There is something wonderful and calming about the gentle waterlily, the Nymphaeaceae that immediately invoke the calmness of a warm summer’s day and harken the naiads. These are the fresh water nymphs of ancient Greek mythology. The strange thing about these seminal myths is that they always raise, in me at least the desire that they were somehow true.

The pink waterlily (Nymphaea rubra) of Figure 1 I took by a quiet pool at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, FL. Yes I was mindful of the Florida approbation not to get too close to the water’s edge.

Canon T2i with EF 100-400 mm F/4.5-5.6 L IS USM lens at 235 mm, ISO 1600 Aperture Priority AE mode 1/1000th sec at f/7.1 with no exposure compensation.