Columbus Botanical Garden
I’ve been absent these past few days. I have a tooth that is always sensitive to sinus issues so I thought it was a cold but by Sunday I knew it was a tooth problem. I ended up cancelling a business trip to get myself to the dentist. Still working on getting that tooth dealt with but I’m finally feeling closer to normal (except for the tooth of course). Anyway, enough with that…
Saturday, when I was at the botanical garden, I found a lone water lily. I played a little too close to the water to get a close-up but I think it was worth it. And yes, definitely kept telling myself… “don’t drop the camera, don’t get the lens wet, what are you doing?”. This might not be everyone’s cup of tea but I like this electric effect…
Electric Lily
MLCreations Photography 
You do the best stuff with light. This is stunning.
Thanks Dawn!
That’s a really neat effect!
Make sure you wear insect repellent when you are that close to the water. I don’t know how prevalent ticks are in your area, but I got myself in a heap of trouble one year prowling around a pond – stalking a great blue heron – and got a tick bite from one of those nasty little deer ticks and didn’t even know it. I got sooooo sick. Took multiple visits to the ER with high fever for them to figure out what was wrong with me. It was a tick infection called anaplasmosis. Just my little cautionary tale.
I had a tick follow me home on the back of my leg quite a few years ago, I’m very aware when I explore and stop to check every so often. My tick experience didn’t get as bad as yours though, sorry to hear about that. The lily was in the water display at the botanical garden.