On Independence Day I took Rodan139 up in my back yard and took a few pictures of the fireworks in my area. It is tricky taking a picture with something that is flying through the air at night but it was not a windy night, so it turned out alright.
Here are some pictures:
I’m out of drone photos now. Which means I need to take Rodan139 out for a spin sometime this week.
Feels like a good time to announce that I did get a picture in the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. I also got an Award of some kind:
I assume the Award isn’t as good as the award I got last year when I got 1st Place in the Iowa Places class. An award can range from an Honorable Mention to winning the whole darn shooting match.
I’ll be interested to see which picture got in. The only other person that has seen my entries said that 2 of them were so bad that not only should I be ashamed of entering them, I should be ashamed of even taking the pictures.
That might not be what they said, it is what I heard. And at the end of the day, isn’t that what matters?
So to say that I’m hoping one of those two unloved pictures made it, just so I can say “Ha!” wouldn’t be accurate. Cause that wouldn’t sound like me.
But in the end, I don’t know what picture got accepted. But I’ll share that after the Iowa State Fair is over. As is my way. Or you can go to the Iowa State Fair and find out for yourself.
But I’m not the only regular contributor to THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE to get pictures accepted to the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. Angie, Logan, and Nathanial all also got pictures accepted. I believe all of them got multiple pictures accepted and I think there were multiple awards in their as well. So congratulations to them! WooHoo!
TIME! A great theme. But did many people make TIME to take a TIME photo and submit it? You will have to keep scrolling to find out.
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 3, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):
1-Suzie Brannen – 1 week (3)
2-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week
3-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week
4-Sheri Fakhouri – 3 weeks (3)
5-Becky Parmelee – 3 weeks
6-Monica Jennings – 4 weeks
7-Logan Kahler – 4 weeks
8-Nathanial Brown – 5 weeks (3)
9-Jesse Howard – 5 weeks (2)
10-Tamara Peterson – 8 weeks
11-Alexis Baugher – 13 weeks (3)
12-Mindi Terrell – 20 weeks (3)
13-Brandon Kahler – 45 weeks
14-Linda Bennett – 49 weeks (2)
15-Sarah Toot – 50 weeks (3)
16-Angie DeWaard – 54 weeks
17-Dawn Krause – 58 weeks (2)
18-Kim Barker – 64 weeks
19-Joe Duff – 65 weeks
20-Teresa Kahler – 76 weeks (2)
21-Carla Stensland – 76 weeks
22-Micky Augustin – 78 weeks
23-Andy Sharp – 79 weeks (2)
24-Bill Wentworth – 80 weeks
25-Cathie Morton – 84 weeks
26-Elizabeth Nordeen – 85 weeks (2)
27-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 87 weeks
28-Kio Dettman – 89 weeks (2)
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:
Alexis Baugher (Iowa)
Alexis Baugher (Iowa)
Bill Wentworth (St. Petersburg, Florida) – 81 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 77 weeks
Carla Stensland (Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 50 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas)
Mary Green (Iowa) – 1 week
Mary Green (Iowa)
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 88 weeks
Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania) – 51 weeks
Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania)
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 9 weeks
Micky Augustin (Wilton, Iowa) – 79 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Chicago, Illinois) – 1 week
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 77 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 59 weeks
Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 65 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 86 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa)
Joe Duff (Texas) – 66 weeks
Joe Duff (Texas)
Angie DeWaard (Bridgewater, New Jersey) – 55 weeks
Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 80 weeks
Kio Dettman (Iowa) – 90 weeks
Logan Kahler (Council Bluffs, Iowa) – 6 weeks
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 46 weeks
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 85 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 2 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Treasure Island – Florida) – 6 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 21 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 2 weeks
Jesse Howard (Boone, Iowa) – 6 weeks
Jesse Howard (Boone, Iowa)
Jesse Howard (Boone, Iowa)
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 1 week
Derrick Gorshe (North Carolina)
Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 5 weeks
Becky Parmelee (Bella Vista, Arkansas) – 4 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 4 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa)
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa)
32 participants! A pretty great week! Back over 30 participants. Where we belong! And thanks to Derrick’s trip to North Carolina, there is another state added to the map! WooHoo!
