Entry Thread -- Mini Challenge #89 -- "Water"

redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
edited February 11, 2010 in The Dgrin Challenges
Welcome to Round #89 of the Dgrin Mini-Challenges

This challenge is open to any DGrin member. It will run through January 31st, 4pm EST (2 weeks).

Your Judge:
- redleash (Lauren)

The subject this time is "Water"

For this challenge, I would like you to show me what you think of when you hear the word "water." Is it cold, clear liquid splashed on a tired runner's face? Or is it a bubbling brook in the midst of a quiet wood? Perhaps you live on the banks of the Mississippi River and you dream of Huck Finn and his raft. Maybe you are an abstract thinker who finds beautiful art in a stream's swirls and whirls.

Water is one of my favorite subjects, for all the reasons mentioned above. None is more important than the other, so use your imagination. Shoot fresh images or dig out those shots you took when you visited Niagara Falls. Just go find me some WATER!

*Guidelines:
1. The entrant must be the sole photographer of the entry.
2. The photo does NOT need to be fresh. Rummage the archives or shoot something new. Your choice.
3. Enter 1 - 3 in a single post. You may edit or swap out your images as often as you like, up to the deadline.
4. Either embed your image in the thread or, if you must, supply a link to it. Keep in mind, however, most people don't want to click to open photos hosted elsewhere (eg on your website).
5. Try to resize your photos prior to posting so they're sized appropriately for viewing without having to scroll (~800 pixels on the longest side works best.)
6. Give a title to your story.
7. Participate!!!!!!
8. Also, especially non-contestants:
Feel free to share your thoughts and reactions to the entries which excite you. Enjoy discussion with members about their images. This is not just an entry thread, but a thread open for the participation of anyone who would like to contribute, in a way appropriate to the spirit and purpose of the Mini-Challenges.
"But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

Lauren Blackwell
www.redleashphoto.com
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  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited January 17, 2010
    1. Houston, Alaska
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    2. Barbados waves
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    3.The Baths, Tortollia, BVI
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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    Way to go, JAG!! You've gotten this challenge off to a great start! Thanks for "jumping in with both feet." :D
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
    www.redleashphoto.com
  • Nikonic1Nikonic1 Registered Users Posts: 684 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    1. Wakeena Falls, Columbia River Gorge outside Portland, OR on a gloomy winter day.

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    2. Water - Humans perpetually determined to harness and bridge over it:

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    3. Water - A perfect place to "reflect" on your recent work as a photgrapher :D

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  • Nikonic1Nikonic1 Registered Users Posts: 684 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    Oh, I wanted to say....Great Challenge idea!!! I love water!!!
  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    Life on the riverbank
    Sometimes water is a reflection of a peaceful moment...

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    Sometimes mother nature's power can be overwhelming
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    And sometimes you just get swept away.
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    Creating visual and verbal images that resonate with you.
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    Picadilly, NB, Canada
  • WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    I love water, too!

    Reflected color - Western Pennsylvania, October
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    Refracted Glory - Western Washington
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    Splish Splash
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  • Me&MyCandi(5D)Me&MyCandi(5D) Registered Users Posts: 72 Big grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    1. Oceans on Fire

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    2. Water in Winter

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    3. Mirror Mirror

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  • Nikonic1Nikonic1 Registered Users Posts: 684 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    1. Kauai Sunrise

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    Awesome reflection on the rocks bowdown.gifivar
  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    1. Divine Signature
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    2. Summer Fun
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    3. Water Sculpture
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    - Andrew

    Who is wise? He who learns from everyone.
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  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    #1 - Delaware River; Stockton, NJ
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    #2 - Wickecheoke Creek; Hunterdon County, NJ
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    #3 - Cape Charles, VA
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  • samransamran Registered Users Posts: 102 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
  • samransamran Registered Users Posts: 102 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    Poppy's Raindrops
    #2 Poppy's Raindrops
    samran wrote:
    Seattle Waterfront
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    I thought this might prove to be a popular subject . . . lots of entries and it's only the first day! Let's see some more!! thumb.gif
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
    www.redleashphoto.com
  • samransamran Registered Users Posts: 102 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    Denver Botanic Gardens
    #3 Reflections
    samran wrote:
    #2 Poppy's Raindrops
  • DeVermDeVerm Registered Users Posts: 405 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    For us, water means the sea and a blue world; it's our life, because we live on the water full time.

