More Tulips

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It was a beautiful day, meaning sunny with some harsh light. I tried some backlit images and I shaded some with a piece of cardboard.

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Any thoughts appreciated.

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Canon R5 with either 100 mm macro or 24-105.


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Allen all shots look great. I especially like the “giant flying tulip” ( :wink:) and the backlit reds. Those reds have a nice glow and your keeping some stems in the frame adds some good context.

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Allen: More good stuff. My favorite is #9 followed by #6. I like the partial blooms in #10 but the partials in #7 don’t work for me. The portrait of #6 is really nice. I wonder what one could get shooting from that balloon or from a drone. Keep 'em coming. >=))>

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While the straight down images are kind of fun, Allen, my favorite is the 4th with the way the light comes through the foreground tulips and the sea of them in the background. It looks like you ran out of background there as I think more at the top would have been even better. I also like the hot air balloon over the tulip field, though getting a bit lower to eliminate the grass would have looked really cool as well.

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You had fun didn’t you? I can just imaging the smell - tulips are heavenly. The first one is so striking - double bloom? Not sure what they call them with extra petals. Love the richness of the color and the crinkly structure. The light and shadow in the fourth one is amazing, too. Really special with the lick of highlight at the top edge of the petals.

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