“Yellow Tulip Bud #2” — A yellow tulip bud on the verge of blossoming.
This may seem like an odd admission, but the way I make these flower photographs has more in common with how I do street photography than, say, landscape photography. Because the subject appears to be still, you could think that I probably carefully pick a flower, set up a tripod, analyze the light, focus, and then make the photograph. The reality is that I shoot all of these with a small handheld camera, and I rarely spend more than a minute on a flower and often less…continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2025/05/29/yellow-tulip-bud-2/
One lone #tulip in front of the church by my place.
A week ago we went to the #Ottawa #tulip festival on cold and blustery day. The flowers had been battered by the weather a bit, and it was already late in the season so they were starting to show their age. But it was fun trying to capture their grace under pressure #MacroMonday #MayBlooms #Vivid
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“Tulip Bud and Leaves” — A spring tulip bud, just before blossoming.
This photograph is the result of something I rarely do — post the same photograph in monochrome and color versions. I shared a color version recently, but while I was working on the image in post I took a little detours and experiment with a black and white interpretation. I like both of them, though they do create different effects…continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2025/05/23/tulip-bud-and-leaves-2/
#flower #floral #tulip #blackandwhite #monochrome #nature #photography
A lovely double tulip, which we didn't plant, growing in our front garden. Actually, there was at least three of them, all white.
Sometimes, you just need some green and bloom in your cloudy day.
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Parfois, tu as juste besoin d’un peu de vert et de fleur dans ta journée nuageuse.
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Red tulip covered with morning dew
by blooming-lenses
lost in the future
whistling a happy tune
best is yet to come!
#mastoprompt whistle
#dailyhaikuprompt lost
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