I've always wanted to get a photo of a water lily, but up to now I've been disappointed.
I've visited Bodnant Gardens, Giverny and other well known water lily locations only to find no water lilies open, or those that were too far away to take a meaningful image.
So imagine my suprise and delight at finding this prime example, close to the bank of the lake at Breakwater Country Park, Holyhead, Anglesey.
The park took a bit of finding, it's not very well signposted, but once Liz and I got there we enjoyed a full afternoon of cliff walking on Holyhead Mountain, ending up back at the park for a coffee and water lily photo session.
The sun was still quite high in the sky when I took this image, but my polarising filter did a sterling job of killing glare and reflections, allowing the beautiful colours to shine through.
All in all, the park was a revelation, and we'll be going back for more exploring to be sure, but as for me, I was just happy to finally get my water lily photo!
Filename - water lily 01.jpg
Camera - Canon 5D
Lens - 100-400mm zoom @ 400mm
Exposure - 1/15sec @ f16, ISO100
Location - Holyhead, North Wales
This image - 800x800px JPEG
Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2
Comments - Polarising filter used to remove glare.
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