WEEK #2: WATER WEDNESDAY WINNERS!!
Thank you for all the awesome submissions in the Water Wednesday Nature Photo Contest! The entries were judged by Donica (@itchyfeetdonica). Donica grew up by a beautiful clear river and magnificent mountains in China. Working in micro-hydro projects across the world, nature has always been a big draw for her photography. Educated with a Master study in Culture in Europe, Donica has been putting her photography knowledge into practice by traveling and shooting extensively in 6 continents and living different local life styles to the full. Currently living in Queensland, Australia, her combined perspective of the East and the West has brought fresh insights to her photography.
"First, a big thank you to all the participants and the hostess! It is a difficult decision choosing from these great entries. I’d love to add more to the list, but a decision of 10 choices had to be made. I enjoyed looking through your shots taken all over the world. I liked how various forms of water are presented in different personal styles. My evaluation was based on composition, lighting, color, image quality, creativity and originality, and overall artistic impression, and I commented under almost all entries I saw. Awesome work everyone! Congratulations! ~ Donica
FIRST PLACE: @scottshots
“Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe is one of the more popular spots on the lake for photographers, and for good reason. It has provided me with many great photo opportunities over the years. This photo works for #waterwednesday because of the lake obviously, but also because it was lightly raining and I had to wipe the drops off of the front lens filter off between each of the stitched images.”
SECOND PLACE: @intrepidphotos
“Sometimes, if only for a moment, time seems to stand still. It’s amazing to think that 91% of the iceberg is hidden under the water. I took this near the entrance to LeConte Bay in Frederick Sound. It’s a single hand held exposure taken from a moving boat. Alaska, USA.”
THIRD PLACE: @derekkind
“Ah, water! Who doesn't like water? I especially like water when it's falling - there's something beautiful about the way H2O interacts with gravity. This waterfall was on Vancouver Island, at a place called Rosewall Provincial Park.”
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@photofreediver
“Water can take on the most incredible shapes of texture and color. In this photo the surface of Lake Baikal was able to collect all the colors of the sunset and it looked like an expensive fabric woven from gold threads.”
@yblith
“This is the Alpsee in Germany. Shot it on January 2017 during our first vacation with our little daughter, 6 months old at the time. The Alpsee lies in Bavaria, to the very south of Germany and is a pretty popular tourist location, due to its closeness to the Neuschwanstein Castle, one of Europe's most popular tourist locations.”
@fivealive55
“Looking down at the surf crashing up on Grey Whale Cove State Beach in California. Shot with my DJI P3 drone.”
@sjarvie5
“Last March I got to visit Hawaii for work and on a bus tour that circumnavigated Oahu we stopped at the North Shore. The weather was windy and the water choppy so I didn't see surfers riding enormous waves... or Jack Johnson. Being raised in San Diego around so many surfers it was a treat to go to 'The North Shore.'”
@dmytrokorol
“We have spent a night in a camping on the coast of Lonavatnet. The morning was so quiet and sunny. The lake reflected the distatnt mountains and a boat made a landscape just perfect.”
@snaptravel
“This is the view from my old apartment in Bangkok during a storm. In the tropics it really knows how to rain. It starts and stops as if someone were flicking a switch. I don't think I saw any light rain or drizzle the whole time I was there. It's either full cats and dogs or scorching sunshine.”
@vinceboisgard
“Bubbling water from a geyser. The colour is sublime and so unreal! So beautiful and so dangerous in the mean time.”
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS!
If you enjoyed this gallery, please upvote and share! The bigger the payout, the greater the rewards! Thank you!
See also these stunning photo galleries featuring previous winners! Your upvote and resteem will bring a better reward for these great photographers and will be much appreciated.
Mountains Monday Winners Week 1
Trees Tuesday Winners Week 1
Water Wednesday Winners Week 1
Time Lapse Thursday Winners Week 1
Flora and Fauna Friday Winners Week 1
Simple Sunday Winners Week 1
Mountains Monday Winners Week 2
Trees Tuesday Winners Week 2
To learn more about this contest, see the detailed Introduction post.
To participate in a conversation about the contest check out this link.
To participate in the contest, check out the TIME LAPSE THURSDAY and submit a photo before the deadline!
DAILY THEMES and judges for Week 2 (March 5 - 11)
Mountains Monday: @kieranstone
Trees Tuesday: @jarvie
Water Wednesday: @itchyfeetdonica
Time-lapse Thursday: @eaglest
Flora and Fauna Friday: @mariya-lorenz
Simple Sunday: @raoul.poenar
Woohoo! I'm honored to have won first place! And to have my image featured among all these other great images. Thank you!
You deserve it Scott, amazing shot. And you are right there are so many great images, it's hard for me to choose!
Thank you @itchyfeetdonica!
Thanks!
:)
Congrats to all the winners! And thank you @itchyfeetdonica!
You are very welcome.
Congrats to all the winners and thanks for including me again!
Congrats all winners and others, again awesome pictures.
Outstanding! Congrats to all the winners.
Such a wonderful collection of art! The reflection shots are stunning ~ great work guys!
I like your shot of splashes a lot, keep your entries coming please! =)
Thank you for your encouragement ~~ sweetly appreciated 😊
Yaaaay! :D :D :D
Derek, your joy is always so exuberantly contagious.. :]
Or contagiously exuberant.. Or both. ;)
Awwww.. :)
Hahaha, I feel the same. :D And you might ask him to skip the contest sometimes, otherwise he will always occupy a slot on the finalist!
That is indeed likely! But we also need a good competition, so keep on participating, @derekkind! :)
Sick collection of photos!
Congrats, everyone! Great choices @itchyfeetdonica!