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SpringChallenge TULIP IMAGES-- WINNERS POSTED!

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Posted by Catherine Reilly on April 3, 2012 at 5:22 PM
For the month of April, post your TULIP IMAGES, from Outings, HERE, for the Spring Challenge. Please say where you took the shot. Post as many as you want of macro, landscape, in all weather/lighting, shots taken outdoors in the farms and fields of local growers. Nuthin' store bought, or still life. The goal is to get out together and have fun, try out new toys, new techniques and new perspectives on TULIPS.

POST TULIP IMAGES HERE, in this thread.

Post OUTING MEET-UP times and places under the OUTINGS header on the PNWNP FORUM PAGE.

Go, gang! :cool:

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WINNERS POSTED: Six PNWNP Photogs submitted a total of 28 images of TULIPS.

See the winners in the categories of BEST OF: PORTRAIT, DESIGN, GROUP SHOT, OUT OF THE BOX, LANDSCAPE, SELECTIVE FOCUS, in the thread below.

Thanks to all the participants for TAKING THE CHALLENGE!
Posted by Ned Fenimore on April 4, 2012 at 11:15 AM
I can't wait to get some images to post! Thanks, Catherine
Posted by Catherine Reilly on April 10, 2012 at 4:09 PM
My first shot of tulips this season. Image taken at Roosengaarde, Skagit Valley. The bloom is just beginning. But, oh boy! the ones in the show garden are so new and pristine, the blossoms show the evidence of recent birth. As seen here, there are still tiny hairs on the bloom and it looks like a sepal is still stuck to it.

f 11, 1/250, -1.0ev, 70-200 @ 82, ISO 320, cpl, handheld. Processing: removed a person's blurred face at the top (intruder alert!), slight crop from the top, dodge/burn, levels- selectively and globally.

Can't wait to go back!
Posted by Catherine Reilly on April 10, 2012 at 4:54 PM
Orange Emperor pair. Also at Roosengaarde. I think these were my favorite on the day. Spent over an hour with them.

f11, 1/50, +0.67ev, 105/2.8 VR, hh, cpl. Basic post-processing.

Posted by John Williams on April 11, 2012 at 11:18 PM
Beautiful!! I love the light in that first one!
Posted by Craig Strand on April 11, 2012 at 11:46 PM
Catherine, I "ditto"Johns comment regarding the light on the first, it's really special!
Posted by Ned Fenimore on April 13, 2012 at 12:09 AM
Awesome first shots... I like them both a lot! Looks like I will be at Woodland the next two weekends!
Posted by Craig Strand on April 15, 2012 at 11:12 AM
Woodland Tulip Festival- 2012
Posted by Craig Strand on April 15, 2012 at 11:31 AM
Woodland Tulip Festival - 2012
Posted by Catherine Reilly on April 15, 2012 at 4:40 PM
Now we're cookin' !! Keep 'em comin' everybody! :jump:
Posted by Jeremy Cram on April 15, 2012 at 8:38 PM
Birth of a Tulip...


Here's a few from a few days ago at Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm.


WINNER! BEST OF "DESIGN" :toast:
Posted by Jeremy Cram on April 15, 2012 at 8:38 PM
Flowers of a Feather...
Posted by Jeremy Cram on April 15, 2012 at 8:39 PM
In the Fold...
Posted by Craig Strand on April 17, 2012 at 12:21 PM
"Pretty in Pink," Woodland Tulips Festival 2012
Posted by Ned Fenimore on April 18, 2012 at 9:29 PM
Lovely images! Thoroughly impressed!
Posted by Dean Huggins on April 21, 2012 at 11:14 PM
Nice work Jeremy. Good one Craig. I plan on posting as soon as we have tulips blooming. Some have started and others are coming.
Posted by Ned Fenimore on April 24, 2012 at 1:23 AM
one of many tulips shot today with Catherine... sorry I couldn't get more, Catherine, but Vegas awaits!!

WINNER! BEST OF "SELECTIVE FOCUS" :toast:
Posted by Catherine Reilly on April 24, 2012 at 1:58 AM
S-W-E-E-T !! Oh, did that ever turn out well. A fine processing job, Ned, considering the field conditions. I learned a lot by watching how you picked your subjects, and I remember this group. Really nice selective focusing; glad we could practice that together. Good luck and have a great time in Vegas!
Posted by Craig Strand on April 24, 2012 at 9:42 AM
This is a beauty Ned, great job!
Posted by Ned Fenimore on April 24, 2012 at 12:07 PM
Thanks, you two... I think we did great in blaring, 85 degree direct sun... I am so burned today, though... at least I'll be in Nevada with some color in t a few hours!
Posted by Ned Fenimore on April 24, 2012 at 12:39 PM
These was something appealing about the way the light illuminated the bottoms of these pink tulip cups. Enhanced with Nik filters
Posted by Craig Strand on April 24, 2012 at 1:59 PM
WOW Ned, what an eye! This is wonderfully composed and the NIK effect with the glow helps make this the exceptional image that it is..... love it!
Posted by Craig Strand on April 24, 2012 at 2:01 PM
Another from the Woodland Tulip Festivals Show Field. This is a severe crop and is about 20% of the original image.
Posted by Catherine Reilly on April 25, 2012 at 2:21 AM
Ned and I had a fun 1-1/2 days of tulips! We shot everything from the traditional to the experimental.

Here is one from Wooden Shoe: "Meditation On Tulips"

WINNER! BEST OF "OUT OF THE BOX" :toast:
Posted by Joseph Campisi on April 29, 2012 at 1:24 PM
Electric Pink

From Tulip Town up at Skagit.
Posted by Joseph Campisi on April 29, 2012 at 1:26 PM
Red Velvet

Another one from Tulip Town

WINNER! BEST OF "GROUP SHOT" :toast:
Posted by Joseph Campisi on April 29, 2012 at 1:28 PM
Waves Of Color

More Tulip Town...
Posted by Joseph Campisi on April 29, 2012 at 1:29 PM
Pink Soldiers...

...Marching toward the horizon.

Posted by Ned Fenimore on April 30, 2012 at 12:12 AM
Woodland, Washington.... "Peaches and Cream"
Posted by Ned Fenimore on April 30, 2012 at 12:13 AM
Woodland, Washington.... "On Fire!"
Posted by Don White on April 30, 2012 at 11:53 AM
"Tulip Closeup" was taken at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn, OR.
Posted by Don White on April 30, 2012 at 11:55 AM
"Dreamy" is another one from the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival.
Posted by Don White on April 30, 2012 at 11:56 AM
"Sun-kissed" is one more from the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival

WINNER! BEST OF "LANDSCAPE" :toast:
Posted by Ned Fenimore on May 1, 2012 at 3:54 PM
The new additions here are great.. there is some seriously good talent on here!
Posted by Ned Fenimore on May 2, 2012 at 10:55 PM
Thought I'd throw a couple more up.

Woodland Washington,

vertical frame, bottom half cropped off...
Posted by Ned Fenimore on May 2, 2012 at 10:56 PM
And one more - Woodland, Washington
Posted by Joseph Campisi on May 4, 2012 at 11:33 PM
A few more from me...
Posted by Joseph Campisi on May 4, 2012 at 11:35 PM
#2
Posted by Joseph Campisi on May 4, 2012 at 11:36 PM
#3
Posted by Joseph Campisi on May 4, 2012 at 11:37 PM
#4
Posted by Craig Strand on May 6, 2012 at 7:47 PM
Adjoining tulips, shot at Woodland Tulip Festival 2012

WINNER! BEST OF "PORTRAIT" for this "head shot." :toast: