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Reflections
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Copyright: Cheryl Gonzalez (gonzalezcheryl) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 12 W: 0 N: 10] (59)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-11-05
Categories: Nature
Exposure: f/3.9, 1/60 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-05-15 20:44
Viewed: 235
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This was taken at the L.A. County Arboretum & Botanical Gardens in Arcadia, California. I like the way the palm trees are reflected in the water. The goose on it's own would not be so interesting.

A little history on the Arboretum as taken from it's website:

In early Arboretum days the lake was designated LASCA (Los Angeles State and County Arboretum) Lagoon, perhaps a reference to its film location possibilities, perhaps a corruption of the Spanish word for lake. Johnny Weissmuller swam in LASCA Lagoon/Baldwin Lake for three decades as Tarzan and later as Jungle Jim. A local news story reported that he, in fact, set an unrecorded Olympic swim record when a cage of crocodiles was accidentally opened during filming (Weissmuller beat the crocs to the lake shore). Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour took up a month-long watery Baldwin Lake residence in homes on stilts for the filming of Road to Singapore in 1939, the same year the Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.,/Madeleine Carroll film Safari managed to sink a paddlewheel boat in the same lake. Undaunted, television's original "Fantasy Island" lowered a pontoon plane by helicopter onto Baldwin Lake and propelled it across the water to disembark visitors to Mr. Roark's island paradise. For Alex Haley's "Roots II", Baldwin Lake became Kunta Kinte's river home in Africa.

Thanks for your comments or critiques.
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good work and welcome to tl

Hi Cheryl

Welcome to TL.
Good picture of the goose, nice details and focus.
Nice reflections in the background.
Would have been better if you had the reflection of the head as well.

Regards Derek

Hello Cheryl

Welcome to TL!

This is might fine reflection of this goose. Lovely capture!

I too like reflections of birds, check out some of my photos sometime. I hope you find them helpful for photo tips and enjoyment. TFS.

Regards,
Martyn

Cheryl, It's like the bird is on a mirror rather than a pond - nice capture! well done.

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