Mature Tulips

Gallery: FloraPosted May 2, 2011416 views10 comments

The end of tulip season arrives...with a thud. Never did get up to Skagit Valley, instead a short visit to nearby nursery provided this shot. Taken in late afternoon sun.

Zeiss 100mm, macro with polarizer on Nikon D300

This was tough finding the right f-stop...and dof. This is more mid-range, neither sharp throughout nor overly blurred. I applied some noise reduction to smooth some 'tulip' age spots trying to create a more new-born look than over-the-hill.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Zaccaria Exhenry on May 2, 2011 at 8:07 AM

Incredible colors, i really like how the image lets us create the scene outside of the frame in our minds.
Great work!

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on May 2, 2011 at 2:02 PM

Beautiful !
Lovely mix of colours. Liked the 'scattered look' of the light.
The top half of the frame could probably make another image on its own.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 2, 2011 at 6:27 PM

Your choice of dof works well. There's enough sharpness in the grape hyacinths so that they fit in and are not distracting, but the attention is on the tulips. The lighting on the tulips against the backdrop of green leaves helps keep the attention where you want it.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 2, 2011 at 8:03 PM

Ken: Jaw dropping gorgeous. What a marvelous combination of blooms and spectacular light. Superior image. >=))>

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 2, 2011 at 9:41 PM

Love the colors, the comp and the clarity in the image Ken. Nothing wrong with the light either. Beautiful image.

pat

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Comment posted by Kedar Bhat on May 2, 2011 at 11:16 PM

beautiful saturation and contrast. Also the warm sunlight penetrating through the leaves

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on May 3, 2011 at 2:23 PM

Stunning pallete of colors Ken. Very well seen and captured in my opinion.
Bob

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on May 12, 2011 at 2:11 AM

Many congrats on the EP, Ken !! It really is great handling of the dof and a wonderfully composed, multi-coloured image.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on May 12, 2011 at 9:19 PM

Don't know how I missed this the first time around Ken, awesome. You're processing really shines on this one and I like the somewhat layered composition.
Congrats on the WP!

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on May 13, 2011 at 12:14 AM

Thanks for the generous comments. Pat and Bill, I am honored and appreciative. Ken S

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