Water lily iii

@Betty: Thanks for your feedback Betty and Mirko ... here's a bit more on the black water. These water lily images were taken at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The Garden has three large reflecting pools in a prominent location on its grounds – this photo was taken of one of the pools in early spring (before the lilies were brought outdoors). Several years ago I was fortunate to take an after hours tour of the Garden and our tour guide explained that the beautiful reflective quality of the water in the reflecting pools was because they used black pigment (dye) to make the water very, very dark.

I hope I didn't give you the impression that this was something I did to enhance my photos. I'm just very fortunate to live within a mile of one of the world's most beautiful urban gardens.