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All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers

Featured Work

Cloch Lighthouse 03 by David Gillies

Cloch Lighthouse on the River Clyde, Gourock, Inverclyde, Scotland.
Percy Creek by Peter Hill

This image was shot while standing in the middle of Percy Creek in the Barrington Tops National Park, NSW, using a tripod-mounted Canon 5D Mark II in January 2009. I’d only had the 5dmk2 since early December and this was its first good workout. Using the Sigma 50mm f1.4 and no filters, my aim was to achieve perfect clarity in this shady spot and I pretty much reckon I did. All this so-called talk about 5dmk2 focusing issues is crap. OK, it’s only got a 9 point system, but I prefer it much more than the 45 point (or more) disco happening on other, unmentionable, cameras. I didn’t want to compromise clarity on basically this flat surface so I kept the ISO at 50 and reluctantly went to f16 to get the timelapse up to 10 seconds. I framed and composed and shot it in Monochrome. Featured by the Shades of Grey Group December 2009 / Featured by the Sets Of Two Group December 2009 / Featured by the All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers Group December 2009 See also Pointing Percy
Flowing Waterfall by Gary Kenyon

This was my very first attempt of photographing a waterfall and trying to make the water look as if it was moving. I was quite please with the results. Taken in the Lake District between Windermere and Grasmere. Camera used: Canon EOS 450D SLR 18-55mm lens
Ice Island by Chintsala

Winter changes the face of the river. I was crazy enough to walk out on this very thin ice to get this shot. While I was waiting the minutes for the exposure I could see the water and bubbles flowing below my feet. Last year I the ice sheet I was on broke off and started floating away and needless to say i got wet. This year I walked away with some neat shots. / Canon XSi / B+W CPL / B+W nd1000 / Nerve
Favourite Fishing Spot, Leslie Dam by Claire Farley

Featured in Old Farts of RB 16th Dec,09 / Featured in Lakes & Inland Waterways 19th Dec 09 / Featured in All Countries Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes & Rivers 20th Dec 09 Leslie Dam, approx 13kms out of Warwick Queensland Nikon D90, Tamron 18-270mm / Focal length 18mm, F/4 @ 1/800sec / Manual exposure, Expo comp -2.0 / ISO 200. NDX8 filter used. Three raw files bracketed in camera. -2, 0, +2 / Tweaked in Photoshop /
Buttermere, Lake District, Cumbria by Jason Connolly

Please view larger / On another day out to the Lake district national park with RB pals, Steve Smith and newbie Gary Kenyon, second stop at Buttermere, weather still pretty naff but better and got some fantastic light and some great reflections on the lake / Shot with a Nikon D300 and Sigma 10-20mm lens /
The little river with the little waterfall by Patrick Morand

A little river in Provence forest. HDR from exposures, done with Photomatix. Can be seen here at a very better size. .
First light over Derwent water by Shaun Whiteman

Taken with a Canon 50D, Sigma 10-20 lens at 10mm, F11, shutter speed 0.3 second, ISO100, processed in Photoshop Some days you wake up at 5:30am roll over and go back to sleep, other days you foolishly get out of your nice warm bed and head off to a freezing cold part of the Lake District and thank your lucky stars that you did…... Please view large
Hymn to the Night ~ Silver Sunset Chena River Lakes North Pole Alaska North Star by Sharon Mau

From my collection: / Hymn to the Night The pure fresh water appears as liquid pewter this peaceful evening on the water. Featured Art March 2009 Candid Photographs of Friends and Family Featured May 2009 _The X – Human Sentiment Hymn to the Night / “I heard the trailing garments of the Night / Sweep through her marble halls! / I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light / From the celestial walls! I felt her presence, by its spell of might, / Stoop o’er me from above; / The calm, majestic presence of the Night, / As of the one I love. I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight, / The manifold, soft chimes, / That fill the haunted chambers of the Night / Like some old poet’s rhymes. From the cool cisterns of the midnight air / My spirit drank repose; / The fountain of perpetual peace flows there,— / From those deep cisterns flows. O holy Night! from thee I learn to bear / What man has borne before! / Thou layest thy finger on the lips of Care, / And they complain no more. Peace! Peace! Orestes-like I breathe this prayer! / Descend with broad-winged flight, / The welcome, the thrice-prayed for, / the most fair, / The best-beloved Night!” ~ Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow This is offered as a beautiful greeting card / It looks wonderful matted and framed / Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Many have asked if this is altered or if this is a Sepia tone. This is virtually straight from the camera. The only post processing is some cloning cleanup of minute bits of debris floating in the water and smoothing the digital noise. It is one of those magic moments when the water appeared as liquid pewter. This is a colour photograph taken at sunset on Chena River Lakes, a beautiful pristine 260 acre lake with crystal clear fresh water from the Chena River and glacial water from the mighty Tanana. When viewed full size you may notice the red strap hanging from the back of the canoe in the water and the highlights on the couple’s hair and their two dogs coats as they paddled silently toward me. The skies were changing day by day with winter fast approaching in Interior Alaska and the conditions were perfect for a Sundog so I raced out to the lake, which is a very large and pure (no motors are permitted, only kayaks and canoes) 260 acre lake of glacier fed water from Chena River with glacial runoff from the Tanana River, on the drive thinking to myself, which side of the lake would be most perfect for the setting sun, and as I pulled up to that area on the remote gravel road through the forest, boreal on one side and permafrost on the other, I saw the couple rowing toward the shore toward me! I was scrambling to shut off my truck, grab my keys and camera, jump out and practically run down to the banks to get the shots before they reached me!! It was so funny for they had two puppy doggies with them, big shaggy ones, and after snapping about 100 images in quick succession, I called out to them “You’ll want to give me your email address!! I can assure you that you will want copies of these, they are fantastic! And the dogs leaped out of the canoe barking and barking at me while she called them back…. it was hilarious!!! So yes, she gave me their names and email address and the remainder of the sunset with fish jumping, toads leaping and calls of the loons, and the brilliant sundog in the sky I can tell you I enjoyed the rest of the evening while battling mosguitos and looking over my shoulder for wolf, moose and bear with a big smile on my face! What a wonderful night it was. Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi / Shooting Date/Time 11 August 2007 20:42:03 / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/500 / Av( Aperture Value ) 13 / ISO Speed 320 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Two More Inches of Rain by James Corley

