Sweating it out?

Gallery: FloraPosted April 14, 201060 views8 comments

It appears that some tulips are sweating out the short season that they have to be in bloom.

Shot this morning at the Woodland Tulip Festival field, Woodland WA
I cropped this down to almost square, wanting to improve the comp. by removing most of the petal in the up/left side. I originally eliminated that petal completely but then it looked too crowded.

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canon 7D
canon 100mm macro f2.8L IS USM
F/8. -1 1/60 ISO 100
tripod, ballhead, cable release & plamp

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Bernie Kasper on April 14, 2010 at 10:22 PM

I love the vivid color in this Craig, the water droplets add a great touch as well, nicely done !!

Registered on June 5, 2005, 251 Posts, 3734 Comments

Comment posted by Angela Classen on April 14, 2010 at 10:23 PM

Craig, you would have needed more than a plamp to keep the tulips still around here today. Very windy! It would have blasted the dew drops right off.

I really, really like the dew drops. They almost look like jewels. This would look nicer without the petal on the left, but can see if you crop, it would be too crowded. So we just enjoy it as posted! It's lovely.

Registered on June 13, 2007, 434 Posts, 2742 Comments

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on April 15, 2010 at 8:40 AM

I like this as shown Craig. The left bloom is somewhat distracting, but it also shows depth. Well composed and executed in my opinion.

Bob

Registered on October 27, 2005, 289 Posts, 4202 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Lundh on April 15, 2010 at 5:03 PM

Another solid Tulip image. I love the details!

Registered on April 28, 2004, 774 Posts, 4351 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Lowe on April 15, 2010 at 7:47 PM

Nice shot, Craig. With the OOF BG, I don't think it would be too hard to clone out the offending petal.

Registered on February 11, 2004, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on April 15, 2010 at 10:05 PM

Hi craig

Your becoming the master of dew capture. Gorgeous color and detail on this capture

Albert Darmo Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on April 16, 2010 at 5:03 PM

Craig: Looks good to me. I think what I would do with the OOF petal is just desaturate the intense color a bit. Nicely done. >=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Kris Johnson on April 18, 2010 at 8:49 PM

Very nice. I love the composition, the light and of course the water droplets.

Registered on March 6, 2010, 26 Posts, 299 Comments