Water Lily Zoom by TwoPynts

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on May 30, 2006

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"What loved little islands, twice seen in their lakes, Can the wild water-lily restore." -Thomas Campbell

Please excuse me while I interrupt my St. Marys series. I've been trying to photograph an open water lily for years now and have never been able to time it right. The buds are either under the water, closed, or past bloom. This weekend I was able to finally photograph one at just the right time, and it was a more gorgeous specimen than I could ever have hoped to find. Over scanned the Internet a bit but have not been able to ID this lovely bloom. The closest I can come is the Queen of Siam Tropical Lily, but none of the photos show the center entirely open as it is here. If anyone can give me a positive ID, I'd really appreciate it. UPDATE: My thanks to silverhalide for sending me a link (watergarden.org) that helped me identify this as a Shirley Byrne water lily, though I'm still not 100% certain. Thanks for the Votes and great comments as well! My apologies for the size of this collage. Several people thought this flower would be best presented in "zoom" type of format, so... ----- Water Lily Water lily is a common name for a small family of aquatic plants. The water lily's scientific family is Nympheaceae of the order Nymphaeales. The representative genus of the family is Nymphaea. There are about 70 different species of water lilies. These are grouped into: night, tropical and hardy. Night lilies bloom in the night. Tropical lilies can be found in tropical climates and bloom at all times of the day. Hardy lilies are able to withstand most conditions and are the most common. The water lily has long, stout leaves and long flower stalks. There are usually six petals and six stamen. Water lilies are also able to reproduce by budding. The roots detach and grow into new water lilies. The root of the lily is located in the mud at the bottom of a pond. Many lilies are produced through budding. Water lilies are placed at the bottom of the food web. They are producers of energy and food in a wetland. Water lilies get their food through photosynthesis. Water fowl, muskrats and raccoons are some of the water lilies' predators. ----- Thank you for your beaming comments (and the Votes) on my last upload, A Smile.

----- Olympus C-8080WZ & PhotoshopCS. (632)

Comments (54)

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Leeco

12:16AM | Wed, 31 May 2006

Impressive presentation of a beautiful flower. The vivid colours are eyecatching and the glow from the center is spectacular. Amazing image. Bravo!!

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DELMUR

12:26AM | Wed, 31 May 2006

superb ! love this collage!

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short_ribs

12:30AM | Wed, 31 May 2006

O_o SWEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTT!!!!! Awesome work mate!!!!! You really are an impressive! ;) Thanks for sharing!

newleaf

12:38AM | Wed, 31 May 2006

Beautiful and well worth the long wait you had to get these shots! first class presentation too!

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jinet

1:24AM | Wed, 31 May 2006

Splendid in every way !

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TheWarlock

1:37AM | Wed, 31 May 2006

Damn its prettier than i imagine it to be

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PeeWee05

2:26AM | Wed, 31 May 2006

WOW!!! Really Really Beaut! Love the reflection in the bottom shot. and you collage style and frame are great!

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MaydaMason

2:36AM | Wed, 31 May 2006

it seems in plastic made... wonderful and brillant collage!

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morin3000

8:40AM | Wed, 31 May 2006

One of the best gallery ===== I do not like to be the first ===== ((V))

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busi2ness

9:26AM | Wed, 31 May 2006

Gorgeous collage and those colours are really alive!

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ACS-001

11:05AM | Wed, 31 May 2006

Wonderful shot -- doesn't look plastic at all to me. What font did you use for the "Z O O M" text? I want it!

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KDI

11:45AM | Wed, 31 May 2006

very interesting photo, great color.

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croxie

1:43PM | Wed, 31 May 2006

Beautiful, Kort. I assume that you didn't exactly stand in the water taking that closeup though? Over here we have a lot of white waterlilies pretty much anywhere where there's water, and I have quite a few shots of them, but none this colourful. The red ones always seem to be located in some awkward place that would make me into the Kodak moment they should be :p These are some stunning shots though :D

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