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Waterlilies at the Chicago Botanic Garden

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The Chicago Botanic Garden is located on Lake-Cook Road in Glencoe, Illinois. It measures 385 acres and contains 27 different gardens and 4 natural areas and is run by the Chicago Horticultural Society. Construction began in 1965 and it opened to the public in 1972.

There are several aquatic gardens which contain a variety of waterlilies. Here are some of them. I don’t know the species of all of them. I have provided them for the ones I do.

All of the photos were taken with a Nikon Coolpix P7700 camera.

All photos are © 2014 Gary J. Sibio. All rights reserved.

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Waterlily 4 (2014-06-26 14-12-57a)

This variety of waterlily is known as the Tropical Day-Blooming Waterlily (Nymphaea 'St. Louis Gold')

I used ACDSee Ultimate 10.3 to crop, adjust the lighting, especially on the flowers, and boost the contrast and the vibrance.Photo 

© 2014 Gary J. Sibio. All rights reserved.

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Waterlily 5 (2014-06-26 14-16-46a)

Arc-en Ciel Waterlily (Nymphaea 'Arc-en-Ciel')

I used ACDSee Ultimate 10.3 to crop a bit, remove a distraction, adjust the lighting and boost the contrast and vibrance.

Photo © 2014 Gary J. Sibio. All rights reserved.

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  1. I love these plants, as well as your post-production work. I think “Waterlily 5” is my favourite, for the way evokes this famous poem by American haikuist Nick Virgilio:
    Lily:
    out of the water …
    out of itself.