As many of you know, one of my favorite things in photography is to capture reflections. I love water and light and have been spending lots of time this summer (when its been nice out) around the pond on campus. I've been playing with the angles and the light in my shots. Early last week I went down there and sat with my camera soaking up the atmosphere and thinking about the shots I would take. Here are some of my favorite photos of the reflections and all the life around the pond...
The ducklings are not so little any more but there are still a few of them around. This one was sunning itself on the rock and the water was still enough to get this reflection .
The landscaping around the pond is always fantastic. I like to sit down below the bridge. There are really nice trees and the bushes with the purple flowers are just beautiful. I alsl love how this has some dappling in the water ...
And a little darker in this one -- I love how it really brings out the purple of the flowers -- and makes the water look still and deep ...
just taking one of the bushes in this one. I really love the texture of the leaves in the reflection
one of my favorite shots to always get here is looking under the bridge -- I love the swoop of the branch in the front and the way the light falls on it -- I also love the dappling n the water -- and then the green in the water under the bridge .. so much fun to practice there ...
and moving a litte to the left -- loose the sweeping branch, but get some of the purple flowers and the reflection of the stone bridge really stands out . I also like how the water in the distance really sparkles..
And this is where I include some fo the life around the pond. This hydrangea was sooo beautiful -- the color really caught my eye. I love how nicely all the petals came out
This is from the same plant -- I think it is in the early stage of the blooms -- I love how they are yellow with the touch of purple on the edges
This tree was so cool -- I love how the pine cones hang down -- and the light of course was fun
and a close up -- just love how they are and having them against the trunk really highlights the effect
Another tree trunk -- I just loved how all these branches twisted -- reminded me of tentacles
and one more shot of the pinecones -- as I said I just love how they are suspended ...
more flowers along side the pond -- I love the patterns and the textures in these and just the shape of the petals
This was just too fun not to capture. I love the pinwheel effect and also the touch of pink ...
And these looked dusty and I love the contrast of the half of a dark leaf ...
Ducks taking a snooze in the grass
and chasing a baby bunny
Close up of the bunny -- I love its cute little face and the position of the ears
I likes the color of course and then the buds all around this flower
a baby turtle in the pond -- I have not seen one before and was really happy to get this one poking its head out of the water
two adult turtles swimming ... again love that they are poking their heads out of the water
This was about the waterfall and the rock reflected in the water -- love the texture
the turtles always sun themselves on this rock -- I captured the view from across the pond and love all the green you can see in the water ...
there are lots of chipmunks around there but it can be very difficult to catch them. I used my long zoom to get this one before it scampered away
again from across the pond -- basically from on the bridge such a beautiful and peaceful scene -- can you see why I love to go there ...
one more view from down below -- one of my favorite places to sit and escape from the world
and yes there are daylilies there which even makes it better .....
Thanks as always for sharing my photos with me. I really do love just being able to practice and try new things. It may be a while before I post again because I am going on vacation and will not be on the internet alot while I am out and about. But I will share when I get more new and fun things ....
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