Day One: not the first day in their lives, but my first photos.
Day Three: the same bud showing quite a bit more colour. This one hit the Explore category on Flickr, so it has had thousands of views — more than 7500 when I checked just now.
Also from Day Three, I really like this shot. It may be my fave of the whole lot.
Day Four: we are finally to some new (to you) photos. (The previous ones, I have posted before.) What an increase in both colour and openness from Day Three.
Day Five: the rate of daily change is slowing, but they are all more open and colourful, quite a deep purple or mauve, almost too much for my taste.
Day Six: now that the tulips were more open hoping to catch some backlight, I decided to turn them toward the window rather than away. Of course, this meant that the flowers were in shadow, so I overexposed by 3 stops. This made the background so bright that I decided to add a gentle sky in post. I think the light is much more dynamic, and the flowers, unintentionally but happily, became less saturated.
I love the softness of the photos. I don’t know how to express it otherwise.
ReplyDeleteA very beautiful series that nicely show the progression through growth and development.
ReplyDeleteAs you commented on my blog.... I am too also concerned about Easter morning. Will I muster up the resolve to continue my fast or will it go up in smoke, so to speak? I do not know I f I am ready for Lent to end for that reason.
Tulips are lovely, especially when they get long and lanky and start to droop. You are certainly having fun with your new toy, er I mean lens.
ReplyDeleteAn entrancing series of photos.
ReplyDeleteNice series of shots the last is my favorite as the flowers look so much brighter and vibrant nice Photoshop touch with the added sky to.
ReplyDeletebeautiful.
ReplyDeleteThat's just lovely....all of them. I hope you keep following them until they fade away. Gorgeous. And too, I wish I knew how to change backgrounds like that.
ReplyDeletePerfection. I like people who challenge me!
ReplyDeleteIt is obvious, John, that the macro lens purchase was a great idea as we now get to see its capabilities through some lovely series of photos. The tulips were lovely and in my favorite color as well.
ReplyDeleteExcellent treatment of your subjects.
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