Five minutes with a mature tulip in J’s garden. This post is for the Regular Random tag (see below for more details).
Six divisions in the brown area – one for each leaf. Three pointy bits on the stamen. A perfect mandala in the centre of this vibrantly coloured flower.
One leaf that droops. The shape reminds me of wings. The yellow and tinges of red are fabulously offset by the green background.
This angle gives me a sense of the pillar-like stamen. I see strong shadows and triangular shapes too.
Sweet curves and a shadow shape on the foremost petal. Two winged petals on either side – it feels like it might take off and fly at any moment.
Spring joys!
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I like how you pointed out the “wings” and other details – such a nice wide open bloom to spend five Minutes with 😊
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Thank you so much. It’s amazing how open and big the bloom was. Sadly it has drooped now.
I enjoy looking at the details after I’ve taken the photos as I don’t often see them when I take the photos.
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Ahhhh – so it is later when the details really unfold –
I recently had some (maroon and red) tulips and two of them curled back so far when they were shriveling up – they had personality and
I did grab a photo – but not enough for the five minute challenge
– and just curious – how many photos did you take to narrow down the ones for this post?
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Sometimes I can take up to 15 or more when I’m photographing an unknown subject. Then afterwards I look at the details and cull the repeats or ones that don’t speak to me.
But I have been shooting flowers for many years and I have gotten more adept at knowing which angles to use and whether to get in close or zoom out.
So for this post, I took maybe 7 shots.
But it hasn’t always been like that! I practice a lot, everyday really. That’s my way of getting to know what works and what doesn’t with whatever camera I have to hand.
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thanks….
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Great post Debbie. The details are amazing. I’m photographing tulips right now as I am visiting Amsterdam, so this post was perfect timing 😊
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You have admired this flower with a mathematician’s eye – an interestingly detailed description of it.
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Hi Anne. Oh what an interesting observation. I would not have thought of it like that. I will re-read and ponder. Thank you.
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