    #1 our home and neighborhood:
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    (Jedi is a Sundeer 64 ketch. Here she's anchored in Mt. Hartman Bay, Grenada)

    #2 our back yard:
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    (View from our cockpit while anchored in Chichime in the San Blas Islands in Panama)

    #3 our adventures:
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    (Crossing the outflow of Rio Magdelena off the coast of Colombia, near Barranquilla)

    ciao!
    Nick.
    ciao!
    Nick.

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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    Misty Morning

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    Morro Bay

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    Castillo de la Real Fuerza - Havana, Cuba

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    "I'm not yelling. I'm Cuban. That's how we talk."

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  • KevXmanKevXman Registered Users Posts: 945 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    Anonymous, I'm glad you put in Castillo La Fuerza Real - Havana, Cuba, I really like that image.
    — Kevin
    Enjoy today, tomorrow is not guaranteed.

    My Site, My Book
  • Nikonic1Nikonic1 Registered Users Posts: 684 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    The reflections in the Castillo photo are fantastic clap.gifthumb
  • oldtown_dreameroldtown_dreamer Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2010
    memories of the alhambra
    memory #1
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    memory #2
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    memory #3
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    ______________________

    - Diana
  • DsrtVWDsrtVW Registered Users Posts: 1,991 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2010
    Here are a few for consideration.
    Mallard hard bank
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    Merced River Yosemite
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    Mendocino Coast
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    Chris K. NANPA Member
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  • Steve WiencekSteve Wiencek Registered Users Posts: 6 Beginner grinner
    edited January 18, 2010
    Water Photographs 01/16-17/10
    No. 1
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    No. 2
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    No. 3
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  • rhommelrhommel Registered Users Posts: 306 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2010
    Untitled...

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  • CdorothyCdorothy Registered Users Posts: 89 Big grins
    edited January 18, 2010
    Reflection on a Foggy morning
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    Fall Creek Falls
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    Ice Cave
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  • MrsCueMrsCue Registered Users Posts: 412 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2010
    Ooh I can join in with this one lol.

    #1. "Frozen in motion" ... at the top of a waterfall.
    My sister thinks the clump of ice looks like a man climbing up the waterfall. I never noticed it until she said.

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    #2. " Little bit of Brown."
    Refreshingly crisp and juicy nod.gif

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    #3. "Crowning Glory" my first attempt at a waterdroplet.

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  • ghinsonghinson Registered Users Posts: 933 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2010
    Madaket Harbor
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    Scalloping in the fog
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    Sea Glass
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    uosuıɥ ƃǝɹƃ
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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2010
    I love this---so many entries already, and so many good ones that I won't mind looking through them all when it comes time to judge. But it will be tough picking the best!

    Keep 'em coming, please!
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
    www.redleashphoto.com
  • VisualXpressionsVisualXpressions Registered Users Posts: 860 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2010
    Trickle
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    Row boat dreams
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    Water Spout Play
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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2010
    COLD

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    Winter has frozen us
    Let love take hold of us
    (Cold cold cold)
    Now we are shivering
    Blue ice is glittering
    (Cold cold cold)
    ~ Annie Lennox
    The use of a camera is similar to that of a knife. You can use it to peel potatoes, or carve a flute. ~ E. Kahlmeyer
    ... I'm still peeling potatoes.

    patti hinton photography
  • WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2010
    Nikonic1 wrote:
    1. Wakeena Falls, Columbia River Gorge outside Portland, OR on a gloomy winter day.

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    Nice set! This one really speaks to me.
  • WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2010
    adbsgicom wrote:
    2. Summer Fun
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    Another great set! This one is really classic.
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