Lotus flowers (20 items)

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The result of a recent photo trip to a Lotus pond near 北埔 (Bei pu).

  • A pink Lotus flower (紅蓮).
  • A duck was patiently waiting for me to clumsily set up my camera. It must have been used to being "shot".
  • The dried seed cup of a Lotus flower.
  • The flower of a Hibiscus (朱槿 or 扶桑花) tree.
  • I have no idea what this plant is called but it certainly looks interesting.
  • To the untrained eye these look a little like Daisies but to a professional like me they look like ... uh ... Taiwanese Daisies? ;-)
  • The more beautiful flowers I photograph, the more I think that serious flower photographers should have a botany degree, just to be able to name their pictures.
  • A wet Lotus petal floating on the water. I caught my friend setting up this stereotype scene but couldn't help taking a shot. :-)
  • A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Shower_Tree Golden Shower tree] ([http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/阿勃勒 阿勃勒]).
  • A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mormon Great Mormon] (大[http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/鳳蝶 鳳蝶] in Chinese or [http://taibnet.sinica.edu.tw/chi/taibnet_species_detail.php?name_code=347293 Papilio memnon heronus]), a truly impressive butterfly.
  • Luckily this particular one kept coming back, so I was able to take some fairly nice photos but it wouldn't quite sit still or turn its back towards me. I guess I still have a long way to go as a wildlife photographer ...
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaeaceae Water Lilies] ([http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/睡蓮 睡蓮], literally "Sleeping Lotus").
  • A Lotus flower (蓮花 or 荷花) with a leaf and a bud.
  • Close up of a Lotus flower (蓮花 or 荷花).
  • Doesn't the yellow seed pod (or "pudding" as I call it) simply look delicious?
  • A dragon fly sunbathing on a Lotus bud.
  • A close-up of a pink Water Lily.
  • This photo would be so much nicer if it weren't for the spider. ;-)
  • A white water lily.
  • And another beautiful flower whose name I don't know ...