July Challenge - Water Activities

[dockothebay]

What wonderful pictures this month - looks like everyone is having fun! Thank you all for sharing - we may need to pull this thread up again in say February, to help us remember why we stay in this wonderful state

I actually had trouble picking a favorite this month - we spent a week camping with our kids and grandkids at McKinley Park on Lake Vermillion. I have lots of shots splashing in the water, climbing on the rocks in the water, etc. None are "spectacular" - all hold great memories.

One of the favorite activities all week was catching/examining rusty crayfish. We even did a little educating the kids on this invasive, non-native species. This shot is a morning crayfish excursion...

Canon 30D, 82 mm, 1/60, ISO 100, f/8.0, handheld

[WTN4ICE]

My grandson Boomber on a pontoon ride. I wonder what he's thinking.

[Jim Almquist]

Here is Andy and Amber with Amber getting tossed off of the tube. Hand held with the 100-400.

[DonBo]

dockothebay,love the kids playing in the water. Great capture.

[crawdad]

Lake Superior clear....

View of the rocks the kids were collecting and throwing at the 'big' lake, always a favorite for them. Silver City, MI.

Nikon D50 with Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D AF @f5.6 iso250 1/125s

[Dbl]

Wide variety of activities on this one, great work everyone.

[DonBo]

I thought this month was gonna be easy. Wrong again, though most of you make it look that way.

Didn't come up with a great photo, so I put one up of a great time. Our annual "Root Beer Float" on the upper St. Croix River.

[dockothebay]

Nice Don - we were floating on the St Croix last week too, it's a pretty nice place for us city folks!

[DonBo]

Agreed, we have a cabin north of Grantsburg. The river up there is always inviting.

Where in Oakdale do you live? We are off Hadley & 50th, across from the new fire hall.

[dockothebay]

We're in "southern Oakdale" - across the freeway from the police station/Walton Park -- I imagine we've crossed paths before - at Fleet Farm certainly!

[polarsusd81]

Here is mine. Waited until yesterday to shoot it. Tubing on South Center for the family get together. My cousin and his fiance were on the tube and she got the sore end of the ride.

FACEPLANT!!!

Shot with the Digital Rebel and a 24-70 2.8L @ 70mm.

[HossFisher]

OUCH!

[Dbl]

Ouch is right, perfect timing!

[mmeyer]

Great shots everyone. Looks like everyone is taking advantage of the nice summer weather.

[Steve Foss]

Tom, fess up. You were piloting the boat and you planned to dump her. All for the sake of one monthly challenge photo. You are a callous dude!

Just ribbin ya, buddy.

Hope her face has time to heal before the wedding. It's amazing how hard water can be when you hit it at any speed. Ouch! I just photographed one in which the groom dove into the shallow end of a swimming pool the night before the wedding, and even three weeks later at the second reception/wedding dance had a few scars to prove it. Can you say photoshop?

[polarsusd81]

She survived plenty well. And no worries, they just got engaged a couple weeks ago so it will be a while before the wedding. Just for fun, here are the next two from the sequence.

Flip, Splash, Glug...

"You don't even know how much water I just swallowed!"

(sorry hunny, but yeah we do )

[Steve Foss]

She sounds like a darn good sport!

[Dark Cloud]

Great pictures all! I had some better "water" picts from last month but picked this one because it gives you that "first person" feeling.

My girlfriend and I kayaking on the upper Delaware river...

[jiggin pig]

My lab doing his favorite activity. All I know is he is thinking here I come, look out.

[turtleboy]

No face planting here but I still think this could be classified as water activity. Picture is at King William Narrows at Crane Lake. Subject is my wife of 31 years, I call her my bright spot.

Photo is unedited point and shoot, any suggestions on editing, etc would not be unwelcome.

[eyesorbust]

nothing like filling your own pool

[Royce Aardahl]

Sorry I just had to add a second pic. went wading with the boys.

I call this one I'm gonna catch a smally by yer face!

[Catmendo]

[buzzsaw]

My 3 year old daughter "Caitlin" in the middle, taking her first tubing ride with her friends Katherine (left) and Abbey (right) at my friend Stans cabin. She lasted for quite a while, I was impressed.

[Steve Foss]

Geez, dude, talk about the 11th hour! Nice shot buzz, and great thanks to all of you who participated this month.

Great to see you all here sharing your work! And as I post this, a new month has dawned. Hmm . . .