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
+ Arkansas
+ Florida
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ New Jersey
+ North Carolina
+ Pennsylvania
+ Texas
Here is the current calendar year list for states:
+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Colorado
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Louisiana
+ Michigan
+ Minnesota
+ Missouri
+ Montana
+ Nebraska
+ New Jersey
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ North Carolina
+ North Dakota
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Oregon
+ Pennsylvania
+ South Dakota
+ Tennessee
+ Texas
+ Utah
+ Washington
+ Washington D.C.
+ Wisconsin
+ Wyoming
31 states and 1 district! That is pretty impressive! Over 60% of the way there!
The Outside of the United States map is currently:
+ British Virgin Islands
+ Mexico (General)
+ Isla Mujeres, Mexico
+ Riviera Maya, Mexico
+ Nassau Bahamas
+ Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
I took my picture standing in my backyard. I continue to not help expand the map.
The big milestone this week was that it was Derrick’s first submission this calendar year! Hopefully it will be the beginning of a beautiful friendship between Derrick and THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! He joins Jen and Layla as the members of the Gorshe family to contribute this year.
But it wasn’t all fun, games, and Gorshes this week. Jen couldn’t build on last week and her “streak” ended.
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:
A SHAPE! What a great theme for Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
But what is a A SHAPE picture? Simply put, it a picture where A SHAPE plays a heavy part of the composition. It doesn’t matter what SHAPE. Pick your favorite. A circle. A triangle. A square. A rectangle. A pentagon. A rhombus. A dodecahedron. Doesn’t matter. As long as it is A SHAPE.
While considering a possible subject for your A SHAPE picture, meditate on the following quote I have no doubt you will come up with a fascinating submission:
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.
-Georgia O’Keeffe
I look forward to seeing your interpretation.
The picture has to 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 (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge. There is a limit of 3 submissions per participant. To be considered the photographer, you have to be the one that takes the picture. Don’t be stealing the work of other artists. You can submit pictures for other photographers that took pictures with your camera or phone, but give credit where credit is due.
You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.
That is it. Thems the rules!
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 A SHAPE in this place that holds some kind of shape next Monday.
*This image is not to imply that I condone the playing of golf. This picture was taken at a miniature golf course. The only acceptable form of golf.
I need to start this post by wishing everybody a happy 4th of July and a happy birthday to the United States of America!
So Happy 4th of July!
Time to share the final collection of alternate images for the SLICE OF LIFE theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. These pictures were taken of the last 3 incorporated towns in Boone County. Pilot Mound, Fraser, and Boone.
Fraser
Boone
Not sure what the next collection of drone pictures will be. Need to take Rodan139 out to stretch its wings sometime soon.
Time for a second collection of alternate images I took with Rodan139 for my composite submission for the theme SLICE OF LIFE for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. These pictures are of Beaver, Ogden, and Boxholm.
Next week I will share images for the last three incorporated towns in Boone County.
Maybe you haven’t heard, but there is a new bar in Boone called Bottled Bliss. It is a wine and crafter beer bar. It was started by a friend of mine (really Nate’s friend, but I’ve borrowed her as my friend) named Kelli.
I’m sure many of you are wondering why I’m writing about a bar when I don’t drink. “Sure… sure…” you are thinking, “I’ll listen to you when you endorse a company like Honey Hollow cause you look like somebody that has eaten your fair share of honey in your day. Probably more than your fair share of honey. I’ll even listen to you when you endorse a company like Little White Lye Soap because you come off clean and are clearly one of the best smelling employees at the Computer Mine. Top 5. Maybe even Top 2. Some days, #1. I’ll even give you the benefit of the doubt when you endorse Salon 908, when you clearly don’t have a great head of hair perched atop your Gulliver. But why should I listen to you… a notorious teetotaler about a place to go get a drink?”
