Skagit Valley Tulips (PL)
Dec 6, 2017 15:09:11 #
It was a little wet to go "tip-toeing" through. Photo from Spring of 2015. Image was taken from 3 shots handheld, combined with ICE, post processed with LightZone. Final image is 22.5 MB, so if it doesn't do good, I will resize and repost.
Jerry
Jerry
Dec 6, 2017 15:11:56 #
I like it. I’ve done the Tulip farms down here—never done the Skagit Tulips
Dec 6, 2017 15:16:53 #
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
I like it. I’ve done the Tulip farms down here—never done the Skagit Tulips
It was an excuse for a weekend get away with my wife. This photo was taken on the Friday of that weekend. The crowds (and traffic) were terrible on Saturday.
Jerry
Dec 6, 2017 15:20:07 #
Erdos2 wrote:
It was an excuse for a weekend get away with my wife. This photo was taken on the Friday of that weekend. The crowds (and traffic) were terrible on Saturday.
Jerry
Jerry
I last attended a Nikon USA sponsored event hosted by ProPhoto Supply. They had several lenses out of my budget (trying to retire). They let us try a 200-500, + the holy trinity.
Dec 7, 2017 08:04:12 #
Dec 7, 2017 08:58:06 #
Jerry, a very nice result. Love the vertical flow of the tulips clashing with the horizontal flow of the background. The long, straight rows are the opposite of the more random appearance of the clouds. I am not quite sure I like the visual clash between the flowers and sky. I think how can the flowers be in such strong sunlight that makes them look so vivid while the sky is so ominous. This is a fun shot to play with in that regard. Thanks for posting.
Dec 7, 2017 16:11:16 #
abc1234 wrote:
Jerry, a very nice result. Love the vertical flow of the tulips clashing with the horizontal flow of the background. The long, straight rows are the opposite of the more random appearance of the clouds. I am not quite sure I like the visual clash between the flowers and sky. I think how can the flowers be in such strong sunlight that makes them look so vivid while the sky is so ominous. This is a fun shot to play with in that regard. Thanks for posting.
This image is facing east which is the direction that the clouds were moving, so the storm had passed. The upper right hand portion of the image gives hint to the transition that was happening in the rest of the sky. At that point, the sun was filtered by much lighter thinner clouds. While this field did not have direct bright sunlight on it, it was much nicer than what was under the background sky. As we drove to other fields in the area (there are many other fields), the sun did come out. Those images were not as interesting from a panorama or landscape type view, sometimes because of the direction the field faced, and sometimes because of other background views. After seeing a handful of fields, they soon became "yep, it's another pretty tulip field" and we went to see and take pictures of old barns in the area.
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