Tulips

Gallery: FloraPosted April 6, 20151,038 views10 comments

Taken at sunrise at Skagit Valley on 4/3/2015. A quiet and un-crowded moment on Good Friday.

Nikon d800e with Nikon 14-24mm at F18 and 14mm.

I’d guess that a week or two of good tulip blooms are left. The daffodils are pretty much past their prime.

I posted a similar photo showing the sun taken just a few minutes after this one….see the PNW forum.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on April 6, 2015 at 8:40 AM

Ken:

The tulip patch at HK Flower Show is really pathetic compared to this!! Man what a sight this must be. Wish I could be there. I do remember you posting a similar image last year. Love the warm light and the vignette effect of the wide angle. Fabulous

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on April 6, 2015 at 9:27 AM

This is gorgeous, Ken. The perspective and the symmetry draw you deep into the beautiful light!

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on April 6, 2015 at 9:57 AM

Wonderful, sombre mood here, Ken, especially with those darkened bottom corners, and a quite magnificent spectacle. Excellent image !

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on April 6, 2015 at 10:43 AM

Excellent composition; the rows lead my eyes right back to the rising sun. Overall effect is wall-to-wall color. Beautiful.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on April 6, 2015 at 1:22 PM

Ken: This place is on my bucket list and your images have helped put it there. I really like your compositional choices with the leading lines toward the sunrise and the overall somber mood. Most excellent.>=))>

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Comment posted by scott lanz on April 6, 2015 at 7:21 PM

Awesome capture, Ken. I love the light. devil

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 6, 2015 at 7:47 PM

Gorgeous, Ken. I love the effect of the pre-dawn light on the tulips. Just the right amount of light tomake them glow above the leaves.

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on April 6, 2015 at 10:17 PM

Simply gorgeous Ken. What a place and what a nice capture. The light is just right and the colors are brilliant. Excellent work!

Sanjay

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Comment posted by Thomas Haney on April 7, 2015 at 10:48 AM

Wow, talk about mood. I love everything about this Ken, really great work.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on April 7, 2015 at 4:28 PM

An iconic subject, but this is lifted way beyond that with the somber mood and the incipient sunrise. A well timed catch! devil

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