The water movement around the koi, flowers, lily pads, scales, fins and colors used on the koi are all lifelike. The water swirls in and out the way the actual water would move if the fish was actually swimming in your pond. The water has waves to look like small ripples and the flower looks to have sun shining on various part of it. The lily pads look very realistic and shine like there is a mist water on top of them to. The Koi fish has accurate colors for a Hikari-utsurimono, the scales and the fins have lines in them that make them look exactly as the fins and scales do on the fish. This piece of art work is full of details.