A Trinity of Tulips

A few years ago, I purchased a macro lens with the idea that I could use it when I was stuck indoors for much of the time during winter. My macro attempts were always very so-so, and I wasn't bothered to get into it again this winter. As you well know, I do have JJ's hockey games to give me winter photo tasks, so I haven't really been lacking for photo ops.

However, I picked up a very small pot of tulips on the cheap, and since three is a nice number for photographs, I broke down and did a quick shoot. I also liked how the three were arranged with one higher and curving.

I used a folding display board, the kind that kids use for school projects, for the background. You can see that I got a bit of shadow from the flap on the right side of this photo although I don't think it presents a huge problem.

However, I did notice that little shadow problem in time for the next photo when I turned the display board around to use the cardboard side for the background. I don't mind the cardboard texture.

I would classify these photos as closeups rather than true macro photos although I was using my macro lens. To me, macros involve getting closer than this, focusing more on one flower or even just a small part of one flower. But I really like how the three blooms were configured, so that is how I chose to photograph the tulips in this case.