Don’t worry. There is an answer to your question. It all started back on May 5. Cinco de Mayo. I had heard a rumor that my favorite The Colorado Grill employee was hanging it up. Calling it a day at The Colorado Grill. So Jesse, Willy, and I saddled up and took Friday Night Supper Club out to The Colorado Grill for Kelli’s last night.
Once we got out there, Kelli told us that she was leaving the Grill to start her own wine bar. (Incidentally, I haven’t been back to The Colorado Grill since.) I was heartbroken because Kelli is a master of customer service and she always keeps my raspberry ice tea topped off AND she always serves it to me in a giant mug. Not like the glass that the paupers get.
To commemorate Kelli’s last day and what I thought would be last raspberry tea I would ever receive from her we took this picture:
As fate would have it, it wasn’t the last raspberry tea with Kelli in our future. She told me that she would stock raspberry tea for me AND we struck a deal to put some of my photography on the walls of her new business.
Here is where you come in. You should 100% get your friends together and go down to a night of wine tasting or craft beer tasting at Bottled Bliss. My understanding is that Kelli really knows her wine and craft beers. She spent years honing her knowledge by stocking the craft beers at The Colorado Grill and running a monthly wine club. Also, she pours a mean raspberry tea… which is no easy job.
I’ve already heard a couple of “Yes!”es and a few “Sounds really good. I’ll have to do that”s.
But if I haven’t sold you yet, here is some information from her website (bottledbliss.net):
Monthly Cork Membership:
$35.00 Monthly
1 Glass of wine each weak.
$10.000 off Wine Club admission
20% Off bottles of wine.
There are 2 Wine Clubs.
4th Tuesday of the Month
Think of this wine club as a Wine 101. Become the expert wine lover you’ve always wanted to be. Explore new wines and expand your pallet. There’s no shame in enjoying a fantastic glass of moscato BUT there is more to wine than just one varietal. Enjoy new exciting wine in a welcoming and learning environment with great company and small bites.
This wine club will be hosted by wine distributors and Iowa Wineries.
2nd Tuesday of the Month
This wine club is designed for a mature pallet. Experience wines from around the world, build knowledge about unique wine regions surrounded by fellow wine lovers. Deep reds, dry whites, and full bodied wine can be expected at this wine club. Small bites will be offered to help compliment your wine experience.
This wine club will be hosted by wine distributors to help enhance your wine journey.
Wine Club events are $25 per event.
But I want to know more about Kelli other than she pours a mean raspberry tea. Also from the website:
My name is Kelli Casper and I was born and raised in Boone. My husband and I are raising our two beautiful daughters in Ogden surrounded by all the things that I loved growing up. Most people will recognize me from The Colorado Grill. I was just a month shy of celebrating my 19 years with the Gano’s at The Grill. In 2013, I launched a wine club there to learn more about wine. We dedicated one Tuesday every month trying different distributors and wineries all over the world; it was successful every month for 7 years and then Covid hit. Covid ruined so many good things. I’ve always enjoyed exploring wine and craft beer and The Grill was the perfect place to build my knowledge. My interest became a hobby and then a passion. I love talking “shop” with anyone who wants to listen. A wine bar was always my dream and then one day I decided I was tired of dreaming. And BOOM. Enter Bottled Bliss! We have around thirty chairs to offer anyone wanting place to land. A great craft beer selection and wines from around the country and globe. We offer bottle and glass service and we have prosecco ON TAP! For now, our main focus is beverage services but we are looking forward to building a small kitchen where we can offer small bites in the near future.
We will have a monthly wine club (just like old times) and also a Cork membership (think gym membership) with weekly rewards for your monthly members. I am looking forward to partnering with other businesses in Boone to make downtown great and something to be proud of.
See you soon!
Kelli Casper
If you ever want to get together and you have a wine and I’ll have a raspberry tea, let’s go!
