I captured this image last Saturday at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens and love the way that it shows lotuses at various stages of development, from budding to flowering to turning into seed pods. I have included a close-up shot of a seed pod, in case you have never looked closely at one. These seed pods always get a mixed reaction from my friends—some find them to be fascinating, while others find them to be creepy.
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Beautiful
I have never seen a seed pod up close! Wow nature is so amazing. It is not exactly like it, but your photo of the seed pod an and the seeds’s arrangement reminds me of the Fibonacci sequence (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8)
Put me in the fascinating camp! Amazing. Thank you. – Cindy
Great work, I love the lotus blossoms I hope some day to make it to Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
Seed pod reminds me of Argos Panoptes. 🙂
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So beautiful and the seed pod, amazing and I can see why some see creepy. Looks like eyeballs:) Your photographic genius captures it all so well. Many thanks.
Wonderful Michael !
I have seen them but never knew what they were. Nice 👏👏
Beautiful, Mike. I love the delicate lighting and lovely details!
Fascinating for sure — like a pie with figs or berries.
Carol
I had the same though–the edges of the seed pod reminded me of the fluted edges of a pie crust. 🙂
These pods always look like a bunch of eyes looking out ot the world.
Always love the pods, so textural!
I’m in the like it category, especially after seeing the comment above about pie! At first I saw eggs, then eyes… pie is better.
Great images, Mike. Of course, now I want a slice of pie.
Thanks, Dan. Pie sounds like a good idea to me too. 🙂
Beautiful!
Every one of your photos is perfect.
I love the light and elegance of the first photo, and the pod was surreal and really wonderful. Thanks for this Zen look at the lotus life, Mike.
Love it.