ephemeral pond by vankrey

ephemeral pond

We've had nearly unprecedented rain these last 24 hours and we luckily managed to escape water damage in the house, but our backyard in now an unexpected water feature. I thought the garden lights along the buried garden stones was worth a capture, and then I unplugged the electric lights when I realized what I was photographing.
Wow -- this is a beautiful abstract! I hope you weren't walking in that while the electricity was on!
April 19th, 2013  
Ha love the lights, nice reflections on excessive rain, wish we had some excessive rain....
April 19th, 2013  
What a beautiful photo, and glad we are reading about this electricity and water experiment AFTER you are safely unplugged. :) The things we do for 365. But really, a great photo!
April 19th, 2013  
Beautiful!
April 19th, 2013  
it's a great scene from a photography perspective - nightmare from a weather and living persepctive!
April 19th, 2013  
A true 365 photographer you are- photo first, safety second! Great shot!
April 19th, 2013  
Great photo! Funny that you made the shot before realizing the danger)
April 19th, 2013  
Oeps... But great shot !! Lovely color & reflections
April 19th, 2013  
oh, LOVE this. eeek about the electricity!!
April 20th, 2013  
@taffy we've got to get the shot where we can! The whole time I was thinking "I should be inside helping with dinner" rather than "there is electricity powering those lights"!!
April 20th, 2013  
@ssimon thanks! we really needed the rain as well, and though I'm not complaining, a lot of people in greater Chicago are having a hard time of it!
April 20th, 2013  
@jyokota thanks Junko! I was thinking about you the whole day - did you make it out in good time?
April 20th, 2013  
@juliesviewoflife thanks Julie - I'm hoping the plants sitting under the water all recover OK!
April 20th, 2013  
@olivetreeann thanks for the comments. Let's see how daring I can be!
April 20th, 2013  
@sparkle Yes, there are so many people really having a hard time with the flooding. This one broke many of the records, and though my flooding is down a bit from yesterday, the rivers are still rising - causing difficulties for everyone.
April 20th, 2013  
@arina yes, funny until it's not, right. I was seriously considering straightening the lantern for the shot, but was too lazy to figure out how - then it dawned on my what I was actually shooting!
April 20th, 2013  
@sjouk thanks! still covered in water - this will take a couple of days to recede, I think.
April 20th, 2013  
@kklickr I don't really understand why they even turned on - I would have thought they'd have shorted out!
April 20th, 2013  
Unfortunate Beauty! I hope you are all ok and not a lot of damage was done. This photo is amazing with all the reflections and colors geese 365 can make us straight crazy sometimes!!!!! I'm glad I'm not the only one. LOL
April 21st, 2013  
Fav by the way:) Not to encourage your crazy behavior or anything!
April 21st, 2013  
Meg
a beautiful, reflective photo!
April 22nd, 2013  
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