Bottled Bliss is located at:
706 Keeler Street
Boone, Iowa 50036
Current Hours:
Mon Closed
Tues wine club
Wed 5 PM – 9 PM
Thu 5 PM – 9 PM
Fri 5 PM – 10 PM
Sat 2 PM – 10 PM
Sun 2 PM – 6 PM
But… you are probably wondering about the deal I struck with Kelli to display my photography.
Currently there are 5 of my photos displayed there. I went a little crazy on the size, so they are 40×30. They are acrylic prints.
After conferring with Kelli, here are the 5 prints that are up (Click on the link below the images to see more information on each image):
Kelli wanted pictures of local interest that people would recognize. Her favorite is the picture of the Teddy Roosevelt Statue. She claims she knows who has the thumb in their possession, but is sworn to secrecy. You can talk to her about it when you go in for a drink.
There are going to be about 6 more smaller pictures going up and then maybe they will rotate in and out now and again. But This does remind me that I need to swap out pictures at pictures at Salon 908 at some point.
About a week ago I took Rodan139 to take a cityscape picture of all 9 incorporated towns in Boone County to composite into one image for my SLICE OF LIFE image. I feel it would be a bit of waste to not share some of the outtakes that went into the final image.
Here is a collection of the images I took of Luther, Madrid, and Berkley:
Madrid
Berkley
In retrospect, I should have taken on Madrid from a different angle. In my head the grain elevator was much closer to the rest of Madrid. But it still works.
If you look closely, in Berkley you can see the best named street in all of Boone County. Cookie Monster Place!
Me and Rodan139 were not seeing eye to eye on this morning. It was a mere constant battle. But I managed to get a few images. Although the issue wasn’t really with Rodan139, it was with my phone. Which means I might have to accelerate the timeline on buying a new phone or break down and buy the full remote control like Logan recently picked up. Although they are stupid expensive. Question is how stupid do I want to get with buying one.
Screw it. I just got a bunch of back pay… that I spent on a toilet… 2 of them… it wasn’t a good day… but I should have a bonus coming up in a couple weeks… but it isn’t supposed to be very big… but it is extra paycheck month… my phone bill just went down nearly 80 bucks a month… a $430 dollar monthly bill just disappeared… I mean… I’d be a fool not to buy one.
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk on responsible financial practices.
Today is Shannon’s birthday, so I must say, happy birthday Shannon!
I hope your birthday is filled with all the amazement that you can handle!
On Memorial Day I took Rodan139 to Boxholm, Pilot Mound and then finally to Bluff Creek Cemetery. I wasn’t really planning on going to Bluff Creek Cemetery, but it seemed fitting on Memorial Day. I was in the area. I had been to Bluff Creek Cemetery a couple times with my Mom and my Grandma (Majors) Paris. I honestly don’t know what relatives of mine are buried in Bluff Creek Cemetery besides that they are from my maternal grandma’s side. Which based on Bluff Creek Cemetery’s location, makes sense. The two closest “towns” to it are Incline and Centerville.
Here are the few pictures I took:
If you zoom way in on the panoramic image, you can see the High Bridge.
There are only a few houses left in Centerville and even less left in Incline. But there are historical markers that recognize where they used to be.
SLICE OF LIFE. As you know, this is a very special theme for me. My Dad would have turned 80 years old yesterday. My hope was that his photography legacy would inspire many people to submit this week. Did it? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out.
