More pond beauty
August 03, 2009
I can’t resist showing off some more pond beauty on this Monday. Here’s ‘Colorado’ water lily, as lovely as a sunrise in her namesake state.
And here’s our blue dragonfly again, standing out against the blurred background of lawn grass.
Another look. Thanks for stopping by, dragonfly, and you too, dear readers.
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I can see why you are showing this beautiful spot in your garden. I am coveting your big water tank. I just don’t see a place for it in my garden. Aren’t you glad. tee hee… Water lilies are so beautiful and this one is definitely a keeper.
Pale pink in the pool is so soothing and the dragonfly…what big eyes it has!
Pam, don’t ever resist the urge to show more of your pond beauties. For those of us who don’t have ponds, this is the next best thing, even if it does cause pond envy.
Great pictures Pam. Love the water lily.
The dragonfly photo is so detailed- love the pattern on the wings.
Annie
Uh-oh, Pam, I can see you’re hooked! Ponds and their aquatic life can suck you in— me for sure! I enjoy more time watching my pond plants, fish, visiting birds and insects than any other part of my garden. Enjoy!
It sure didn’t take long for the dragonfly to find the pond! I love both your waterlilies, they are just lovely. I’m glad the new pond is working out.
Hi Pam, your new stock pond is already appearing well established. That must be a new record! The blue visitor is a lovely as the flowers. Great capture! 🙂
Frances
That last dragonfly image is amazing!
The pond looks beautiful. Isn’t it amazing how quickly wildlife will find water?
Great shot of the Blue Dasher!
One of my favorite dragons. They have some of the best body coloration.
The black foliage spike references the body color of this dasher perfectly!
I have had a couple of “skimmers” drop by this year, they do not stay long though,
I think they are on their way to the new Mueller ponds. It is going to be beautiful
up there in a few years when all the trees have matured.
Glad you are enjoying your new pond Pam.
ESP.
The Colorado water lily is one of my favorites. Great photos!
Gorgeous lily and handsome fellow!
Gorgeous photos! Breathtaking!
Ah, nice ending to beautiful photos. Don’t you just love the dragonflies. Whatever would we do without them?~~Dee
Oh, beauty indeed, Pam! You’ve prompted me to think I must go down and sit by the pond tomorrow and watch our dragonflies/damselflies. I love them, and we have plenty because our pond is huge, wild, overgrown…and teeming with wildlife of all kinds. It’s been very wet so I really need to put a bench down there to sit on as the ground is swampy!
Your water lily is gorgeous. Our pond is too shallow (and cluttered with cattails, etc) to support water lilies, and i can’t bring myself to have a backhoe come in and deepen it at one end for fear of disturbing the wild critters. So I’ll admire yours from afar…
I’m so jealous your Colorado water lily is blooming Pam. I agree, record time. I’m hoping for one lousy bloom this year but it’s looking doubtful. That is one spectacular dragonfly photo too. Just incredible. You can see every detail.
What camera/lens did you use to shoot the dragon fly?
Bruce, my camera info is listed near the top of my sidebar. I just used my macro setting and crept in close. —Pam
lol. I read about your camera in the side bar, but saw the detail and depth of field and I just didn’t believe it. Nice work.
I’m very much an amateur gardener and photographer, but I love both. I’m working with some friends that seem to have ‘it’ when it comes to garden photography. They shot some irises and some dahlias (not the lowres ones), and everything seems to come out perfect. I imported 1000 plant pictures total, and most of them were keepers. It takes me fifteen shots to get one good one. (I do like this shot, though…)
I guess that’s why some of us are programmers and some are photographers/gardeners.
My wife seems to have the magic touch too. Anyway… thanks for some great shots and the blog. I don’t get a chance to blog much these days because I’m working on coding the new garden community, but let me express my sincerest thanks for yours.
– bruce
Thanks for your comment, Bruce. Regarding that second dragonfly photo, I should mention that I didn’t take that one on the macro setting. Instead I took it from about eight feet away using my zoom feature, which blurs the background.
Like you, I take a lot of pictures in order to find the few that I use. There’s nothing wrong with that. Keep snapping and happy digging! —Pam
That looks amazing! It puts my garden to shame at the moment, although I am trying! I have just bought a pond water feature and am struggling to even put it together. i never thought about doing something to include birds as that is my other passion, i’m hoping the pond will attract wildlife and birds. This site is inspiring me help the local wildlife and dedicate my garden to creating a healthy habitat so thank you, your garden looks so tranquil