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Black & White, Jill, Julie, Music, Shannon, Vest, WPC - Submissions

RWPE #45 – Diagonal Rule

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This week there is a submission from somebody I have never met. I think that is an exciting development. Here are the submissions for DIAGONAL RULE:


WEEK 45 - DIAGONAL RULE - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest of Waxen Media

WEEK 45 - DIAGONAL RULE - SHANNON BARDOLE
Shannon Bardole of Little White Lye Soap

WEEK 45 - DIAGONAL RULE - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

WEEK 45 - DIAGONAL RULE - JULIE JOHNSON
Julie Johnson of The Joy Is In The Journey

WEEK 45 - DIAGONAL RULE - KAREN BITTNER
Karen Bittner

I stuck a quarter in the Random Theme Generator and pulled the handle. Before it gave me a theme for this week, it reminded me that there are only 7 themes left. As I was ruminating on this, the Random Theme Generator spit out the theme for this week:

Spiritual

Vest and I have decided to continue on with this project for another year. I put a call out for people to submit ideas for themes for next year. Nothing was submitted. Here is you last chance.

Vest and I are meeting soon (like today) to finalize the list of themes for next year. If you have a theme you want to see on next year’s list, you can leave it in the comments section of this journal entry and it will be considered for inclusion. But you are almost out of time.

Becky, Black & White, Carla, Dawn, Julie, Shannon, Vest, WPC - Submissions, Writing

RWPE #42 – Shadows

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I think that at the aggregate level, this is the best batch of submissions to date. Here are the submissions for SHADOWS:


WEEK 42 - SHADOWS - SHANNON BARDOLE
Shannon Bardole

WEEK 42 - SHADOWS - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

WEEK 42 - SHADOWS - BECKY PERKOVICH
Becky Perkovich

WEEK 42 - SHADOWS - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland A

WEEK 42 - SHADOWS - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland B

WEEK 42 - SHADOWS - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause

WEEK 42 - SHADOWS - MIKE VEST
Michael Vest

WEEK 42 - SHADOWS - JULIE JOHNSON
Julie Johnson

Dawn’s Poetry Submission

Shadows

Something lurks beneath the bright
It shies away from the light
Peripheral image that can’t be seen
What can that phantom visual mean?

Sense the dark as it closes in
Suffocates like a hidden sin
Run to a meadow open and free
Take a moment to breathe and see

The sun was shining just last week
Now the sky seems cold and bleak
Oh won’t the sun come out and play
Chase the shadows and gloom awa

I’ve walked the rocky trail that leads to the cottage that houses the Random Theme Generator. I gave it a cookie and it spit out the theme for this week:

SMOKE PHOTOGRAPHY

A compelling and interesting theme. I look forward to seeing the submissions and seeing what creative ways people waft with this theme.

Black & White, Contests, Derrick, Nader, Nature

Nader Parsaei


2010 - Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Nominee
Ain’t Distributed Right

Nader made this selection over Mongolian one night before we saw The Expendables. This picture had my favorite judge’s comment on it.

“Nice try.”

Hilarious!

Nader also consider this picture over a bowl of noodles.


2010 - Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Nominee

5 of 6 selectors have been selected for next year’s Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Still room for 1 more, but it has to be a dude. If you are interested in trying you hand at it, let me know.

Black & White, Contests, Derrick, FNSC, Jill, Saydie, Willy

William McAlpine

Willy picked his picture over a hunk of salmon at The Colorado Grill during FNSC.


2010 - Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Nominee
Trouble

Willy also thoughtfully considered this photo of Derrick.


2010 - Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Nominee

The reason I enter photo contests is that enjoy watching other people look at my pictures. I know that is slightly voyeuristic, but I can deal with it. Another reason I enjoy entering the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest is that I like reading the judges comments on the back. I like to see what pictures they “got” and what pictures they didn’t get. I might review their commentary in an entry at a later date, but it is sufficient to say that like the frog picture Jill selected last year, the judges didn’t “get” this picture.