MINI_CHALLENGE # 289 : Flowing Liquid

pegelli

This mini will feature the theme of flowing liquid, it can be water but doesn't have to be. Any liquid is fine as long as you can see flow or movement (not always easy in a still picture)

But there's a catch, since I'm travelling most of September this mini will run a little longer and therefore there's a special bonus for people going out and post new shots, taken after this challenge is launched. When you can't make it all three maybe try two or one, but I encourage you to go out and shoot new photos before diving into your archive.

Here's a few examples from me:

But I'm sure you can all do better (which is why I have chosen this theme)

Good luck, happy shooting and this mini will stay open until Friday September 27, 2019, midnight, NWE time.

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JAG

Great challenge Pieter! @pegelli Have a safe trip!

Hauer

Some shots of a little stream located in Bavaria, Germany. Title - Flowing

D300 | Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G lens, 1.3 ~ 1.6s, f/16, ISO-100 (tripod mounted)

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pegelli

Thanks for starting it off Herman, three great entries

Cavalier

Yosemite NP creek

Merced River outside of Yosemite

Palouse Falls, Washington

redleash

Nice shots to start off with. Hope I can get some decent shots and join in!

double_entendre

@Herman Auer said:
Some shots of a little stream located in Bavaria, Germany. Title - Flowing

D300 | Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G lens, 1.3 ~ 1.6s, f/16, ISO-100 (tripod mounted)

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Love the second one. I see a nose and mustache a la Teddy Roosevelt. LOL

JAG

I thought I was going to get out and shoot new material for this. But it hasn't worked out yet, so I will post a few of my favorites that I have on hand, and will edit later if I do end up going out for new images.
1 Shoshone Falls

2 Hatcher's Pass

3 Waterfall fountain at Disney World Orlando, Florida

sarasphotos

I finally got out to shoot some water. Not spectacular shots but all taken yesterday in our botanical gardens. It was fun to "shoot with a mission".

1) Make a splash

2) The kiss (use your imagination )

3) Solitary rock in vibrating water

slpollett

We are heading to the mountains next week, so no opportunity before then for new pics, so I'll go ahead and share a couple of older ones. We're going back to the same area as these, so I'd probably duplicate these shots anyway if this mini were still running....

1. Creek below Anna Ruby Falls near Helen, Georgia
   

2. Dry Falls in North Carolina. You can actually walk behind the waterfall here. I did, and you can see a few drops of the spray that got on my lens.
   

3. Waterfall at Vogel State Park, Georgia
   

These are not entries, but I took them from behind Dry Falls (#2 above). I thought that was a really interesting place. I'm sure there are other waterfalls that one can walk behind and stay (mostly) dry, but this has been the only one that I have seen in person.

And this is what it looks like from the front:

Sherry P.

DavidRGillespie

I too have been travelling, with the best of intentions to shoot new images of flowing water. Alas, there were no fountains, dramatic waterfalls or exciting streams. But I did manage to get some images may qualify

1.The Kettle River - a quiet stream in southwestern British Columbia

2. A Japanese glass float bobbing in the stream in my garden pond

3. Water flowing off the back of a pair of Northern resident killer whales

lkbart

Also been out of town & busy, no brand new shots, but these are all from this year.

1. Fairgrounds flooding - first of 3 floods this summer
   

2. Buckingham Fountain, Chicago
   

3. Hermann Park, Houston
   

bfluegie

I also hoped to get something new, but somehow I managed to fritter the time away. So, I decided to use photos from earlier this year that I hadn't posted anywhere before. Also, the first two were taken just 6 days before the challenge started so they are almost new...

1. Hogcamp Branch, Shenandoah National Park
   
   Hogcamp Branch drains the Big Meadows Swamp and is a tributary of Rose River.

2. Dark Hollow Falls, Shenandoah National Park
   
   Dark Hollow Falls is a 70 foot (21.3 meters) cascade on Hogcamp Branch

3. Fern Spring, Yosemite National Park
   

grandmaR

I have been avoiding entering because while it was not specified, I do not like those time lapse photos of water that makes it look 'silky'. I don't like looking at them. I want to see the individual droplets of water flying around. So here is something that is a little different.

In a river, absent rocks and falls, the only way to tell that the water is moving is by looking at the "tails" on pilings or daymarks (unlighted aids to navigation).

1. Rhone River Daymark with a very long tail - The current in the river here is about 10 knots

2. Leaking Lock Gate -This is a canal in England where we have just locked down. On the other side of the gate the water is up at the top
   

3. Cat Playing in Water -Our cat likes to stick his paws into the water coming from the faucet
   

pegelli

Thanks to all who have entered, this mini is now closed. I'll try to come up with the results today or tomorrow.

GuyLeFlea

Shucks! As a new member, I was not able to post my most excellent water picture!