Reflections and Serenity
by Bruce Bley
Title
Reflections and Serenity
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This is a photograph of a black and white tropical water lily was taken in a small pond at the Chicago Botanical Gardens in Glencoe, Illinois. It is a tropical Daylily bloom. When taking this work, I was try to capture the detail of the lily and the beautiful reflections of the lily in the still water.
Tropical water lilies bloom from summer to winter.
The Chicago Botanic Garden traces its origins back to the Chicago Horticultural Society, founded in 1890. With the motto Urbs in Horto, meaning "city in a garden," the Society hosted nationally recognized flower and horticultural shows, its third the World's Columbian Exposition Chrysanthemum Show, held in conjunction with the world's fair in October 1893.
After a period of inactivity, the Chicago Horticultural Society was restarted in 1943. In 1962, its modern history began when the Society agreed to help create and manage a new public garden. With the groundbreaking for the Chicago Botanic Garden in 1965 and its opening in 1972, the Society created a permanent site on which to carry out its mission. The Garden today is an example of a successful public-private partnership. It is owned by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County and operated by the Chicago Horticultural Society.
I hope you have enjoyed this photograph and will share it with others. You can see more of my work on my homepage and in the various galleries and groups that I am a member of. Your comments on my work are greatly appreciated. Thank you for visiting.
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August 19th, 2015
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Comments (26)
Robyn King
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in The World We See Group :-)
Bruce Bley replied:
Hi Robyn, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "The World We See". I appreciate the honor and you continued support of my work.
Bruce Bley
Chrisann, I sincerely appreciate the feature in the group "Weekly FUN For ALL Mediums Summer Fun". Thank you for the honor.
Bruce Bley
Navin, I am very grateful for the feature in the group "T100 Appreciating Quality Works From All Mediums 1 a day". Thank you for the honor.
Bruce Bley
David, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Midwest America Photography". I appreciate it very much.
Frank J Casella
Bruce -- CONGRATULATIONS!! Your beautiful artwork has been Featured by the - CHICAGOLAND ART GALLERY - Fine Art Group on Pixels.com, a Fine Art America Company! Thank you for sharing it !!
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the feature in the group "CHICAGOLAND ART GALLERY", Frank. I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Connie Handscomb
Bruce, this is wonderful in black & white, which captures the exceptional detail so well; so beautiful! :))
Bruce Bley
Rebecca, I am very grateful for the feature in the group "Pin Me - Daily". Thank you so much for the honor.
Bruce Bley
Tracy, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "self-taught artists Your Own". Thank you so much.
Bruce Bley
Martin, I want to thank you again for the feature in the group "Flower Mania". It means a lot to me.
Bruce Bley
Kim, I also want to thank you for the feature in the group "Black and White Photography". I appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Ludwig, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "ALL Fine Artwork". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Thank you for the feature in the group "Images That Excite You", John. I sincerely appreciate the honor.
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Clare Bevan
Instant favorite!!! Just so special on black and white!!! L/F/Tw
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you, Clare, I am glad you enjoyed this work and thank you for the promotion.
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “The Grayscale Outdoors” group on Fine Art America.
Bruce Bley replied:
Allan, I am very grateful for the feature in the group "The Grayscale Outdoors". Thank you for the honor.