Open tulips

The one dozen cut tulips that I bought yesterday are starting to open up. Not all of them are at the same stage of development. I'm going to document their progress since I enjoy lighting them, and I need the practice. This was lit with an SB600 in a softbox on either side of the flower. The strobes were set to manual, and I adjusted the output until I got a result that I like. They were triggered by the pop up flash on my D90 in commander mode. Because I used an aperture of F22, a shutter…

A picked tulip, photographed indoors against a black velvet backcloth as part of the Plant Portrait/Macro activity today (at the Civray Photo Club. Taken 20 April, 2015 Lighting: Natural diffused window light Camera: Nikon D600. Lens: 105 mm micro-nikkor Exposure: 1/30 sec @ ƒ/6.3; ISO 125 Processed in Adobe Lightroom 5 Ref: (20150420-DSC_3217©ELN)

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Reflexing tulips is a fun way to elevate any tulip. And it is so easy! To reflex a tulip, all you need to do is gently peel back and bend each petal outwards. Start with the outer petals and work your way in to the center petals. You will then have a beautifully opened tulip. This is perfect for tulips that are a fe

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Tulips are one of my favorite. They are closed at first, but if they feel your sincerity, they will open up to you <3