I am honored this week to be a guest host on the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge. For a month of guest posts to give Amy, Ann-Christine, Patti, and Tina a break, I get to lead off with a challenge that opens the Independence Day weekend in the United States.
Throughout history, people have gravitated to water for trade and for relaxation. It would seem, however, in this view of the beach at Grand Turk, that people are prone to carrying a good thing too far. From my perspective, no beautiful beach is enhanced by crowds like this one captured on a pre-pandemic Thursday in February 2018.
Lakes are often thought of as man-made or natural. Man-made lakes are mostly a product of the 20th century, though there are plenty of examples from earlier times. Coldwater Lake is a natural lake that is a newborn in geologic time. This natural lake was created on May 18, 1980, by the eruption of Mount Saint Helens in Washington State. When lava and mud interrupted the flow of Coldwater Creek, runoff from the source of the creek eventually reached the top of the blockage and created a new lake. The outflow then continued on its original path down Coldwater Creek.
I don’t want participants to think that this challenge is all about oceans, lakes, and rivers. The theme “On the Water” encompasses whatever manner of water floats your boat (or doesn’t). For example, one foggy morning in Fargo, I captured the tip of some prairie grass sporting a fresh coating of dew drops.
Sunsets and ocean views go together as seen in this image from the deck of the Carnival Magic in 2018. Our last cruise was in February 2020, just at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. We canceled plans for two other cruises in 2020, and have already scheduled cruises for 2022 in hopes that the pandemic will be in our rearview mirror as life returns to some state of the “old normal.” I know cruising will be different from what we have always known, but then, what won’t be different?
The docks shown above are no longer on (or in) the water. Since they were constructed, the Pecos River in this part of New Mexico has receded to the point where they are useless.
I am looking forward to your responses to my challenge of “On the water” this week. Your interpretation could be high-speed photography of water droplets or scenic views of oceans and rivers. Whatever your take on the water, be sure to link to my original post and use the Lens-Artists tag so that everyone can find your post in the WP Reader.
Thank you, also, for sharing your examples in response to last week’s challenge. Next week the challenge will be hosted by guest host Anne of Slow Shutter Speed https://annegeephoto.com and her theme will be Black & White.
John Steiner
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I couldn’t resist a second post for this excellent choice of theme: https://www.toonsarah-travels.blog/thar-she-blows-eventually/
Lucky you got a second try! Love the photo story.
Thank you John 🙂
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I can’t imagine a beach so busy as your first photo. Amazing. What a great topic and your photos are spot on perfect. 😀 😀
Here is my entry for the week.
Neither could we, until we saw it. >grin< Your post hit a favorite spot for me, working ships. Thanks for sharing the photos.
My pleasure 😀
I like how you shared the link to your post there, how do you make it look like that?
If you’re referencing the Life in Colour: Boats on the Water link, Cee actually created that link to her post. I’m actually not sure how she got that thumbnail view to show up. None of the other links did that.
Thanks, I was! It might be something to do with her theme she is using. It just looks so clean. I wish all of our links looked like that
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This is a very appealing challenge, John, spurring us on with your interesting choice of photo subjects.
https://tishfarrell.com/2021/07/08/where-trees-grow-on-water/
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Thank you for your lovely post and for hosting the challenge, John. Here is my submission https://musinwithsusan.com/2021/07/08/lens-artists-155-on-the-water/
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Thanks for such interesting theme and your contribution John.
This has been an interesting challenge for me to moderate. Thank you for your comment.
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Enjoyed your choices…here are mine: https://suejudd.com/2021/07/09/lens-artists-photo-challenge-155-on-the-water/
Thank you. I love your opening photo.
Many thanks!
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Thank you for this theme. Fit right into my life! Here’s my offering:
Thank you for sharing your trip to Oregon.
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John, this is such a great post and also the topic you chose for the week, Thank you! Your sunset picture over the water plus the dew drops on the prairie grass are my favorites. Here is the link to my post: https://mycolorfulexpressions.com/lens-artists-photo-challenge-155-on-the-water/ Apologizies for being a little late in posting this.
Thank you for the compliment. It was a truly fun challenge for me to follow with all of the participants.
I guess it was easy. Everyone loves water in the summertime. >grin<
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Wow — so many varied views of the water! Sorry I found this so late in the challenge.
Thank you!
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Beautiful scenes. Best for vacation 🥰
Thank you!
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Thanks for these beautiful images that hit the theme squarely. And thanks for following Oh, the Places We See! Here’s to travel again — cautiously at first, I suppose, but maybe full force in the future!
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Stunning clicks..❤
Thank you!