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04-Jul-2025

Water lily and visitor

I was lucky to catch this visitor enjoying the water lily. There were some dragonflies around, but they rarely stay in one place for long and are usually too fast for me to photograph. That’s Tim’s job, but he was busy with Queenie.

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We used to visit the gardens every July for the Lotus and Water Lily Festival but didn't make it last year, so we decided to take advantage of the July 4 holiday and toured the park with Queenie. We were a bit early for full bloom, but still, an enjoyable time was had by all.

Pretty in pink, posted earlier:

Nikon Z 7 ,Nikkor AF-S 300/4E PF ED VR with FTZ adapter
1/500s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso100 full exif

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Claude Gagnon12-Jul-2025 11:55
Colorful and so attractive for a visitor :)) V
Nestor Derkach12-Jul-2025 10:52
Nice Lily portrait the Bee finding some nourishment finishes your capture perfectly.
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Alexander Kazakov12-Jul-2025 09:18
Wonderful! V
Danad12-Jul-2025 08:09
A superb close-up !
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Blandine Mangin12-Jul-2025 07:58
very lovely close-up ! v
Gerard KOEHL12-Jul-2025 05:42
Magnifique prise. V
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal12-Jul-2025 05:07
Beautiful sharp capture of this flowers and the bee. V
Dennis Hoyne12-Jul-2025 04:20
A gorgeous image, wonderful color and detail.
Nirvan Hope12-Jul-2025 04:10
Plenty of visitors now on the stem of the waterlily! Abundant dragonfly food.
Hank Vander Velde12-Jul-2025 02:35
Beautiful well captured image Helen.
Julie Oldfield12-Jul-2025 00:23
The bee enjoying the flower is lovely. V
janescottcumming12-Jul-2025 00:16
Looks like lots of visitors! A pretty shade of pink. V
Dan Opdal11-Jul-2025 21:08
Beautiful close-up, Helen! My favorite today. V
hayl11-Jul-2025 19:38
I see other visitors on the stem. Popular and beautiful flower.
Apostolos Tikopoulos11-Jul-2025 18:21
A really lovely close up. V
Raymond11-Jul-2025 18:09
Not healthy plant at all, infested with aphids. That speaks for the rest of the pound! I'm sure Trump had fired most of the staff there, no one left to clean and maintain such a beautiful place!