Tulip

I practice my shooting with my plant, miss tulips. Got the cardinal red! I need to do something as I don’t practice a lot in my photography. Somehow, I always end up doing something during the weekend. Mostly give it to Calvin. He likes to do something else which not my interest. I like outdoor activities where I can play around with my camera. I’m planning to get a better camera this year if my skills keeping me up. I’m really taking it seriously but Calvin thinks I’m just playing around for fun. Guess, I’m just a person who playing around in this eyes.

Anyhow, I tried editing the photos. Not sure if I did a good job or not. I’m still figuring out how to do a better job but it’s not a one day practice to learn all the tricks. To me, I have hard time coz I’m so in love with black and white photos. To have colors on my photos need a lot of patience to have what I want to present it. Never knew editing can be tough. Check it out yourself.

Unopened tulip (fully red)

Half red and half green

Slightly open


Caught this on one Sunday morning around 7am. They actually close when they sleep. Interesting!

Slightly wide open

Inner view of the tulip

When all three bloom


Totally wide open before the petals fall


Okay, here another batch of editing. I can’t help myself coz I must have a black and white photos. This took me a very long time to have a prefect editing. It was harder than I thought. Color was much easier. Now I understand, why Calvin not into black and white photos coz you need a lot of time and patience. Black and white is the precious photos. You can’t get it right all the time due to lighting and etc. By the way, let me know what you think thought. Did I do a great job? Give me some advice. PLEASE!!!!





Wikipedia ~ Tulipa, commonly called tulip, is a genus of about 150 species of bulbous flowering plants in the family Liliaceae. The native range of the species included southern Europe, north Africa, and Asia from Anatolia and Iran in the west of northeast of China. The centre of diversity of the genus is in the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains and the steppes of Kazakhstan. A number of species and many hyrid cultivars are grown in gardens, used as pot plants or as fresh cut flowers. Most cultivars of tulip are derived from Tulipa gesneriana.

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4 Response to "Tulip"

  1. vextoria says:
    March 31, 2009 at 5:30 PM

    Hi,

    Good job... I love shooting flower too. In my opinion, for flower shooting, the strength will be in its structure and colors.

    I know how much you love B&W from your previous portraiture (so do I). It's always classic though hehehe...

    I love taking flower too, I usually use aperture for this kind of subject to get more bokeh effect. Would love to try on a macro lens one day.

    So, when you come back we can scout Botanical Garden to snap snap some flower yah? Btw, what camera & setting you use for that shot?

    good day!

  2. Calvin says:
    April 1, 2009 at 9:22 AM

    didn't know flowers sleep... amazing

  3. JennBunny says:
    April 1, 2009 at 11:50 AM

    Hi Viv,

    Thanks! Marco lens is great when you want a close up shots. Right now, I'm not going to invest on any lens till i get a better camera.

    For this shots, i'm using the most basic camera "Canon Rebel Eos XT". My bf told me not to get an expensive one first coz i need to practice and have the eye of it till i gets better. So far, he likes my shots and planning to get me a good one since i'm ready.

    To be honest, i really like this camera that i have right now. Coz it's light and i can bring it anywhere when i'm traveling. We have another camera which is better but too heavy to bring it around.

  4. vextoria says:
    April 1, 2009 at 5:14 PM

    I like to see 'when all three bloom' - pix 1... so beautiful... nice for wall paper.