Manchester, Georgia
Moody Ullswater by Steve & Lesley

Please View Large On a wonderful day out with Jason Connolly as part of our day we visited Ullswater to find it fog bound. As the fog was lifting this is one of the images taken from Glendinning Steamer Jetty. Featured in – Around The World – 18th December 2009 / Featured in – All Countries Wetlands – 19th December 2009 Nikon D300 (S) / Sigma 24-70mm
Mandarina duck by dfm63

the late afternoon sun light against the calm water have produced a magic gold athmosphere. / Canon EOS 5d / lens 300mm f2,8 @ f5,6 250s / iso 250

Recent Work

Blea Tarn Square by davidShandley

I have been testing out my B+W 1000 filter over the weekend and when at Blea Tarn it was windy and a lot of movement on the water, I thought it might be an opportune moment to try it out, so I hope you like my 2 minute exposure at f22 shot of Blea Tarn looking towards Langdale Pikes. Great Langdale, Cumbria. with snow on the top. / Taken with my D300, 10-20 Sigma lens B+W1000 Filter, Processed in Photoshop CS4. Please view Large
Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) by Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos

Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, Africa / Also in the Focus on wildlife / Calendar 2010 Nikon D200, Nikkor 70-300 mm, 1/400 sec at f/ 5.6, ISO 100 / © Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos Photography, 2009. / All Rights Reserved. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Featured in the groups: / “The Beauty of Nature” / “Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art” / “Wild Nature Photography & Writing”
Langdales B+W by davidShandley

Well we made it to Windermere this weekend, on Saturday in the early morning, there was a fall of snow and then the sun came out. I had intended to take some shots of Blea Tarn, which I had never been to before, it was cold and crisp but well worth the journey, so I hope you like my shots of Blea Tarn looking towards Langdale Pikes. Great Langdale, Cumbria. / Taken with my D300, 18-50 Sigma lens ND4 Filter, Processed in Photoshop CS4. Please view Large
Sneak a Peek at the Snake River by Terence Russell

I loved the way the scene looked through the crook in this tree, so decided it was a good scene to capture. This was taken at a necessity stop along a fruitless attempt to find a certain park. Camera info / Canon EOS Rebel T1i / Tamron 18-275mm lens / F-stop f/6 / Exposure 1/60 / ISO 100 / Focus 27mm HDR data / tripod, 3 RAW images +2 to -2, Photomatrix Pro 3.2 Taken on 11/27/2009 near Clarkston, Washington 114 views as of 12/4/09
Mr and Mrs Hooded by Ken Haley

Hooded mergansers relax in the autumn waters in the Alton Baker area of Eugene, Oregon. November 2009.
Love the Do by Ken Haley

Male hooded merganser shows off his bouffant on the canoe canal in the Alton Baker area of Eugene, Oregon. November 2009.
Tecumseh ~ Name of Chief ~ Panther Crossing Over (Shawnee) ~ Alaska Sunset Reflections Chena Lakes by Sharon Mau

