A sure sign of summer in the DC area is the water lilies start blooming at the local gardens. We’re lucky in the DC area – there are several botanical gardens and parks that feature water lily displays all summer long. They usually start blooming in mid-June and last through mid-September.
I used to think that water lilies were white flowers with yellow centers, not very big and certainly nothing to go out of my way to see. Boy was I wrong – I’ve fallen in love with all the different colors of water lilies I’ve been seeing – wonderful shades of pink, purple, yellow and blue. I’ve created a new video Beautiful Water Lilies with some of my favorite water lily photos. They are accompanied by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Prelude in C Allegro.
I do have a number of water lily photographs available for sale in the water lily gallery on my website, including two introduced in the past few months.
Water lilies can be such delicate summer blooming flowers. I love seeing all the colors of water lilies are some of the local gardens. Not only do the petals come in all sorts of wonderful shades but the centers are often a complimentary color – like the pale purple and yellow combined in this wonderful Marmorata Water Lily.
When I photographed and edited the Marmorata Water Lily photo, I kept thinking about two other water lily photos I have – June Allison Water Lily and Panama Pacific Water Lily. The three photos are matted to the same size if you want to have an arrangement of three water lilies on display in your home. I’m always on the looking for other water lily photos that would complement these three – and when I find them, I’ll be sure to let you know.
At some point every summer I spend some time photographing water lilies – and then somehow never get around to posting the photos for several months. And despite my best intentions of posting them sooner – here it is December and I haven’t posted my water lily photos from this year (and a few from last year). So here goes – the rest of my water lily photos for 2012 and 2013. I hope you enjoy seeing them as much as I enjoy photographing them.
At some point every summer I spend some time photographing water lilies – and then somehow never get around to posting the photos for several months. And despite my best intentions of posting them sooner – here it is December and I haven’t posted my water lily photos from this year (and a few from last year). So here goes – the first set of water lily photos for 2013. I hope you enjoy seeing them as much as I enjoy photographing them.
As I was looking through my photos, I realized I still had a few more water lily photos from the past few summers that I haven’t posted here on my blog. I figured this was a good time to share them.
Aquarius Water Lily – a wonderful purple and yellow water lily
I had a chance to photograph a few more water lilies before their bloom ended for this year. Every time I see the different varieties of water lilies – I’m always amazed at all the different colors and combinations of colors in them.
I hope you enjoy this last set of water lilies for 2012.
