Water Lilies and Birds in Forest Park

Along the way to the St. Louis Zoo the other day I took pictures 

of various interesting plants and animals. I had my telephoto lens 

with me, so most of them were pretty far away-- the egret was on

 a waterfall and the water lilies were under a bridge-- and I had to 

think of some creative way to take their picture. Ironically

 enough I just learned about Monet and Impressionism in an art 

history course I'm taking, so I tried to get a luminous perspective of

 the water lilies and their reflection in the water.

St. Louis

Taken in July 2012