Serendipity by Joanne Bradley
On a spring visit to the Jardin Botanique in Montreal I was captivated by the Chinese Garden. Various ponds and streams had huge floating islands of lily pads. But it was not until I rested that I discovered these two lily pads and the reflections, just over the side of the bench I was sitting on. Taken in macro mode.
Nikon D40, 18-55mm lens.
“Life is not merely a series of meaningless accidents or coincidences, but rather it is a tapestry of acts that culminate in an exquisite, sublime plan.” -from the movie Serendipity
Featured in Glorious Lilies, February 2011
Top Ten placement in The Amerel group, Spring-Photographs only challenge March 2010
Featured in the Natural Color and Light group February 2009
Avatar for Nirvana group December 2008
Featured in the Abstracts From Nature group July 2008.
Comments
I really like this – so does my hubby who was looking over my shoulder! Very nice sht.
You thrill me sometimes very profoundly.. this is like life to me Joanne.. gorgeous and flowing down stream.. along the way we meet others who ride with us for awhile and then the sun comes down and reflects more of who we are and then we see our own beauty… this title and this piece rocks my world! A fav for sure!!
Lovely work, Joanne-gotta ‘fav’ it. Lillies in the sky… so surreal. Beautiful serendipity, indeed!
well spotted!
Beautiful capture, Joanne! The sky reflection is so clear that it does give the lilly pads a magical feel…Wonderful title and quote as well! Very well done :-)
How unique! Beautiful down to every last deail.
Gorgeous reflection, lighting and imagery.
So simple, and yet so very beautiful…….. fantastic!
Great shot..looks like floating balloons in the sky, until you take a closer look…then you take a much closer look to see if its fish or leaves in the water…good art makes you see some thing new every time..this is good art.
Lovely,!…I adore water gardens, your comment too!
Fantastic image…love that quote! :) xo