Mini-Challenge 240 - Turbulent Waters
With the 'storm of the century" part deux raging outside my window and the flu-bug raging inside, the topic for this mini-challenge seemed appropriate. Turbulent Waters can be oceans, seas, lakes, or rivers - as long as there is lots of action and/or violence in the waters (to mirror the storm and my stomach!).
This Mini-Challenge will end on Friday, January 20, 2017 at 8am Pacific Standard Time (17:00 Central European Time)..
OUR UNOFFICIAL GENERAL RULES
Have fun sharing and seeing what others share!
The host supplies a topic and you post 1-3 images. The host judges the winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and is not eligible to enter.
The 1st place winner then chooses the next topic, judges the winner and then passes on the baton to the new champion.
Any photo you’ve taken is eligible, regardless of when taken or camera used. (Edited to remove time restrictions.)
Any amount of post-processing is allowed. However, it is helpful if you list your camera and lens along with your photo.
You may comment on other contestant's images. If you want someone to leave you some critique or criticism, just ask within your post.
The winner has up to three days (72 hours) to begin a new mini-challenge, or the honor goes to the #2 finisher and so forth.
Guidelines:
Enter 1-3 photos and put them in a single post.
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 (i.e. on your website).
Also try and 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.)
Give each image you enter a title.
Enjoy discussion with members about their images, don't let this just be an entry thread!
When quoting a post change the IMG urls to a 200x200 size picture so it is clear your post is feedback and not another entry. (see here for help)
Don't be hesitant, share'em and enter!
Mini-Challenge pointers:
Upon winning a mini-challenge round your first step is coming up with a new theme, and start a new thread using the same format as others have used.
Make sure to notify the admin of this thread to update the main thread links with your entry thread.
Feel free to watch the thread as it grows or wait to the end time and look at all the entries all at once.
After the time/date has passed, then officially close the thread with a single post notifying everyone of the fact.
After you're finished judging start a new thread (again use the prior formats) and post your Winner and runners-up, it is important to have runners up incase the winner does not show within the 72hr window.
PM the winner with this info above and let them know they have 72hrs.
After the 72hrs and the winner does not show up, notify the next runner-up and post a message on the Winner thread of the fact.
Remember, if you're the Winner, you run the show.
Here are some of my examples.
Oceans - Seagulls with angry ocean
Wave over rocks during storm:
Rivers - Merced River outside Yosemite on a very wet year - 2009
Good luck everyone - let's see those angry waters!
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Comments
I'm having difficulty picking as I have been trying to take photos of surf crashing on rocks for a very long time. This is not for the contest, but this is the picture I painted from a slide that I took in 1965 (a picture of a painting of a slide - not a photo)
Actual entries
1 Sea Lions playing in the surf off Peru (taken from a small boat
2 Hot spring in Yellowstone overflowing into a river (with colorful algae growing in the hot water)
3 The Soup Bowl in Barbados
Great entries GrandmaR - and I love the painting!
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Thank you -
Hope you feel better soon
I had misread your description of this challenge and thought you wanted pictures of 'stormy waters', but in rereading it, I stand corrected! I hope you are feeling better Jo. Here are some examples I can come up with, but as always they cannot be considered for the challenge. Hopefully others will jump in soon for this challenge.
Alaska
Barbados
Madeira
I LOVE taking photos of turbulent water and even though I have quite a few, I chose only one source:
Atlantic Ocean viewed from Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland, Canada
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In searching for entries I discovered that although I have hundreds of water shots, not so many were of turbulent waters. Here are a few I found:
1) the waterfall in Bad Gastein, Austria (it's in the middle of the town)
2) water rushing through the Lichtensteinklamm, Austria
3) extreme close-up of sea foam near Alanya, Turkey
Since this is not an ocean, sea, lake or river I'll not enter it, but I find it certainly suggests turbulence:
Bordeaux, France
For info - here's the scale of this immense fountain:
I'd like to share with you some photos of turbulent waters I just found by accident
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3586167/Incredible-photos-capture-chaotic-cycles-wave-surfers-salute-ocean-glide-water.html
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Travelways.com
Tatiana - OMG - these shots from Luke Shadbolt are amazing!! Thanks for sharing, but now my green-eyed jealousy has entered the room!
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Book 2: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079V3RX6K
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TravelwaysPhotos.com ...... Facebook
VegasGreatAttractions.com
Travelways.com
Here's one from last year.
www.mind-driftphoto.com
Skógafoss (Iceland)
Fountain (Antwerp)
Wave breaker (Knokke, Belgium)
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When I saw this challenge, I thought of the photos taken in Hawaii.
1) The rocky coast of Hana (Maui)
2) Surf on coast of Hana (Maui)
3) A Beach on Oahu
Just back from Australia, but didn't get any photos there that fit this theme.
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@sarasphotos your fountain shot is stunning! I really like the lighting on the close up!
Thanks Joyce - I've visited Bordeaux three times and just LOVE that fountain. I've probably got a couple hundred pictures of it. The low evening light makes it very special.
OK, that's it folks. The challenge is now over. Thanks to everyone who participated. Results will be later today or early tomorrow. Thanks again.
Photos: jowest.smugmug.com
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