It is time to share the July image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar image. It is a picture taken with Rodan139 of somebody setting off fireworks on the 4th of July in my neighborhood.
JULY
I chose this image since I felt the fireworks represented the 4th of July well.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
CAMERA: Hasselblad L1D020c
DATE: July 24, 2023 – 1010 PM
LENS: 28mm f/2.8
FOCAL LENGTH: 28mm
APERTURE: f/5.6
EXPOSURE: 3 seconds
ISO: 400
Tomorrow I will share the August image!
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HUMANS! They are all over the place! But are there enough of them kicking around to make HUMANS a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, December 25, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):
1-Evie Gorshe – 1 week
2-Mary Green – 1 week
3-Elainie Hernandez – 1 week
4-Willy McAlpine – 1 week
5-Alexis Stensland – 1 week
6-Scott Degeneffe – 18 weeks
7-Sabas Hernandez – 19 weeks
8-Mike Vest – 24 weeks
9-Sheri Fakhouri – 28 weeks (3)
10-Logan Kahler – 29 weeks (3)
11-Nathanial Brown – 30 weeks (2)
12-Jesse Howard – 30 weeks
13-Tamara Peterson – 33 weeks (2)
14-Mindi Terrell – 45 weeks (3)
15-Linda Bennett – 74 weeks (2)
16-Sarah Toot – 75 weeks (2)
17-Angie DeWaard – 79 weeks
18-Dawn Krause – 83 weeks
19-Kim Barker – 89 weeks
20-Joe Duff – 90 weeks (2)
21-Teresa Kahler – 101 weeks (3)
22-Carla Stensland – 101 weeks (2)
23-Micky Augustin – 103 weeks
24-Andy Sharp – 104 weeks
25-Bill Wentworth – 105 weeks (3)
26-Cathie Morton – 109 weeks
27-Elizabeth Nordeen – 110 weeks
28-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 112 weeks
29-Kio Dettman – 114 weeks (3)
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:
Brandon Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 1 week
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 1 week
Carrie Moellers (Mambai, India) – 1 week
Amy Peterson (Jewell, Iowa) – 1 week
Amy Peterson (Ames, Iowa)
Mary Green (Michigan) – 2 weeks
Mary Green (Michigan)
Scott Degeneffe (Goldie’s – Prairie City, Iowa) – 19 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 20 weeks
Mike Vest (Noel, Missouri) – 25 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 29 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa)
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 30 weeks
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 31 weeks
Jesse Howard (Sun Records – Memphis, Tennessee) – 31 weeks
Jesse Howard (Big River Crossing – Memphis, Tennessee)
Tamara Peterson (Swede Valley Church – Rural Boone County) – 34 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 46 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 75 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas)
Linda Bennett (Kansas)
Sarah Toot (Kansas City, Missouri) – 76 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 80 weeks
Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 84 weeks
Kim Barker (Iowa) – 90 weeks
Joe Duff (League City, Texas) – 91 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 102 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Carla Stensland (Hilton Coliseum – Ames, Iowa) – 102 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa)
Micky Augustin (Story County, Iowa) – 104 weeks
Andy Sharp (Iowa) – 105 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Saint Louis, Missouri) – 106 weeks
Cathie Morton (Waukee, Iowa) – 110 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 111 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Tursi’s Latin King – Des Moines, Iowa) – 113 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 115 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Beale Street – Memphis, Tennessee) – 537 weeks
30 participants! That is a pretty great week, considering the holiday! Thanks to Cathie’s sister we end the year with a new country. India! I believe that to be the first submission from Asia ever for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
+ Kansas
+ India
+ Iowa
+ Missouri
+ Tennessee
+ Texas
Here is the final calendar year list for states:
+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Colorado
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Hawaii
+ Idaho
+ Illinois
+ Indiana
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Kentucky
+ Louisiana
+ Maryland
+ Michigan
+ Minnesota
+ Mississippi
+ Missouri
+ Montana
+ Nebraska
+ New Hampshire
+ New Jersey
+ New Mexico
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ North Carolina
+ North Dakota
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Oregon
+ Pennsylvania
+ South Carolina
+ South Dakota
+ Tennessee
+ Texas
+ Utah
+ Vermont
+ Virgin Islands
+ Washington
+ Washington D.C.
+ Wisconsin
+ Wyoming
41 states and 1 district and 1 territory! That is pretty impressive! Over 80% of the way there!
The state nobody submitted from are:
+ Alabama
+ Alaska
+ Connecticut
+ Delaware
+ Maine
+ Massachusetts
+ Rhode Island
+ Virginia
+ West Virginia
Here is the final map for 2023:
The Outside of the United States map is currently:
+ Spain
+ British Virgin Islands
+ Mexico
+ Nassau Bahamas
+ Canada
+ Peru
+ France
+ Austria
+ Germany
+ Italy
+ India
+ Slovenia
+ Belize
The big milestone this week was Micky joining the 2 Year Streak Club! WooHoo!
But not everybody rang in the new year with their streak intact. Evie’s couldn’t build on last week’s submission. Either could Elainie. Or Willy. Or Alexis.
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:
SUNDAY MORNING – SUGGESTED BY SARAH TOOT
SUNDAY MORNING! What a great first theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
This year I’m not going to give a description of the theme. I’m going to trust you can figure it out on your own and through the theme reveal image. However, if you do have a question, don’t be afraid to ask.
Here is an updated list of the rules for Year 11:
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.
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 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.
That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of SUNDAY MORNING in this place that likes to have plenty of submissions by Sunday morning next Monday.