July 29 -- goldfish in the pond

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Looking west into West Park from near the eastern entrance to the park.

Walking over the pond on the bridge/boardwalk.  Not one duck.

But there were hundreds of goldfish, doing goldfish things.  Can you see the orange bits, in the lower right quadrant of this pic?

I had brought some oatmeal.  The previous week, one duck had told me that a smackerel of something would not come amiss, but I hadn't anything with me.  This week, I brought the oatmeal (dry, not cooked).  No ducks.

But goldfish like oatmeal.....  Those white specks below are oatmeal.  (To make the fish more visible, I put a duplicate of the image on top of the original, and did a "hard light" blend on the two.)

Here's a better look at the fishies......

The calm, after the feeding frenzy.

Looking west.........

This is a closer crop of the end of the flowers in the post above.

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