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, June 5, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):
1-Suzie Brannen – 1 week
2-Nathanial Brown – 1 week
3-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week
4-Layla Gorshe – 1 week
5-Jesse Howard – 1 week (2)
6-Becky Parmelee – 1 week
7-Susanna Funk – 2 weeks (2)
8-Willy McAlpine – 2 weeks
9-Scott Degeneffe – 3 weeks (2)
10-Sara Lockner – 3 weeks
11-Tamara Peterson – 4 weeks
12-Mike Vest – 6 weeks
13-Alexis Baugher – 9 weeks (3)
14-Mindi Terrell – 16 weeks (3)
15-Brandon Kahler – 41 weeks
16-Linda Bennett – 45 weeks
17-Sarah Toot – 46 weeks
18-Angie DeWaard – 50 weeks (2)
19-Dawn Krause – 54 weeks (2)
20-Kim Barker – 60 weeks (2
21-Joe Duff – 61 weeks
22-Teresa Kahler – 72 weeks (2)
23-Carla Stensland – 72 weeks (3)
24-Micky Augustin – 74 weeks
25-Andy Sharp – 75 weeks (3)
26-Bill Wentworth – 76 weeks
27-Cathie Morton – 80 weeks
28-Elizabeth Nordeen – 81 weeks
29-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 83 weeks
30-Kio Dettman – 85 weeks (2)
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:
Cathie Morton (Cumming, Iowa) – 81 weeks
Cathie Morton (North of Cumming, Iowa)
Monica Jennings – Front (Monicaville, Iowa) – 1 week
Monica Jennings – Back (This is not my address, so if you go looking for me, this won’t help)
Monica Jennings (Des Moines, Iowa)
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Rural Warren County, Iowa) – 84 weeks
This is the queen mating yard at Honey Hollow.
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 5 weeks
Nothing better than fresh popped popcorn from the popcorn stand on a June afternoon.
Bill Wentworth (Ashland, Nebraska) – 77 weeks
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum
Ashland, NE
Angie DeWaard (Portland, Oregon) – 51 weeks
Joe Duff (Texas) – 62 weeks
Second only to the Manhattan Project, the US Synthetic Rubber Program was critical to the success of the Allies in WWII.
Joe Duff (Texas)
Images from the historic files of a chemical plant in Houston, Texas
Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 75 weeks
Kim Barker (Iowa) – 61 weeks
Andy Sharp (Albert Lea, Minnesota) – 76 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa) – 82 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa)
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 2 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Iowa)
Suzie Brannen (Iowa)
Dawn Krause (Wall Drug, South Dakota) – 55 weeks
Animated T-Rex at Wall Drug, SD
Dawn Krause (Badlands, South Dakota)
Badlands National Park
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 17 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa)
Mindi Terrell (Adair, Iowa)
Jesse Howard (Boone, Iowa) – 2 weeks
The murals of Boone County remain mostly untouched and give us a glance of what life was like in yesteryear!
Willy McAlpine (South Dakota) – 3 weeks
Pit Stop
Sara Lockner (Johnston, Iowa) – 4 weeks
Sara Lockner (Johnston, Iowa)
Nathanial Brown (Mexico) – 2 weeks
Mike Vest (Noel, Missouri) – 7 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Chicago, Illinois) – 1 week
Sarah Toot (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 47 weeks
The Sherman Theater first debuted on January 7th, 1929; exposing the Stroudsburg area to newfound cultural beginnings on opening night with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
Sarah Toot (Buttzville, New Jersey)
Hot Dog Johnny: New Jersey
SINCE 1944
Hot Dog Johnny’s – With the Pequest River flowing in the background, Hot Dog Johnny’s is a landmark to anyone having traveled Route 46 through Buttzville, New Jersey.
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 42 weeks
I’d send a postcard with dp on it
Elainie Hernandez (Chicago, Illinois) – 1 week
National Museum of the American Sailor in Great Lakes, IL
Logan Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 1 week
Alexis Baugher (Swaledale, Iowa) – 10 weeks
Alexis Baugher (Nevada, Iowa)
Linda Toot (Boone, Iowa) – 46 weeks
🌷Since 1983🌷
Van Hemert’s Dutch Oven Bakery
605 Story Street. Boone, Iowa
Linda Bennett (Iowa)
This is a print produced by the owner of the Slice of Life postcard company. It was sent to me in 1983. Perhaps not one to use on a post card to encourage visitors to come to a particular spot but I’ve always liked it.
