The phrase "water shining" can be correct and usable in written English, although it may be more commonly seen in poetic or descriptive writing rather than formal or technical writing
It is grammatically correct and follows the structure of noun + present participle. Example: As the sun set over the ocean, the water was shining with a golden glow, creating a breathtaking sight.
He has devised a computer programme which can unscramble surface obstructions and expose water "shining" far underground.
It had had a great view, and now, standing at his desk, we could see the swooping edge of the Gulf of Mexico, the hulking crenellated Morro Castle, the narrow neck of the Bay of Havana, the wide coastal road, the orange-haired hookers who loll on the low gray breakwater, and then acres and acres of smooth blue water shining like chrome in the afternoon light.
Thayer's suggestion that the white markings on the body of the harnessed bush buck are meant to resemble "flecks of water shine" is dismissed as wild, with the observation from personal experience that bush buck spend little time in watery places, while the "situtunga or lechwe, which lack the spots" spend more.
* "WELCOME TO NEW YORK" A comedy with most of the conventions intact -- a fish out of water shines in a new work environment -- but in this case the writing makes it exceed the preconceptions.
Syllables of water shine in a grove of reflections, stranded clouds, bubbles above a bottom that changes from gold to rust.
Struggling to half open his eyelids, he looked at the field of white rocks, the great desert where the pools of cruel water were shining.
Eventually the whole flock broke through it in a churn of feet, wings and water drops shining like mica: a glittering outburst in a dying season.
When I am out shooting I am always looking at the light, and as well as looking at the light in general, I am looking for interesting things light is doing - reflecting off water, refracting, shining through cracks, creating shadows.
When I'm out shooting, I'm always looking for interesting things that light is doing - reflecting off water, refracting, shining through cracks, creating shadows... It's a mesmerising subject.
"I would drink his bath water and shine his little Yankee shoes".
In Boileauganj market I step into a pothole — It's filled with shining water, Desire makes ghosts of us.
