The featured image above, and to left, is alas not mine. It seems only too apt to open a post “On the Water.” It’s full title is “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa.” It is by Hokusai and is a prime example of Japanese ukiyo-e art during the Edo period. The print is the first in the series, “Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji.”
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This week’s Lens Artists Challenge is by Beth, who looks back to Challenge #155. I offer a few water-themed images as my reply to the Challenge. (Find more information on the Lens Artists Challenges here.)
Here is the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California in the Big Sur.
(If you haven’t driven the magnificent Route 1 along the California coast, your best opportunity is now. The famed highway – subject to severe storms and slides – has just reopened after an extended period of repairs following the last big storm.)
Here is a springtime view across the lovely lake in Bruce Park, in Greenwich Connecticut.
This is an Autumn view across one of Maine’s many lakes.
And here is a country lake in southern New Hampshire during High Summer.
This is the harbor in Westport, Massachusetts. Many seagoing ship captains made homes in Westport. They built many fine houses, well preserved today. They’re not “on the water” so I’ll have to show them in another post.
I’ll close with some pictures of the fishing fleet in New Bedford, Massachusetts, at one time the whaling capital of the world and still an important port for the North Atlantic seafood industry. In these pictures, we can see the ships Ocean Leader, Fearless, Freedom, and Fear No Evil (center image; the name is not shown).
Thanks to Beth for this week’s challenge. See the keyword “Lens-Artists” in the WordPress Reader for all the responses to Lens Artists Challenges.
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