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Two herons stand quietly on the statue of a mythological 'cherub' (in the form of a young boy with little wings) holding on tightly around the neck of a large swan, in the middle of Nelumbo Pond, in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.

6000 x 4000 pixels, digital photograph.

The Nelumbo Pond is one of the most popular features of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. It is often entirely covered with large water lilies. At the time of this photograph, in Autumn, most of the water lilies are in the process of withdrawing their vital fluids.

The statue of a mythological 'cherub' (in the form of a young boy with small wings) holding on tight around the neck of a large swan sits inaccessibly in the middle of the pond.

Autumn colours in the leaves of some trees.