An ephemeral roadside lake.
Tapanui, West Otago, New Zealand.
We were enjoying a walk up the road when I remarked to Nigel about how clear the water was in this puddle. He took the time to get a photo, it’s lovely!
The following images are cropped from the same photo …
Click on either to enlarge
It’s autumn down here, in New Zealand
Photo taken 17 April 2020
Text by Liz, photo by Nigel; Exploring Colour (2020)
updated 26 April 2020 – here’s the original image – uncropped
This makes me think of a children’s book about Alaska-“The Disappearing Lake.”
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1194815.Disappearing_Lake
Your ephemeral puddle will vanish, too.
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What a nice little puddle with a rim of pretty flowers. I’m impressed that the surface seems os clean. Well seen, Liz and Nigel.
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It was our first walk after we’d had a fair bit of rain and all the landscape was clean and bright – really lovely! The new puddle was so fresh and clear 🙂
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Interesting how the reflection seems longer than the object itself.
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That may be but it appears the top is cut off.
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True, but I couldn’t shake the apparent effect. Funny how the mind works sometimes.
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Reply to Steve G. and Steve S. — I’ve added the uncropped original image at the very end of the post. https://exploringcolour.wordpress.com/2020/04/22/too-pretty-for-a-puddle/
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There’s nothing wrong with cropping and with all that white sky in the uncropped version I think you did the right thing in the first two.. 🙂
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Thank you Steve G. It was interesting to see you two discussing the image! Yes.. I found the white sky a bit much. Good to get your feedback thanks.
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I really don’t like white skies, either. I somehow got two good pictures last month by gambling and shooting up toward white skies, but those were happy anomalies. I still think it’s best to avoid white skies as much as possible. Cropping them off is one way to go.
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An attractive small pond and a lovely title for the post!
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A beautiful landscape in miniature, Liz. Nicely captured!
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Thank you very much Sue, I’ve passed your comment on to Nigel xx
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It looks like a little lake for tiny beings, mayhaps the wee folks. The reflection of the pole is amazing. In the enlarged photo the small yellow flowers are adorable. They appear much like our Dandelions which are Benjamin’s favorite flower! Especially when they become white puffballs and my backyard is an oasis. Hope Nigel and yourself were able to get outdoors and celebrate Earth Day today or as is now in New Zealand, yesterday. Thank-you!
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As is my habit, I returned to read comments by others. Sadly, having already read Kay’s, I was forced to read my own! I realized that I had neglected to complete a thought in the second sentence. Imagine, if you will, a comma after amazing followed by “it looks just like a bridge across the puddle.” Thank-you, again!
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I apologize to Ann Mackay for calling her Kay! I will blame it on the hour, not my age…it is 2:12 AM here.
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I hadn’t seen Ann’s comment so I’m glad you mentioned it! Thank you.
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You’re right Ellen, it does look like a bridge. Nice one 🙂
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Reminds me of the very tiny natural pond in our field when I was a kid – used to love playing there with little boats. The water was clear there too – now I’m trying to build an artificial pond but it won’t have the charm of the ‘real thing’.
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I can imagine you playing boats on the puddle, how lovely!
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It was fun! 🙂
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