Water Lilies

This post is for #SublimeSunday is inspired by @c0ff33a and #BeautifulSunday is initiated by @ace108.

I was at the duck pond in Buttonwood Park recently with my largest lens the Sony 200-600MM trying to get some photos of birds with admittedly not great results when I saw the water lilies on the pond and thought to get some shots of them which has lead to this post

I know the water Lilies can overtake a pond creating issues, but I still find them quite beautiful and they haven't taken over to much of the pond so far this year so I hope they are not an issue.

Now funnily enough my favorite photo of them is the one I share first where the lily has not opened up yet but with the reflection I love this photo

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^{Sony A7iv 600mm F6.3 1/5000 Sec ISO 1000}
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Next up a lily that has opened up surround by the green floating leaves

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^{Sony A7iv 594mm F6.3 1/2500 Sec ISO 640}
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and another one about to open with a slight touch of a reflection

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^{Sony A7iv 26m4m F5.6 1/5000 Sec ISO 2000}
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and a closer in shot of the same lily, I know I have said it before but I do love reflections

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^{Sony A7iv 600mm F6.3 1/5000 Sec ISO 1250}
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and yet another lily that had not opened up yet, this walk was in the morning an hour or two after sunrise, I am not sure if the lilies open when the sun is out and close up over night as I know some other flowers do, of these ones were fairly young and getting ready to open up