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 73 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa) – 73 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ledges State Park, Boone County, Iowa)
Carla Stensland (Iowa)
Christopher D. Bennett (Boone County, Iowa)
30 participants! That is a great week. I think the 4th in a row where we’ve broken 30. In this theme that is an homage to my Dad’s photography, there were submission from one of his nieces, his sister (and last living sibling), 4 of 5 grandchildren, one grandson-in-law and all 3 of his children. (I know. I know. You don’t need to bring it up Elizabeth. )
I think that is a great legacy.
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Nebraska
+ Mexico
+ Minnesota
+ Missouri
+ New Jersey
+ Oregon
+ Pennsylvania
+ South Dakota
+ Texas
Here is the current calendar year list for states:
+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Colorado
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Nebraska
+ New Jersey
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ Michigan
+ Minnesota
+ Missouri
+ North Dakota
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Oregon
+ Pennsylvania
+ South Dakota
+ Texas
+ Utah
+ Washington
+ Washington D.C.
+ Wisconsin
+ Wyoming
27 states and 1 district! That is pretty impressive! Over halfway there!
The Outside of the United States map is currently:
+ British Virgin Islands
+ Mexico
+ Nassau Bahamas
+ Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
I travelled about 70 miles or so to take the images for my composite, but never left Boone County. I continue not to contribute to expanding the map.
The big accomplishment this week was Alexis hitting the double digit club! WooHoo!
Also, Elainie submitted for the 1st time ever! WooHoo!
But there was a veritable bloodbath of streaks snapped. Jen, Layla, and Becky couldn’t build on last week’s submissions. Funk’s streak is gone at 2. Scott’s streak is over at 3.
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! What a great theme for Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
But what is a FLOWER picture? Come on! You aren’t new here. You know about Thursdays! A flower picture is simply a picture of a FLOWER. Live, dead, painting, sculpture. Doesn’t matter. Time to get your flowertography on! Or as Micky might say, your flower porn on!
While considering possible flower subjects for your submission, meditate on the following quote, and I have no doubt you will make a great flowertography image!
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”
— Henri Matisse
I look forward to seeing your interpretation.
The picture has to 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 (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge. There is a limit of 3 submissions per participant. To be considered the photographer, you have to be the one that takes the picture. Don’t be stealing the work of other artists. You can submit pictures for other photographers that took pictures with your camera or phone, but give credit where credit is due.
You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.
That is it. Thems the rules!
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 FLOWER in this place that has a rose for a favicon next Monday.
A couple Saturdays back, after flying Rodan139 around Boxholm I swapped out batteries and took a brief flight around Pilot Mound. Boxholm and Pilot Mound are only a few miles apart. For a period of time they shared a consolidated school district for years. My understanding is that back in the day Pilot Mound had the best 4th of July fireworks show in the area. I don’t know if that is true, but it is what I’ve been told.
Here are some pictures of Pilot Mount from Rodan139.
Unfortunately the panoramic image is a bit of a miss, but that is one of the things about taking panoramic images with Rodan139, you don’t know what you get until you get back to the editing bay and upload the images. Either way, I good first set of images of Pilot Mound.
Today is Nate’s birthday, so happy birthday Nate!
I hope your birthday is as wonderful as you want it to be!
I did have submissions from one person come in a tad bit late for PARK. Normally, I would tell that person to pound sand. You were late, there is a deadline. You missed it. However, since it was Funk and she was on top of a frigging mountain and therefore, not with a bunch of cell phone service (also it is a little cold up there), I will allow it. Here are the submissions from Susanna Funk.
Susanna Funk (Mt Baker National Recreation Area – Washington)
Susanna Funk (Mt Baker National Recreation Area – Washington)
These are the first submissions from the state of Washington this calendar year! WooHoo!
I recently took Rodan139 for a flight around Boxholm, Iowa. I didn’t plan ahead very well, so the battery was low and the flight was short. But I’ve found that many times the first time I take a drone to an area it seems to be more recon for a second flight later. But I still think there are some good pictures in the collection.
Boxholm always holds a special place in my heart. It is where Shorty and Doris lived after they left the farm and it it where Tim lives now. I’ve attended many a family gathering in Boxholm. Great memories in that town!
