First Lilly of the season and a few of the fish

[Oldhead]

This weather has really messed with my pond this year. It started to freeze so I drained the filters and shut them down, then the temp went back up to near 40 and never got cold again. Wound up starting the filters going after about 1 1/2 months of waiting for it to get cold. Water was real green, so I bought a new Uv bulb and cleared it in a few days. Spiked into the 80's a few weeks ago now its been hovering in the 50's. I don't think the bacteria has had a chance to take a good hold in the filters, because all the water parameters are elevated somewhat. I need to get a polarizing filter for my zoom lens. I have one for my standard lens but I wanted to play with the macro setting

 

[addy1]

Beautiful! Great fish, nice lily. I like using a polarizer, it gets rid of the glare, sometimes even cover the camera lens with a pair of sun glasses.

 

[j.w]

Great closeups,pretty fish and lily blooms! You shoulda put one of the fish faces in the photo of the month contest here but too late now!