Beautiful! Things, events, people, all become so much more interesting when we look beyond the standard and expected impessions we're conditioned to look for.
Thanks for showing me with your photos; I'm trying to get better at looking outside the box.
Great shots! I love that the petals are curling in such neat ways. The light is perfect.
Thanks, also, for your encouraging words! I am feeling much better and my "funk" is going away. Thank goodness for long weekends and some time to get my head together. I'm really thinking I need to buy some journals to be creative in each day. I really liked that idea a lot. (Spending hiatus may have to go on hiatus today!) Thanks, again!
love these! now i want to take pictures of dead flowers ;) have a great weekend!
February 12, 2010 at 11:18 PM
AscenderRisesAbove said...
Just lovely! The life of a tulip is so short; great that you captured some forever. also love that selection of blue below; the one with tiny items laid on blue is particularly striking.
Just lovely! The life of a tulip is so short; great that you captured some forever. also love that selection of blue below; the one with tiny items laid on blue is particularly striking. so much inspiration here; continuing to love the little birds.
I think I prefer the lively, vivacious kind of tulips rather than the near-death-experience kind. Funny, my "verification word" was dedni. How apropos. . .
Your photos are beautiful. They remind me of a beautiful book by Irving Penn. He photographed fresh tulips as well as old desiccated tulips. I wish I bought the book when I saw it because now it's out of print.
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Close this window Jump to comment formoh absolutely. tulips are such drama queens... :)
February 12, 2010 at 4:04 PM
Oooh. I am finding tulips more interesting dead than alive! Especially with some yummy bokeh or blur in the background!
February 12, 2010 at 4:08 PM
Beautiful! Things, events, people, all become so much more interesting when we look beyond the standard and expected impessions we're conditioned to look for.
Thanks for showing me with your photos; I'm trying to get better at looking outside the box.
February 12, 2010 at 4:16 PM
Very sharp images....I am impressed!
What camera and lens do you use to take such photos ?
I am from Borneo and my blog is
http://hornbill-hornbill.blogspot.com
February 12, 2010 at 4:21 PM
thanks guys. it made me glad i hadn't gotten around to throwing these away when i saw the sun shining on them this afternoon. :-)
hornbill, i'm a nikon girl all the way. D300 + 60mm AF-S 1:2.8 nikkor macro lens.
February 12, 2010 at 4:41 PM
i was just thinking of putting mine in the garbage...maybe i'll keep them a bit more.
beautiful details
February 12, 2010 at 5:39 PM
Could be the lead in to a Swedish movie ... of course it would have to be in black and white.
February 12, 2010 at 6:38 PM
Great shots! I love that the petals are curling in such neat ways. The light is perfect.
Thanks, also, for your encouraging words! I am feeling much better and my "funk" is going away. Thank goodness for long weekends and some time to get my head together. I'm really thinking I need to buy some journals to be creative in each day. I really liked that idea a lot. (Spending hiatus may have to go on hiatus today!) Thanks, again!
February 12, 2010 at 7:44 PM
Oh, poor tulips, but great pictures and such gorgeous bright colours!
February 12, 2010 at 9:00 PM
I thought you were buried in snow. How wonderful that you found some tulips to brighten your days.
February 12, 2010 at 11:06 PM
love these! now i want to take pictures of dead flowers ;) have a great weekend!
February 12, 2010 at 11:18 PM
Just lovely! The life of a tulip is so short; great that you captured some forever. also love that selection of blue below; the one with tiny items laid on blue is particularly striking.
February 13, 2010 at 6:58 PM
oops; pushed before finished...
Just lovely! The life of a tulip is so short; great that you captured some forever. also love that selection of blue below; the one with tiny items laid on blue is particularly striking. so much inspiration here; continuing to love the little birds.
February 13, 2010 at 7:00 PM
FANTASTIC pictures!
February 13, 2010 at 7:28 PM
I LOVE macro shots :) These are especially pretty for dead flowers ;)
Thanks for the update on the clarity birds - I'm really looking forward to getting them! Have a nice weekend!
February 13, 2010 at 9:28 PM
how funny....
I just took photos of my dead tulips, too and I like them better than when they were alive.....
February 13, 2010 at 10:48 PM
I think I prefer the lively, vivacious kind of tulips rather than the near-death-experience kind. Funny, my "verification word" was dedni. How apropos. . .
February 14, 2010 at 5:06 AM
Your photos are beautiful. They remind me of a beautiful book by Irving Penn. He photographed fresh tulips as well as old desiccated tulips. I wish I bought the book when I saw it because now it's out of print.
February 14, 2010 at 6:25 AM
These fab photos are proof that decay can be quite arresting. Well done!
February 14, 2010 at 3:51 PM
Proof positive that aging is "beautiful" Barb xo
February 16, 2010 at 10:42 PM