“So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. / Trouble no one about their religion; / respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. / Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. / Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. / Show respect to all people and grovel to none. / When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. / Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. / Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.” / quote by Chief Tecumseh, Shawnee Nation Sunset Chena River Lakes / Interior Alaska Brilliant Skies reflected in the calm, clear, pristine and cold glacial water of Chena River Lakes in the Tanana River Valley. I love this place. Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved / My images do not belong to the public domain and may not be reproduced without my express written consent. Chena (pronounced Chay – na) Lake Recreation Area is a 260 lake covering more than 4 miles of the fresh water of the beautiful Chena River and also fed by the glacial waters of the mighty Tanana River. / / With over 2,100 acres to explore and enjoy, Chena Lake Recreation Area has activities for all visitors. Chena Lake Recreation Area covers over 2,000 acres and has two distinct personalities; the Lake Park, with a 260 acre lake the River Park, covering 4 miles of the Chena River. Lake Park hosts three volleyball courts, one horseshoe pit, a playground, multiple day use picnic sites with tables and fire rings, two covered pavilions, two changing room/warm up buildings, two designated swimming areas with sandy beaches, a boat rental, two fishing docks (one handicap accessible), a lake boat launch, potable water stations and restrooms. River Park is stretched along 4 miles of the south bank of the Chena River and hosts one volleyball court, one horseshoe pit, one covered pavilion, one changing room/warm up building, a 4.5 kilometer self guided nature trail, river boat launch, potable water stations, restrooms, and multiple day use picnic sites with tables and fire rings. During the winter months Chena Lake Recreation Area offers groomed classical cross-country ski trails with a 2km, 4.5km, and 7km loop as well as a multi-use trail with a 3.8, 5.5, 6.5, 9.5 and 12 mile loops for snow machining, ski-joring, dog mushing, walking, running, etc. Chena Lake also offers four ice-fishing houses No motors are permitted on the lake, only kayaks, canoes and paddle type boats. It is a beautiful place to photograph clouds and sky reflections and also a winter wonderland when the lake freezes. From my collection: / Chi-Hoota-Wei ~ Many Fires, One Great Light ~ Alaska / Clouds and sky reflections on Chena Lakes. / Titles and quote commentaries are Lodge names and translations of Order of the Arrow Insignia ~ Chi-Hoota-Wei ~ Many Fires, One Great Light ~ Links to websites with more information on First Nations ~ American Native Tribes Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date/Time 29 August 2007 21:16:56 / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/200 / Av( Aperture Value ) 9.0 / ISO Speed 400 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM / Focal Length 28.0 mm Currently with 1497+ Views /
Buttermere - Fleetwith Pike by Steve & Lesley

Please View Large Wikipedia © Buttermere is a lake in the English Lake District in North West England. Historically within Cumberland, it is 1.25 miles (2,010 m) by .25 miles (400 m) wide, and is 75 feet (23 m) deep. It has an elevation above sea level of 329 feet (100 m). A place of considerable scenic value, it is situated towards the head of the valley of the River Cocker and is surrounded by fells, notably the High Stile range to the south west, Robinson to the north east, Fleetwith Pike and Haystacks to the south east and Grasmoor to the north west. The village of Buttermere stands at the north western end of the lake, and beyond this is Buttermere’s twin, Crummock Water. There is a path around the lake which is about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) long, and at one point runs through a rock tunnel beneath the locality of Hasness. Access is by road, from Cockermouth in the north west; from Borrowdale via the Honister Pass; or from Braithwaite and the Newlands Valley via Newlands Hause. The lake is owned by the National Trust and is part of the National Trust property called Buttermere and Ennerdale. Nikon D300 (S) / Sigma 24-70mm
Sunset in the Catlins Forest Park by Paul Mercer

Hasselblad Xpan film camera / Fuji Provia 100 slide film / tripod Catlins Forest Park near Fortrose, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
Driftwood Dreaming by Donovan wilson

This shot was taken at Narawntapu National Park. Canon50D
In the Reeds by Mary Campbell

Blue Heron strolling in the reeds / Fripp Island, SC Canon 5D 75-300z
Ullswater framed by Shaun Whiteman

Taken with a Canon 50D, Sigma 10-20 lens at 10mm, F11, shutter speed 1/100 second, ISO100, processed in Photoshop After my hike up Blencathra last Friday my journey home took me back down past the wonderfully beautiful Ullswater, I had to stop and take a few shots. Ullswater is the second largest lake in the English Lake District, being approximately nine miles (14.5 kilometres) long and 0.75 miles (1,200 m) wide with a maximum depth of slightly more than 60 metres (197 ft). (Wikipedia) Please view large

About This Group

Please review our updated group guidelines

Fine Art Photography, Sketches, Paintings, and other mediums are all considered, yet the focus of this group is on Fine Art Photography.
Please have a look at the Featured Works for a reference of the quality of content we are looking for.
This group is focused on Fine Art Photography of inland waterways.
We accept no images of beaches and/or ocean and seascapes.
Please focus on the subject as we do not accept photographs where the primary subjects are roads, bridges, forests, man-made fountains, buildings, images primarily focused on people, concrete ponds and artificial pools, etc.
We prefer wilderness content, yet will accept well composed images of Bridges and Dams, etc. , but the lake, river or stream needs to be the primary element in the image.
We prefer images with true and natural colours, those which occur in nature.
Please describe and identify in your commentary the location, borough, state, province and/or country.

All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers was launched 18 October 2008