hot house water lily

hot and humid

Ooooh nice colours, well done.

Nice job, I like the first one best, the second is a little hot on the petals.

Very nice, Marie. I love the look with the water in the first shot.

Lovely shots I like the second picture better first one looks a bit flat. The petals in the second one jump out at you...

Beautiful shots, Marie! Did you do something to the flower in the second one? It almost appears to glow! Lovely!

Lovely shots Marie, Hope my water lilies blossom this year, still have a long way to go though. Good thing it was HOT & HUMID seeing as how those are the tropical kind.

Beautiful Marie. The first one is priceless!

Bindii wrote:
Ooooh nice colours, well done.

thanks Bindii ,the colours in there were beautiful
but the humidity was a bit overpowering and stifling
especially with all the other exotic leaves on plants around the outside of the pond itself

thanks Joe
and I loved the curl of the leaves
must be because of the heat and conditions
( they are extra well looked after)

http://www.rbgkew.org.​uk/

and this is where they were

thanks a lot
I was kindof thinking the same when I posted
and rushed the other on to see what they looked like together

yes, I agree
but really am not too sure what to think about that one
the colours were very vibrant in the slightly steamy atmosphere
I may have sharpened too much to get the stamen (?) highlighted

thanks Dennis

thanks Becca
no, nothing different except sharpened , maybe a little too much


the lily was in a different section of the huge old glasshouse
and the light was falling differently
can make colours fade or pale
or glow


(like us)

thanks Mills
glad you like it

stoneylonesome wrote:
Lovely shots Marie, Hope my water lilies blossom this year, still have a long way to go though. Good thing it was HOT & HUMID seeing as how those are the tropical kind.

so you are not just across the pond .......you have one


thanks Sandy