ABSTRACT! A great theme! But did enough people make the abstraction to make is a popular theme? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out!
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 22, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):
1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL)
2-Jesse Howard – 1 week (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN)
3-Amy Peterson – 1 week (IA)
4-Johnathan Stensland – 1 week (IA)
5-Willy McAlpine – 2 weeks (IA)
6-Elainie Hernandez – 3 weeks (IA)
7-Monica Jennings – 3 weeks (IA)
8-Deanna McClain – 6 weeks (IA, MN)
9-Sara Lockner – 7 weeks (IA, BHS, MN)
10-Mike Vest – 10 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR)
11-Suzie Brannen – 11 weeks (IA, MD)
12-Alexis Stensland – 13 weeks (IA) <2>
13-Sabas Hernandez – 15 weeks (IA, OH)
14-Adam Gordon – 22 weeks (IA, MS, MO) <2>
15-Lowell Davis – 29 weeks (IA, MO)
16-Michelle Haupt – 29 weeks (IA, MO, KS, LA)
17-Brandon Kahler – 30 weeks (IA, MN)
18-Scott Degeneffe – 48 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL)
19-Sheri Fakhouri – 58 weeks (IA, NE)
20-Logan Kahler – 58 weeks (IA, MN)
21-Nathanial Brown – 60 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL)
22-Tamara Peterson – 71 weeks (IA, MN)
23-Mindi Terrell – 75 weeks (IA) <2>
24-Linda Bennett – 104 weeks (KS, IA)
25-Sarah Toot – 105 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ)
26-Angie DeWaard – 109 weeks (IA, IL)
27-Dawn Krause – 113 weeks (IA, IL) <2>
28-Kim Barker – 119 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
29-Joe Duff – 120 weeks (TX, NY)
30-Teresa Kahler – 131 weeks (IA, NE)
31-Carla Stensland – 131 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) <2>
32-Micky Augustin – 133 weeks (IA, IL, FL)
33-Andy Sharp – 134 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI)
34-Bill Wentworth – 135 weeks (NE, MO)
35-Cathie Morton – 137 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA)
36-Elizabeth Nordeen – 140 weeks (IA, OH)
37-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 142 weeks (IA, CA, NV)
38-Kio Dettman – 144 weeks (IA)
Here is the list of rules for Year 11 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!
2. 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.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. 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.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.
There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. 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:
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 145 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (National Balloon Classic – Indianola, Iowa) -143 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 141 weeks
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 138 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 136 weeks
Andy Sharp (Ames, Iowa) – 135 weeks
Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 134 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 132 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa)
Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 132 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)
Joe Duff (Texas) – 121 weeks
Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 120 weeks
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 114 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 110 weeks
Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania) – 106 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 105 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas)
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 76 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 72 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Princeton, Illinois) – 61 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Emporia, Kansas)
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 59 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa)
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 59 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Potato Lake, Wisconsin) – 49 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Albert Lea, Minnesota)
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 31 weeks
Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 30 weeks
Michelle Haupt (Montague, Michigan) – 30 weeks
Adam Gordon (Iowa) – 23 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 16 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 14 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 12 weeks
Mike Vest (Kansas City, Kansas) – 11 weeks
Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 7 weeks
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 4 weeks
Elainie Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 1 weeks
Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 3 weeks
Jesse Howard (Winterset, Iowa) – 2 weeks
Deb Powers (Glacier National Park, Montana) – 1 week
Deb Powers (Glacier National Park, Montana)
Mary Green (Iowa) – 1 week
Mary Green (Iowa)
Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa)
37 participants! That is a pretty good week!
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
+ Illinois (1)
+ Iowa (33)
+ Kansas (4)
+ Michigan (1)
+ Minnesota (1)
+ Montana (2)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ Pennsylvania (1)
+ Texas (1)
+ Wisconsin (1)
Thanks to Deb’s first ever submissions, Montana was added to this year’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Map!
Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):
+ Arkansas (16.5)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (2)
+ California (3)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Colorado (7)
+ Florida (13)
+ Georgia (1)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (12)
+ Indiana (4)
+ Iowa (1074)
+ Ireland (3)
+ Kansas (44)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (1)
+ Michigan (6)
+ Minnesota (11)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (18.5)
+ Montana (2)
+ Nebraska (36)
+ Nevada (4)
+ New Jersey (1)
+ New York (17)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Ohio (2)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (22)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (4)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (42)
+ Utah (1)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (3)
+ Wyoming (1)
33 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 5 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI) – 10
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS) – 9
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL) – 8
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA) – 5
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) -5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI) – 5
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO, AR, OK, KS) – 5
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV) – 3
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO) – 3
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK) – 3
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN) – 3
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL) – 2
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA) – 2
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause – (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO) – 2
Andy is clinging to his lead to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!” Scott and Nathanial and Jen are in striking distance though!
There were no major milestones reached this week. But there were a ton of streaks snapped. Jen, Amy, and Johnathan couldn’t build on their submission from last week. Their steaks are over before they began. Sara’s steak is over at 7! The humanity!
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:
FLOWER
FLOWER! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
FLOWER is obviously one of my favorite themes. It helps separate those of us with sensitive souls from those with a debilitating case of toxic masculinity.
I look forward to seeing you interpretation!
That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of FLOWER in this place that get its flowers next Monday.