Lens Artists Photo Challenge #395 – Looking back to #151 On the Water

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This week we are looking back to John’s challenge #151: On the Water from July 3, 2021. In his challenge he said “the theme On the Water encompasses whatever manner of water floats your boat (or doesn’t)”. You can see John’s original post here.

For this challenge, I look forward to seeing your interpretation of “On the Water”. The water can be rivers, creeks, lakes, ponds, oceans, puddles, swimming pools or water parks. Think about scenic views of water, people having fun on the water, watercraft on the water, macros of water drops, or animals, birds, and plants floating on the water.

When I responded to John’s original challenge I featured images of boats on the water. You can see my response to his challenge here.

In this first gallery are images of people having fun on the water floating in a salt water creek and floating down the lazy river at a water park in Florida.

The next gallery features a floating alligator surrounded by water lilies and two ducks on the water.

A float plane in Alaska, a boat selling hamburgers, and a dragon boat are all watercraft you don’t see every day.

The last gallery features a pilot boat as seen from the deck of a cruise ship, and a fleet of U.S. Coast Guard Ships in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

I’ll finish with a peaceful, deserted white sand beach, my favorite kind of place on the water.

Ft. Pickens National Seashore, Florida

Your challenge this week is to show anything on the water. You can choose to show watercraft, things floating, closeups of water, scenic water landscapes, or anything else you can think of. I hope you will join us for this week’s challenge. I can’t wait to see your responses. Be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to this post.

Last week your responses to John’s “History Through the Lens” challenge were wonderful. I enjoyed all of the images and learned a lot from your posts. Thank you to everyone who joined the challenge..

Be sure to check back on Saturday, May 2 at noon eastern time when Ann-Christine will be hosting the challenge.

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53 thoughts on “Lens Artists Photo Challenge #395 – Looking back to #151 On the Water”

  3. Beautiful collection of images Beth. My favourite is your last one too, there is something about a beach with the sand, water, sky, its so peaceful! WOW your previous post, the first two boats are incredible! Two beautiful collection of images.
    This is the perfect inspirational post for a darker dreary day that it is where I am! I will be back to share my on the water images!

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  9. A terrific look back Beth – loved how both of your challenge for the subject are so different but both hit the nail on the head perfectly! This week my favorites are your opener, the burger boat (who knew?!) and the coast guard ships. Great variety too!

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  10. Tha alligator, float plane, hamburger joint, and ocean beach are my favs, Beth. I have so many water based photos, I wouldn’t have a clue where to start with this challenge! I used float planes on occasion when I lived in Alaska. They were the only reasonable way to get into remote locations.

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  14. Love this challenge, Beth, and you’ve given us such a wide variety of examples.

    The first couple of images, to me, are perfect examples of crowds that would probably give me a challenge just to be amongst the noise and lack of personal space. With the last image in this post being my idea of perfection.

    I don’t really like crowds, be it outdoors or indoors. I could watch the ducks for hours though.

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    1. Thank you Vicki! I’m not a fan of being in a crowd either. I was on dry land having fun watching all of the people floating in the creek that day. I’m glad you liked the quiet beach and the ducks.

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    1. Thanks Teresa. A short time after I took that image of people floating down the lazy river a Florida afternoon thundershower closed the park. Thanks for your beautiful response to the challenge.

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  27. I love the variety of your shots, Beth. Truly inspirational and excellent guidance for the challenge. Normally the nature ones would be my favourites, but this time I love them all.

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  28. A wonderful challenge with great variety possible! You show us them all – beautifully. The floating children brought back memories of all those water playgrounds we visited with the children – every year – and they were real “fishes” in the water then.

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