More pictures that didn’t have what it takes to make the cut for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme AMERICANA:
Who know what these pictures could accomplish, if only they believed in themselves.
We Make Plans to Go Out at Night No. 2
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We Make Plans to Go Out at Night No. 1
This is part of the collection of photos that didn’t have what it takes for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme AMERICANA:
If only these pictures believed in themselves, who knows what they could accomplish.
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 88 – AMERICANA
I am pleased with the amount of submissions for AMERICANA!
However, you don’t want to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates, you want to see the submissions:
Cathie Raley
Kim Barker
Mike Vest
Christopher D. Bennett
Sarah Karber
Angie DeWaard
Bill Wentworth
Carla Stensland
Stephanie Kim
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:
HOT!
HOT! What a great theme! I don’t think I even need to define HOT, you know what HOT is all about.
However, remember that next Monday is Memorial Day (observed). While your bank and the post office might take the day off, Photography 139 does not. Email your submissions early or plan accordingly.
HOUSEKEEPING
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
Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.
Want your own Photography 139 email subscription? Call, email, or text me and I’ll get you the hook up.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 GALLERY DIVISION
Sometimes people send me descriptions of their photos. I’ve never done anything with that information in the past. However, if you send me a description in the future, I will add it to your image in the Weekly Photo Challenge Gallery that houses all the submissions.
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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 a very hot Monday!
08-25-07
Flooded Ledges dominates the folder called 08-25-07.
The next folder consists of lunar eclipse photos.
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – AMERICANA
This is a reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is AMERICANA:
AMERICANA!
Happy photo harvesting!
The Great What Cheer Road Trip Photo No. 1
A couple Saturdays back I loaded up into an automobile with Mom, Teresa, and Logan and we headed to the What Cheer Flea Market. This photo has nothing to do with What Cheer, Iowa. On the way back we went through Pella to check out their world famous tulips. Here is a photo from that part of the road trip:
This portion of the road trip was slightly damaged by an overzealous, drunk-with-power, Johnny Law. However, my mood recovered enough from that interaction to enjoy the rest of the trip.
PARTICULARS
CAMERA: Sony ILCA-77M2
ISO: 100
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm
APERTURE: f/2.8
EXPOSURE: 1/100
DATE: 05/16/2017 – 16:11
PHOTO ASSISTANTS: Mom, Teresa, and Logan
PHOTO EDITING SOUNDTRACK: “All I Have” by NF from MANSION
FAVORITE LYRIC: You sniff lines, I write lines, you’ve now entered my mind.
Happy Birthday to…
One of the smartest and most talented and most interesting people I know!
Happy birthday Steph!
For those of you who don’t have the good fortune to know Stephanie, she is in the bunny glasses.
Unrelated, for some reason Michelle from day job made this video. Enjoy:
As always, if you are an email subscriber to this here blog, you will have to go to the website to watch the video. It is 16 seconds long and it is glorious!
Such Sweet Sorrow
1 more picture of my cuddly and adorable toad friend that hung out in my backyard for a bit:
Unfortunately, it looks like he has moved on. Possibly to a deluxe apartment in the sky.
PARTICULARS
CAMERA: Sony ILCA-77M2
ISO: 3200
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm
APERTURE: f/3.5
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 05-08-2017 – 19:38
NO GPS DATA RECORDED
PHOTO ASSISTANT: A pile of wood and Naima.
PHOTO EDITING SOUNDTRACK: “Cannonball” by Indigo Girls from “Cover Stories”
Quiclops
Here is a photo I took at my family’s Mother’s Day Barbecue of Logan.
I need to play with some of these old timey filters more often!
PARTICULARS
CAMERA: SONY ILCA-77M2
ISO: 1000
FOCAL LENGTH: 135mm
APERTURE: f/5.6
EXPOSURE: 1/250
DATE: 05/14/2017 – 15:44
NO GPS DATA RECORDED
PHOTO ASSISTANT: Logan
PHOTO EDITING SOUNDTRACK: “Everything is Spiritual” by Rob Bell
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 87 – GLITTERY
It was a pretty solid week of submission for GLITTERY. Can’t complain. Wouldn’t even if I knew how.
But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions for GLITTERY:
Carla Stensland
Dawn Krause
Linda Bennett
Sarah Karber
Shannon Bardole
Stephanie Kim
Christopher D. Bennett
Kim Barker 1
Kim Barker 2
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:
AMERICANA
AMERICANA! What a great theme! But what is AMERICANA. Basically, AMERICANA is/be/are things associated with the culture and history of America, especially the United States. Many things can fall under AMERICANA. Paintings, prints and drawings, license plates or entire vehicles, household objects, tools and weapsons, flags, plaques and statues.. Nostalgia often plays into AMERICANA.
Basically anything that screams AMERICA to you. From small town festivals to the local VFW. Have at it. Remember, you can define the theme anyway that you see fit. Just get out there and take some photos!
HOUSEKEEPING
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
Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.
Want your own Photography 139 email subscription? Call, email, or text me and I’ll get you the hook up.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 GALLERY DIVISION
Sometimes people send me descriptions of their photos. I’ve never done anything with that information in the past. However, if you send me a description in the future, I will add it to your image in the Weekly Photo Challenge Gallery that houses all the submissions.
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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 a very American Monday!