Thread:Beboper/@comment-24953778-20140529164410/@comment-5428123-20140612090553

I believe the counter for the picture series of badges only updates when you add a picture to an article page. Simply uploading a picture doesn't count toward earning a badge. I'm not sure if the template adding an existing image counts either (the badges are pretty simple in their behaviour), although I believe it does count if a picture already exists and you create a page, with the template adding in the pic automatically.

I hope that clarifies it for you.