Denver Botanic Gardens

from our koi pond...

Hassocks or kneeling pads. These beautiful hand made ones are part of a tradition in English churches where parishioners make them.

Some lily pads after rainfall in the peaty water of Loch Garten

fly on cape daisy launch pad :) Happy weekend ☀️

Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro

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When I was looking at the water trapped on these lily water pads I was thinking of how it reminded me of the Arts And Crafts era and the jewelry that that was made by artisans of that time . Nature was a main theme of that era when they made pins , broches etc..Not only that they used nature as main theme in pottery , sculptures and other things. Such as lamp bases .I cant help but think they saw lily pads like this that inspired them to create .Arts and Crafts movement

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Moment captured at Boerner Botanical Gardens in Hales Corners, Wisconsin. (USA)

It was early enough in the season that the lily pad had not been trashed with sticks and other debris. Rose Garden, Raleigh, North Carolina.

A matter of scale. Without the dragonfly, you wouldn't have believed it. :-)

Water Lilies ~ Si Satchanalai District ~ Ayutthaya Province, Thailand

Nikon D7500, Nikkor 18-300, ISO 400, f/6.0, 175mm, 1/200s

A little face peeks out.

I sat down for a minute to absorb the awakening marsh and noticed the morning sun touching the lily pads by the boardwalk in Point Pelee National Park.

Autumn lily pads on beautiful Mabel Lake in northern Wisconsin.

(BEST viewed large)

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Autumn Lily Pads

Mabel Lake

Vilas County

Wisconsin

USA

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Japanese Garden, Leverkusen

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Dress : Belle Epoque - Zendaya. At Cupid Inc, later in main store.

Flowers : [Faunus] Neckpiece and Headpiece. At Enchantment.

Coctail and hold pose : LORIEN HURRICANE COCKTAIL. At Enchantment.

Skin : [Glam Affair] Lovi [Lelutka EvoX]. At K9

Hair : S-CLUB- JULIA FATPACK

Decor :

^TD^ Tirrany Designs - Lily Pad Couples Bistro Set. At Enchantment.

-Hisa- Beech Trees Summer

Konoha : Black Forest Boulders

Konoha : Ginkgo valashu

Konoha - Iris valarie

ICM / four exposures

Couldn't decide on which image was best, so I put them all together into one shot. Got a few more collages coming up, apologies!

A peaceful sunset at Padersee, a beautiful lake in the paderborn suburbs

Beegder Heide

Lily pads and autumn colors at the lake. Lake Leatherwood, Arkansas.

Delighted that this image won the Abstract category in International Garden Photographer of the Year

Portland, OR

I was struck by the lovely colours of the lily pads on this overshadowed pond, so I zoomed in to where some light fell...

On the approach to Neilston Pad on a snowy, Winter's day.

Denver Botanic Gardens

Luôn có cái cảm giác lạ lùng với buổi chiều, bất cứ buổi chiều nào, dù sao cũng chỉ là một cảm thọ.

This is a photo that I made while canoeing of a single lily pad floating on the river amidst reflections of the evening sky.

This church (on the fortress island of Suomenlinna, near Helsinki) was originally Russian Orthodox, but at a later point it was converted to Lutherian and its onion domes were knocked down, leaving it looking a little bit odd. It reminded me of a rocket on a launch pad.

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Another shot from our walk from Moelwyn Mawr to Cwmorthin.

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The summit cairn on Neilston Pad, looking across to Knockenae Hill with the Isle of Arran in the distance.