Chicago tulips on film
Apr 4, 2021 05:38:37 #
Tulips are spring-blooming perennial herbaceous bulbiferous geophytes (say that 5 times fast). The short version is that tulips have bulbs as storage organs that bloom every year. The flowers are usually large, showy and brightly colored, generally red, pink, yellow, or white (usually in warm colors).
Canon EOS 1v, EF 180mm f/3.5L macro, Kodak Ektar 100
Chicago, IL
May 2020
Chicago tulips by Paul Sager, on Flickr
Tulips grew wild in the Tien Shan Mountains and were cultivated in Istanbul in 1055. In the 15th century, tulips were among the most prized flowers; the flower was the symbol of the Ottomans.
Chicago tulips
While tulips had probably been cultivated in Persia from the tenth century, they did not come to the attention of the West until the sixteenth century, when Western diplomats to the Ottoman court observed and reported on them. They were rapidly introduced into Europe and became a frenzied commodity during the Tulip mania.
Chicago Tulip
Tulips were frequently depicted in Dutch Golden Age paintings, and have become associated with the Netherlands, the major producer for world markets, ever since.
Chicago tulips
The Netherlands is the world's main producer of commercial tulip plants, producing as many as 3 billion bulbs annually, the majority for export.
Chicago tulips
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Canon EOS 1v, EF 180mm f/3.5L macro, Kodak Ektar 100
Chicago, IL
May 2020
Chicago tulips by Paul Sager, on Flickr
Tulips grew wild in the Tien Shan Mountains and were cultivated in Istanbul in 1055. In the 15th century, tulips were among the most prized flowers; the flower was the symbol of the Ottomans.
Chicago tulips
While tulips had probably been cultivated in Persia from the tenth century, they did not come to the attention of the West until the sixteenth century, when Western diplomats to the Ottoman court observed and reported on them. They were rapidly introduced into Europe and became a frenzied commodity during the Tulip mania.
Chicago Tulip
Tulips were frequently depicted in Dutch Golden Age paintings, and have become associated with the Netherlands, the major producer for world markets, ever since.
Chicago tulips
The Netherlands is the world's main producer of commercial tulip plants, producing as many as 3 billion bulbs annually, the majority for export.
Chicago tulips
These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.
Apr 4, 2021 06:08:45 #
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Apr 4, 2021 06:26:05 #
Apr 4, 2021 06:26:25 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Tulips are b i spring-blooming perennial herbace... (show quote)
Nice set of the Tulips Paul. Ektar film remember shooting pictures with it back then. Got to find my negatives. Have to scan them into digital files on of these days.
Apr 4, 2021 07:00:34 #
Well done Paul! These are really great! Which one would you pick as your fav out of curiosity?
Apr 4, 2021 07:32:39 #
Paul, as usual the photos are outstanding and the text wording well chosen. I always enjoy your posts!
Apr 4, 2021 10:03:18 #
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Apr 4, 2021 17:20:31 #
wide2tele wrote:
Well done Paul! These are really great! Which one would you pick as your fav out of curiosity?
Thank you Mark! I'm partial to the red & white image. I shot mostly digital with a sprinkling of film last Spring, traveling around Chicago for all the various tulips. With last year's experiences, I'll probably focus more film this Spring.
Apr 4, 2021 17:20:42 #
Thank you Dan, Joe, junglejim1949, venkatesh_eng, Mark, Country Boy, Erik, Mike! By the time I had the film processed from Spring a year ago, the season had moved. Glad you liked these slightly older results, a few weeks before the tulips arrive again here in Chicago.
Apr 4, 2021 18:59:01 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
I'm partial to the red & white image.
Thanks Paul. Found that one to be my fav as well.
Apr 4, 2021 19:07:40 #
Judging from the title and content of this thread you are a displaced hipster from Brooklyn. 
Since that EOS 1v has a mirror I find that all of these images are cold, heartless and uncaring...or so I've heard.
Gotta give it back now and then.
Since that EOS 1v has a mirror I find that all of these images are cold, heartless and uncaring...or so I've heard.
Gotta give it back now and then.
Apr 5, 2021 07:53:09 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Tulips are b i spring-blooming perennial herbace... (show quote)
Beautiful capture of tulips. I always enjoy your history lessons.
Apr 5, 2021 09:52:58 #
Jack B
Loc: Mount Pleasant, SC
Paul:
The photos are beautiful. Noticed you used Ektar 100. When I shot color negative film and when trying for really good results, I most often shot Ektar 25. Considering the various color negative films I have used, to me it was the most absolutely beautiful!
Jack B
The photos are beautiful. Noticed you used Ektar 100. When I shot color negative film and when trying for really good results, I most often shot Ektar 25. Considering the various color negative films I have used, to me it was the most absolutely beautiful!
Jack B
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