There are no more waterlilies in ponds like this in october, but this ecosystem can still be beautiful. At least i found it quite interesting passing by yesterday. And next year I hope to be in time to see the waterlilies blooming.
I didn’t do much editing with these photos, except added more contrast. Most of them are kept a little bit underexposed. There are more photos from wetlands and lakes in my photo gallery.
Now I know where you get subject matter for so many beautiful photos. Just back from visit to Norway. Did some hiking along the Gota River in Trollhattan and visited Oslo. Then we took a ferry to Copenhagen on a beautiful evening. So we had a good view of the countryside around Oslo. Such a beautiful country! And people are delightfully friendly. Will post some photos/stories soon.
Oops. Visited too many countries in a short time. It was the Numedalslågen River in Kongsburg that I hiked along before our visit to Oslo. I was in Trollhattan, Sweden before we arrived in Kongsburg. Visited Sweden, Norway and Denmark in 7 days. A bit hectic, but fabulous.
Seems you had a lot of places to see, places to go in just 7 days. I am not so familiar with these regions (exceot Oslo), so I guess I should go there too someday. Lokking forward to your stories, Globalgarnish.
Awww…I love waterlilies.
Me too, Emily, I must go back in the right season, probably July…
I;m puzzling about long stalked plant. What sort of plant are they ?
Doesn’t look like other common water plant. ? ? ?
They are european white waterlilies (Nymphaea alba), Yoshizen. But not flowering so late in the autumn. They are quite common in some small lakes in Norway. We also have a smaller yellow one, and a very rare red one, but that one I have never seen yet.
No no, not water lily. The other, standing tall plants.
Looks like having zebra pattern —- those segments are too short to be a reed kind. —- ? ? ?
Sorry Yoshuzen, thought you meant the lilies. The others is some kind of Equisetum (called horsetail, snake grass or puzzlegrass in english I presume..). I don’t know which type…Tried to google a little, the are called living fossiles since they were dominating plants in the forests more than 100 million years ago…
Aha, Hose-tail. I got it.
In fact I thought it looks like Hose-tail though I couldn’t believe they can grow in the water.
— on the spring, they have reproductive stem
which spread spore. And in Japan they are
called Tsukusi and we eat them (taste very bitter
and strange though, it is a spring delicacy)
These are lovely – a bit different from British ones, which i love to paint!
I don’t know for sure about water lilies in England, but this one is supposed to grow almost all over Europe. But you see only the leaves so late in the year. The flower is big, white and very beautiful, Diana.
Very nice shots. Colors always seems to look better against a dark background.
That was my experience in this case, but I had to use more contrast than I usually do to see the effect. I usually edit my pictures very little, Disperser.
Those are beautiful. What a good eye you have!
Thanks for your nice comment, Anneli.
it is lovely
Thanks a lot, Sandy. You know I love your photos, but these days I can’t comment on them for some reason I don’t know..
no worries…i went through that last month..some bugs in wordpress i guess:)
Reminds me of Monets paintings…
Thats too kind of you, thanks Geedebee.
Wow, these are wonderful. Love the colour are strong and vivid! I love it.
There are kind of less colours in the autumn (except for the foliage), but I found some..
Du, hösten har sin charm med alla sina färger och det var fina bilder. Ha det bra!
Høsten har absolutt sin sjarm, selv om jeg synes den kommer for fort. Tusen takk, Maria.
So beautifully photographed.
Thanks, Adin.
Love this! So beautiful!
Thanks, Themendingverse.
Très beaux reflets …les étangs et cours d’eau sont souvent de beaux modèles pour les photographes mais, pas toujours facile à apprivoiser .
C’était de l’eau calme, Pierrettej. Merci beaucoup.
Looks soooo peaceful
It was a very peaceful place, Bashar, nobody there.
Beautiful pictures.
For me they grow too strong, we must take them out of the pond …
Thanks, Henning. What you want to take out of the pond…
Beautiful pictures! Love the colours; especially the blues!
Glad you liked the blues, Chocolatier.
The first two took my breath away. I’ve tried to catch some water lilies in bloom at a park, but never seem to be there at the right time.
Me neither, I am never there in the right time, not for years. So next year, Gunta, we will be there in time.
Beautiful photos!
Thanks, Montucky.
The water looks so clean. Is it a pond or is it running water? The clear water makes the water lilies look beautiful even when they are not in flower.
It is a pond, or rather the end of a lake. Except for the mud at the bottom the water is very clean, no pollution there. I don’t think they can grow in running water, Frenchgarden.
The first three images are so elegant and poetic. Beautiful.
Thanks a lot, Andy.
It are still amazing and beautful pictures!
I am glad you like them, Mijnnikonenik.
Chiquitas cuestiones al objetivo… ¡lindos resultados, de vida, estancados en el agua, en la luz, en una suave intimidad descubierta y revelada…!
Saludos.
Descubierta y revelada: Nice! ¡gracias. Saludos.
Es un placer seguir tu obra tan activa y viva.
Mi saludo, Bente.
Like Little gold wafers.
Nice.
Superb images
Thanks a lot, Louis.
Gold wafers, hehe, thats a good one, Fabulous. Thanks.
Absolutely great, peaceful series of still life!
Still life is usually something else, but these plants, and the water, was very still. Thanks, Todd.
So beautiful, and poetical… I loved them all, dear Bente, Thanks and Love, nia
Thanks a lot for your kind comment, dear Nia.
Stunning. I especially loved the reflection in the water.
Thanks, glad you liked them, Jackie.