~~~summer 2011 water theme photo contest~~~ - Wildlife Gardeners

Sage · 07-01-2011, 08:46 PM

A new pond to play in this summer! Post your best nature shots of Water-themed summer subjects. This can be water falls or water puddles, beaches or waves, raindrops or cloudbursts. Anything where the main element is water.

Photos must be taken this July through August 2011
Limit eight per person, or about two per week
No people or pets in pictures; other animals and birds OK. No aquarium shots
Limited (not extreme) editing or Photoshopping IS allowed
Contest ends August 31, 2011

Please don't slam me with everything you've got!

For example, if you have ten photos of roughly the same spot, show us the best one! I hope this opportunity will inspire you to really look at water as if you've never seen it before. Try different ways of capturing it to share with us. Now go have fun splashing around this summer and don't forget to have your camera with you every day!

Sage · 07-05-2011, 11:50 AM

Sage · 07-14-2011, 07:19 PM

Went to Niagara Falls today to check on the Peregrine falcon nest in the gorge so while mama Diamond was shielding her two little girls from the sun, I aimed my lens towards the water

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dapjwy · 07-14-2011, 07:47 PM

Now those are some nice water-themed photos, Sage.

dapjwy · 07-15-2011, 01:57 PM

I was up and outside rather early this morning and with the humid weather and cooler temps over night, everything was coated in a thin layer of dew. With camera in hand, what came to mind was your thread (Sage). Although I attempted many pictures to capture the dew, so far this is the only one I'm ready to share.

Sage · 07-15-2011, 05:48 PM

Excellent! I love dewy pix! Esp., dew on webs, but I'm never out early enough to catch that, so I hope you'll oblidge.

dapjwy · 07-15-2011, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sage

Excellent! I love dewy pix! Esp., dew on webs, but I'm never out early enough to catch that, so I hope you'll oblidge.

~smile~ I don't normally get up that early either.

I did get some of the cobwebby (invented word, sorry) kind of webs in the grass...but not great shots. No orb weaver webs covered in dew, sorry.

Thanks by the way...the picture is not as clear as it could be, but it was inspired by your contest.

turttle · 07-15-2011, 09:59 PM

I have some really cool dewy webs, funnel webs and others, but they are from April and therefore not for the contest. I thought I'd share one anyway. If you look closely you can see a hint of the grass spider deep in her hole.

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dapjwy · 07-15-2011, 10:03 PM

Very cool, turttle.

turttle · 07-16-2011, 12:07 PM

Thanks, Dap. It is too warm for dew here at this time of the year; our lows are only in the low 70s. I have to wait for my new camera battery charger to arrive so I can go out and take more photos.

07-01-2011, 08:46 PM	#1
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	~~~summer 2011 water theme photo contest~~~ A new pond to play in this summer! Post your best nature shots of Water-themed summer subjects. This can be water falls or water puddles, beaches or waves, raindrops or cloudbursts. Anything where the main element is water. Photos must be taken this July through August 2011 Limit eight per person, or about two per week No people or pets in pictures; other animals and birds OK. No aquarium shots Limited (not extreme) editing or Photoshopping IS allowed Contest ends August 31, 2011 Please don't slam me with everything you've got! For example, if you have ten photos of roughly the same spot, show us the best one! I hope this opportunity will inspire you to really look at water as if you've never seen it before. Try different ways of capturing it to share with us. Now go have fun splashing around this summer and don't forget to have your camera with you every day! __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

07-05-2011, 11:50 AM	#2
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	__________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

07-14-2011, 07:19 PM	#3
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Went to Niagara Falls today to check on the Peregrine falcon nest in the gorge so while mama Diamond was shielding her two little girls from the sun, I aimed my lens towards the water __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

07-14-2011, 07:47 PM	#4
dapjwy WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pennsylvania	Now those are some nice water-themed photos, Sage. __________________ "If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~

07-15-2011, 01:57 PM	#5
dapjwy WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pennsylvania	I was up and outside rather early this morning and with the humid weather and cooler temps over night, everything was coated in a thin layer of dew. With camera in hand, what came to mind was your thread (Sage). Although I attempted many pictures to capture the dew, so far this is the only one I'm ready to share. Attached Thumbnails __________________ "If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~

07-15-2011, 05:48 PM	#6
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Excellent! I love dewy pix! Esp., dew on webs, but I'm never out early enough to catch that, so I hope you'll oblidge. __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

07-15-2011, 09:59 PM	#8
turttle Curious George & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC	I have some really cool dewy webs, funnel webs and others, but they are from April and therefore not for the contest. I thought I'd share one anyway. If you look closely you can see a hint of the grass spider deep in her hole. __________________ There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, this is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar. - Lord Byron Turttle's pollinator garden

07-15-2011, 10:03 PM	#9
dapjwy WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pennsylvania	Very cool, turttle. __________________ "If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~

07-16-2011, 12:07 PM	#10
turttle Curious George & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Thanks, Dap. It is too warm for dew here at this time of the year; our lows are only in the low 70s. I have to wait for my new camera battery charger to arrive so I can go out and take more photos. __________________ There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, this is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar. - Lord Byron Turttle's pollinator garden

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