
13-Lowell Davis – 108 weeks
14-Scott Degeneffe – 127 weeks
15-Sheri Fakhouri – 137 weeks
*16-Logan Kahler – 138 weeks
17-Nathanial Brown – 139 weeks
18-Tamara Peterson – 150 weeks
19-Mindi Terrell – 154 weeks
20-Linda Bennett – 183 weeks
21-Sarah Toot – 184 weeks
22-Angie DeWaard – 187 weeks
23-Dawn Krause – 190 weeks
24-Kim Barker – 198 weeks
25-Joe Duff – 199 weeks
26-Teresa Kahler – 210 weeks
*27-Carla Stensland – 210 weeks
28-Micky Augustin – 212 weeks
29-Andy Sharp – 213 weeks
30-Bill Wentworth – 214 weeks
31-Cathie Morton – 217 weeks
32-Elizabeth Nordeen – 219 weeks
33-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 221 weeks
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:
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Summerset, Iowa) – 222 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa) – 220 weeks
Cathie Morton (Detroit, Michigan) – 218 weeks
Cathie Morton (Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World – Florida)
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 215 weeks
Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 214 weeks
Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 213 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 211 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Ames, Iowa)
Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 211 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa)
Joe Duff (Houston, Texas) – 200 weeks
Kim Barker (Ankeny, Iowa) – 199 weeks
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 191 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 188 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa)
Sarah Toot (New York City, New York) – 185 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 184 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas)
Mindi Terrell (Des Moines, Iowa) – 155 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 151 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Omaha, Nebraska) – 140 weeks
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 139 weeks
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Sheri Fakhouri (West Des Moines, Iowa) – 138 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (West Des Moines, Iowa)
Scott Degeneffe (Boone, Iowa) – 128 weeks
Lowell Davis (Boone, Iowa) – 109 weeks
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 89 weeks
Deb Powers (Albia, Iowa) – 75 weeks
Deb Powers (Albia, Iowa)
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 27 weeks
Willy McAlpine (Ledges State Park – Iowa) – 23 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 21 weeks
Becky Parmelee (Bella Vista, Arkansas) – 16 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 12 weeks
Jesse Howard (Grinnell, Iowa) – 8 weeks
Deanna Peters (Luther, Iowa) – 6 weeks
Sarah Karber (South Minneapolis, Minnesota) – 2 weeks
Sara Lockner (Johnston, Iowa) – 2 weeks
Charlie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 1 week
Sabas Hernandez (DFW Airport, Texas) – 1 week
Mary Green (Manchester, Iowa) – 1 week
Mary Green (Manchester, Iowa)
Christopher D. Bennett (Grinnell, Iowa)
Submissions from 36 participants this week. I consider that to be a popular week!
A huge thanks to everyone that included the location of their picture with their submission! And a huge thanks to everyone that submitted before Monday morning! Makes my job so much easier!
- Week 542 Submission Geography
- Arkansas
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- New York
- Texas
- Year 13 Submission Geography (1st Submitter)
- Arkansas (Scott)
- Florida (Cathie)
- Iowa (Tamara)
- Kansas (Linda)
- Michigan (Mary)
- Minnesota (Sarah K.)
- Missouri (Scott)
- Nebraska (Bill)
- New York (Sarah T.)
- Ohio (Nathanial)
- Pennsylvania (Sarah T.)
- Texas (Joe)
- West Virginia (Nathanial)
That is 13 states! That is a great start to Year 13!
I’m definitely not tracking this, but I believe we had submissions from the following unique counties in Iowa this week: Boone, Dallas, Delaware, Monroe, Polk, Poweshiek, Story and Warren.
The big milestone this week was Joe joining the 200 Week Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! But it wasn’t all fun and games. Alexis’ streak went kaput after 3 weeks.
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:
LEADING LINES
LEADING LINES! What a great theme for Year 13 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
It is a new year so there is a new set of rules. Don’t just gloss by them!
- YEAR 13 – THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE RULES
- 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. In fact, pictures being submitted by Sunday night are GREATLY APPRECIATED!
- 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. PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME ASK YOU!
- Please submit images that are OVER 1000 pixels at their largest side. DON’T OVERCROP! Look at this page on a computer, if your images are considerably smaller than everyone else’s pictures, then you are sending too small of images!
- ABSOLUTELY NO USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE!!
- How to Submit
- Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
- Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro. I’m not putting my phone # here. If you know, you know.
This is the 3rd time that LEADING LINES has been a theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE.
Here are a few of my favorites from the Ghosts of LEADING LINES Past for inspiration:
Mike Vest- Week 19 (RWPE – Year 1)
Alexis Stensland – Week 441
Sarah Toot – Week 441
To peruse all of the more than 50 submissions in the LEADING LINES archive, click on the link below:
I look forward to seeing your interpretation!
Until next Monday, may you run and not be weary. May your heart be filled with song. And may the love of God continue to give you hope and keep you strong.