WEDNESDAY! 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, March 23, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:
1-Monica Jennings – 1 week
2-Suzie Brannen – 2 weeks
3-Mary Green – 2 weeks
*4-Sabas Hernandez – 2 weeks
*5-Alexis Stensland – 2 weeks
6-Willy McAlpine – 3 weeks
7-Becky Parmelee – 3 weeks
8-Sara Lockner – 5 weeks
9-Sarah Karber – 9 weeks
10-Deanna Peters – 13 weeks
11-Jesse Howard – 15 weeks
12-Kio Dettman – 19 weeks
*13-Deb Powers – 82 weeks
14-Mike Vest – 96 weeks
15-Lowell Davis – 116 weeks
16-Scott Degeneffe – 135 weeks
*17-Sheri Fakhouri – 145 weeks
*18-Logan Kahler – 146 weeks
19-Nathanial Brown – 147 weeks
20-Tamara Peterson – 158 weeks
*21-Mindi Terrell – 162 weeks
22-Linda Bennett – 191 weeks
23-Sarah Toot – 192 weeks
24-Angie DeWaard – 195 weeks
25-Dawn Krause – 198 weeks
26-Kim Barker – 206 weeks
27-Joe Duff – 207 weeks
*28-Teresa Kahler – 218 weeks
*29-Carla Stensland – 218 weeks
30-Micky Augustin – 220 weeks
31-Andy Sharp – 221 weeks
32-Bill Wentworth – 222 weeks
33-Cathie Morton – 224 weeks
34-Elizabeth Nordeen – 227 weeks
35-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 229 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:
Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Ames, Iowa) – 1 week
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 2 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 3 weeks
Mary Green (Manchester, Iowa) – 3 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 3 weeks
Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 4 weeks
Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa)
Sarah Karber (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) – 10 weeks
Deanna Peters (Boone, Iowa) – 14 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 20 weeks
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 83 weeks
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 97 weeks
Lowell Davis (Boone, Iowa) – 117 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 136 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 146 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa)
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 147 weeks
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 148 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Berkley, Iowa) – 159 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa) – 163 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Grimes, Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 192 weeks
Sarah Toot (Austin, Texas) – 193 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 196 weeks
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 199 weeks
Kim Barker (Ames, Iowa) – 207 weeks
Joe Duff (Pasadena, Texas) – 208 weeks
Joe Duff (League City, Texas)
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 219 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Ames, Iowa)
Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 219 weeks
Carla Stensland (Arnolds Park, Iowa)
Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 221 weeks
Andy Sharp (Des Moines, Iowa) – 222 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 223 weeks
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 226 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa) – 228 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Des Moines, Iowa) – 230 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa) – 654 weeks
Submissions from 33 participants this week. A not very popular week. Even the person that suggested the theme didn’t submit. Interesting…
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 550 Submission Geography
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- Texas
- Year 13 Submission Geography (1st Submitter)
- Arkansas (Scott)
- California (Sabas)
- Colorado (Nathanial)
- Florida (Cathie)
- Illinois (Nathanial)
- Indiana (Nathanial)
- Iowa (Tamara)
- Kansas (Linda)
- Kentucky (Scott)
- Michigan (Mary)
- Minnesota (Sarah K.)
- Missouri (Scott)
- Nebraska (Bill)
- Nevada (Nathanial)
- New York (Sarah T.)
- Ohio (Nathanial)
- Pennsylvania (Sarah T.)
- Texas (Joe)
- Utah (Nathanial)
- West Virginia (Nathanial)
- Wisconsin (Dawn)
- Wyoming (Nathanial)
- Dominican Republic (Scott)
That is 22 states! 1 foreign country!
I’m definitely not tracking this, but I believe we had submissions from the following unique counties in Iowa this week: Boone, Dallas, Delaware, Polk, Story, and Warren.
The big milestone this week was Sarah (Karber) joining the Double Digit Streak Club!! WooHoo! WooHoo! Joe Duff joined the 4 Year Streak Club!!!! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! But there was a bloodbath of streaks. Alexis’ streak is over at 2. Sara’s streak is over at 5. Jesse’s streak is over at 15. The humanity!
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:
WILD ANIMAL
WILD ANIMAL! What a great theme for Year 13 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! And since everyone will have their picture taken on Wednesday, all the submissions should be in nice and early! Just a heads up that there will be a PET theme later in the year before you send me a picture of your cat Ginger Snaps and say “Oh he’s so wild!”
Here are the Year 13 rules!
- 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 WILD ANIMAL has been a theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Here are some of my favorites from the ghosts of WILD ANIMAL past:
Micky Augustin – Week 5
Carla Stensland – Week 164
To peruse all 10 of the previous WILD ANIMAL submissions 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.