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19-May-2019

The duck-head lily pad

There weren’t a whole lot of water lilies in bloom yet so I thought this colorful lily pad made a nice substitute. Thanks to Danad for the title idea!

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

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We decided to take a drive out to Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, situated 15 minutes from home near the DC-Maryland border. Although we always go for the annual water lily and lotus festival, we thought we'd see what was there in advance of it. It was disappointing that there weren't many birds, but we did find a few other things of interest to photograph.

Lazing turtles, posted earlier:

Nikon Z 7 ,Nikkor AF-S 300/4E PF ED VR with FTZ adapter
1/640s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso160 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time19-May-2019 13:57:45
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON Z 7
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length300 mm
Exposure Time1/640 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent160
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance0
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (7)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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carol j. phipps05-Jun-2019 14:22
Love this!
Don04-Jun-2019 21:52
Makes a most interesting image.
Zoltán Balogh01-Jun-2019 15:26
Fantastic photograph Helen! V
Pierre30-May-2019 13:44
Bien vue Helen, il y a vraiment une ressemblance avec la tête d'un canard! V
Julie Oldfield27-May-2019 23:50
Really great macro of this unusual image. V
Jola Dziubinska27-May-2019 23:19
Amazing, well seen, Helen! V.
Liz Bickel26-May-2019 05:39
It sure looks like a psychedelic duck head in the thumbnail.
Gill Kopy26-May-2019 01:08
Perfect title :) Neat shot V
larose forest photos26-May-2019 00:03
You know, it really does look like a duck. Cool shot. V
Graeme25-May-2019 22:28
From the thumbnail I thought this was a real duck. Shows how looks can be deceiving! V
William Barletta25-May-2019 20:28
Certainly in the thumbnail it looked like a duck's head
bill friedlander25-May-2019 19:01
From the thumb my first impression was a duck. V
joseantonio25-May-2019 18:41
really looks like a duck´s head.V.
Tom Munson25-May-2019 18:40
Nice with the reflection.
janescottcumming25-May-2019 15:38
Ha, it does look like a duck's head. I didn't see it until danad mentioned it. I just thought it was a cool reflection. V
chris morton25-May-2019 14:57
never had any idea of their form
danad25-May-2019 14:34
Like a duck's head out of water ! Stunning image...V.
Jim Coffman25-May-2019 14:15
A very nice capture of this lily pad and its reflection!