Here is a picture of a dirty daisy from my backyard.
I have a huge backlog of unedited images, so eventually there is going to be a huge photo dump. Ye. Be. Warned.
PARTICULARS
CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 100
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm
APERTURE: f/5.6
EXPOSURE: 1/200
DATE: 05/28/2016 – 8:39
LATITUDE: 42.05524°
LONGITUDE: -93.87081°
PHOTO ASSISTANT: My green thumb and good fertile Iowa soil.
EDITING SOUNDTRACK: “The Trooper Overture” – 2Cellos
Here be a collection of pictures that didn’t make the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE cut for BODY PART:
Thanks for joining me to mock this pathetic collection of losers.
There is a fairly large collection of rejected photos for this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. So we better not dawdle.
Thanks for taking the time to join me in mocking this pathetic collection of losers.
Lots and lots of up close and personal submissions for MACRO this week.
Don’t take my word for it, have a look:
Angie DeWaard 2
Micky Augustin
Kim Barker
Sarah Karber
Stephanie Kim 1
Stephanie Kim 2
Teresa Kahler 1
Teresa Kahler 2
Teresa Kahler 3
Becky Perkovich
Dawn Krause
Shannon Bardole
Mike Vest
Christopher D. Bennett
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:
What a perfect excuse for loading up your favorite cooler with a six pack of be… soda… and hit the open road! Of course, maybe your schedule this week doesn’t allow for you to actually hit the open road. That’s no excuse Nancy! A wide assortment of photos can be taken that suggest a road trip. From maps, to your car, to your favorite tunes, to that bag of Funyuns you have to buy or it isn’t an official road trip. Just think about it and record and image that says ROAD TRIP to you. After all, you are free to translate the theme any way you want.
WARNING!!!
Remember that next Monday is Labor Day. While the government, your bank, and even the Computer Mine takes that day off, Photography 139 doesn’t. Plan your submissions accordingly!
A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 ANNOUNCEMENT DIVISION
A quick heads up that next Monday I will be revealing the 52 themes for the next 52 weeks of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. In the comments section below is the last chance for you to have any input.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION
1. The picture has to be taken the week of the theme. This isn’t a curate your pictures challenge. This is a get your butt off the couch (my personal experience) and put your camera in your hands challenge. Don’t send me a picture of you next to the Eiffel Tower, when I know you were in Iowa all week. I will point out that I have let that slide some in the past. I will not in the future. Since it is literally about the only rule.
2. Your submission needs to be emailed to bennett@photography139.com by 11 AM on the Monday of the challenge. It should be pointed out that this blog auto-publishes at 12:01 on Mondays. So it wouldn’t hurt to get your picture in earlier.
That is it, them’s the rules.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION
Nobody this week showed class, taste or sophistication by signing up for a Photography 139 Email Subscription. I’ll try to do better next week.
That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be an open road kinda Monday.
Wasn’t sure what I would post today. Then Russell reminded me that it was World Photo Day. So I decided to post a flower photo, since Russell LOVES flower pictures:
Hopefully, you enjoyed World Photo Day.
PARTICULARS
CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 500
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 08/16/2016
LATITUDE: 41.59485°
LONGITUDE: -93.55147°
PHOTO ASSISTANT: Team Baby Got Rack
PHOTO EDITING SOUNDTRACK: Some YouTube video on how the earth is really flat.
Yesterday, Baby Got Rack competed at the State Fair barbecue contest. After we got the pork and the chicken on the smoker, we had a couple of hours to kill. We smoke the chicken and pork for close to two hours and then we allow the meat to rest another hour.
During this time, we mostly conversate, dance, and wait anxiously for root beer stands to open. While Scottie D. and Marcus held down the fedora fort, I used a small amount of this time to pay my respects to the spot on the fairgrounds that used to hold Jennie’s Grinders. Then I went to visit probably my favorite part of the fairgrounds, Discovery Gardens.
While I was there, I took this picture:
As always, when I take a bee picture. I ask you all to take a moment to remember the horrible bee attack that decimated Houston in the 1970s. Never forget!
PARTICULARS
CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO:640
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE:1/160
DATE: 08-16-2016
LATITUDE: 41.59489°
LONGITUDE: -93.55139°
PHOTO ASSISTANT: Team Baby Got Rack
EDITING SOUNDTRACK: “Retreat” by Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Also, I’d be a failure if I didn’t recognize the anniversary of the birth of long time Photography 139 supporter and long time sister Teresa Kahler!
Here are a collection of pathetic losers that didn’t make the snuff for my submission for the FLOWER theme of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:
I’m glad we had this time together to bully and mock these photos.
I have to say that my lilies have been on fleek this year. I just hope I don’t break my arm patting myself on the back.
There are a literal ton of lily pictures in the hopper. I hope you like such things.
PARTICULARS
CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 100
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm
APERTURE: f/5
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 06/29/2016 – 10:59
LATITUDE: 42.05526°
LONGITUDE: -93.87068°
PHOTO ASSISTANT: Naima
EDITING SOUNDTRACK: “Whoop That Trick” by Djayz
Another rose from the State Center Rose Garden:
Wish I would’ve been able to spend more time with better light there.
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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 500
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/100
DATE: 06/04/2016 – 20:37
LONGITUDE: 42.01488°
LONGITUDE: -93.16005°
PHOTO ASSISTANT: JOE LYNCH
EDITING SOUNDTRACK: “Better Get Hit in Yo’ Soul” by Charles Mingus
I had a recent trip to Marshalltown to try some pizza with some friends, co-workers, and co-working friends. On the way back Joe begged me to stop at the State Center Rose Garden. I obliged him.
It is one of my favorite places to visit every year and I can almost always have it to myself. Like Lone Wolf(s) like it!
PARTICULARS
CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 400
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/100
DATE: 06/04/2016 – 20:31
LATITUDE: 42.01533°
LONGITUDE: -93.16016°
PHOTO ASSISTANT: Joe Lynch
PHOTO EDITING SOUNDTRACK: “Bakai” by John Coltrane – COLTRANE (Track 1)
QUESTION 15
I was hardcore even as a child. As a youngster, what band was the first rock concert I ever attended?
ANSWER: REO SPEEDWAGON
BONUS
I saw my current favorite band in concert at First Ave. Who are they?
ANSWER: THE SWELL SEASON
