FOR NEXT WEEK’S THEME THERE IS A SPECIAL RULE! THAT RULE IS REVEALED IN THE THEME REVEAL SECTION OF THIS POST. PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO READ THE SPECIAL RULE!
NOISY! 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, September 14, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:
1-Johnathan Stensland – 1 week
2-Sara Lockner – 1 week
3-Becky Parmelee – 4 weeks
4-Alexis Stensland – 5 weeks
5-Suzie Brannen – 7 weeks
6-Linda Bennett – 7 weeks
7-Willy McAlpine – 7 weeks
8-Jason Baier – 13 weeks
9-Monica Jennings – 13 weeks
*10-Logan Kahler – 16 weeks
11-Sarah Karber – 34 weeks
12-Deanna Peters – 38 weeks
13-Kio Dettman – 44 weeks
*14-Deb Powers – 107 weeks
15-Mike Vest – 121 weeks
16-Lowell Davis – 141 weeks
17-Scott Degeneffe – 160 weeks
18-Sheri Fakhouri – 169 weeks
19-Nathanial Brown – 172 weeks
*20-Tamara Peterson – 183 weeks
*21-Mindi Terrell – 187 weeks
*22-Sarah Toot – 217 weeks
*23-Angie DeWaard – 220 weeks
*24-Dawn Krause – 223 weeks
25-Kim Barker – 231 weeks
*26-Joe Duff – 232 weeks
*27-Teresa Kahler – 243 weeks
28-Carla Stensland – 244 weeks
29-Micky Augustin – 245 weeks
30-Andy Sharp – 245 weeks
31-Bill Wentworth – 247 weeks
32-Cathie Morton – 250 weeks
33-Elizabeth Nordeen – 252 weeks
34-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 254 weeks
The third Monday of the month I like to share the current Photography 139 Weekly Photo Challenge Map. Heading into today, this is the map of states where people have submitted images from in Year 13:
35 States and Washington D.C. (which should be a state)!
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:
Micky Augustin (Waukee, Iowa) – 246 weeks
Jason Baier (Huxley, Iowa) – 14 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Summerset, Iowa) – 255 weeks
Kim Barker (Ankeny, Iowa) – 232 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Ames, Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Easton, Kansas) – 8 weeks
Linda Bennett (Easton, Kansas)
Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 8 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Charlotte, North Carolina) – 173 weeks
Nathanial Brown (London, England)
Lowell Davis (Boone, Iowa) – 142 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Boone, Iowa) – 161 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 45 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 221 weeks
Joe Duff (League City, Texas) – 233 weeks
Joe Duff (League City, Texas)
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 170 weeks
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 14 weeks
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 17 weeks
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Teresa Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 244 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Sarah Karber (Hastings, Minnesota) – 35 weeks
Dawn Krause (Ogden, Iowa) – 2244 weeks
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa)
Sara Lockner (Des Moines, Iowa) – 2 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa) – 253 weeks
Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 8 weeks
Cathie Morton (Hollywood Studios, Florida) – 251 weeks
Deanna Peters (Perry, Iowa) – 39 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 184 weeks
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 108 weeks
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)
Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 246 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Boone, Iowa) – 6 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Ogden, Iowa)
Carla Stensland (Boone, Iowa) – 245 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa)
Mindi Terrell (Ankeny, Iowa) – 188 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Ankeny, Iowa)
Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 218 weeks
Mike Vest (Ankeny, Iowa) – 122 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 248 weeks
Submissions from 33 participants this week. Not 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 575 Submission Geography
- Arkansas
- England
- Florida
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- Texas
- Year 13 Submission Geography (1st Submitter)
- Arizona (Sara L.)
- Arkansas (Scott)
- California (Sabas)
- Colorado (Nathanial)
- Delaware (Sarah T.)
- Florida (Cathie)
- Illinois (Nathanial)
- Indiana (Nathanial)
- Iowa (Tamara)
- Kansas (Linda)
- Kentucky (Scott)
- Maine (Angie)
- Maryland (Sarah T.)
- Michigan (Mary)
- Minnesota (Sarah K.)
- Mississippi (Adam)
- Missouri (Scott)
- Montana (Joe)
- Nebraska (Bill)
- Nevada (Nathanial)
- New Hampshire (Angie)
- New Jersey (Sarah T.)
- New York (Sarah T.)
- North Carolina (Sarah T.)
- Ohio (Nathanial)
- Oklahoma (Mike)
- Pennsylvania (Sarah T.)
- South Dakota (Deb)
- Tennessee (Sarah T.)
- Texas (Joe)
- Utah (Nathanial)
- Washington D.C. (Sarah T.)
- West Virginia (Nathanial)
- Wisconsin (Dawn)
- Wyoming (Nathanial)
- Bahamas (Cathie)
- Dominican Republic (Scott)
- England (Nathanial)
- France (Sarah T.)
- Japan (Sabas)
- Scotland (Michelle)
- South Africa (Nathanial)
That is 34 states! 1 district! 6 foreign countries!
I’m definitely not tracking this, but I believe we had submissions from the following unique counties in Iowa this week: Boone, Dallas, Polk, Story, and Warren.
There were no big milestones this week. However, there were a couple streaks snapped! Johnathan couldn’t build on his submission from last week and his streak is over before it began. Becky’s streak went kaput after 4 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:
#INSTAGOOD
#INSTAGOOD! What a great theme for Year 13 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
#INSTAGOOD is inspired by the most popular hashtag on Instagram. Formerly my favorite social media outlet, but then Meta bought it and completely ruined it. But I digress. #INSTAGOOD in the Insta world means a particularly good photo. For our Photography 139 interpretation it means the best picture you took this week. And that is where the special rule for this theme comes into effect!
SPECIAL RULE FOR #INSTAGOOD: BECAUSE THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE BEST PICTURE THIS WEEK, YOU CAN ONLY SUBMIT ONE PICTURE THIS WEEK! IF YOU SEND ME MORE THAN ONE SUBMISSION I WILL CONSIDER THAT A NON-SUBMISSION!
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 10 Pro. I’m not putting my phone # here. If you know, you know.
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.