Tulips Together

Thanks so much Jan!! I’m really glad you think it has that look. When I saw those tulips with their variations I thought there was a possibility they would photograph like a watercolour or oil. Took a few tries though…..doesn’t it always? LoL …..(from the far north with the luxury of Katie’s laptop. :-)

Linda, you are just so terribly kind and encouraging. I’ll let you in on a secret….I only show the ones I hope are okay. If you only saw the deleted items….....:-D :-D Thank you so much for your lovely comment.

Thank you so much Hena!! :-)

I appreciate that comment very much Anaa! Thank you!! :-)

:-D Thank you dear friend of mine. You do some of the very best florals I’ve ever seen so your opinion is appreciated so much.

Thanks Renne!!! :-)

I’ve always love tulips too Joanne….in fact there aren’t too many flowers that aren’t my favourite. LoL I’m so glad you like the way I processed this…..there were so many choices along the way I have a file chock full of different versions. :-D

Dave, if I produce a picture that’s a smile-maker then my day has been made! Thank you so much my friend! :-)

Thanks Rose! And won’t be it fun and exciting to get out with the camera when the weather is lovely and the blossoms are blooming! I can hardly wait. :-)

Such a lovely comment Marjorie….it was snowing when I shot this and when I looked out the window at all that snow it was just a delight to be photographing tulips and thinking of how grand it is to be out in those spectacular gardens in spring where the tulips are massed with their wonderful colours. Thank you so much! :-)

A great big grin from me Carolyn. (the girls are asleep here and I’m tucked cosily on the couch with Katie’s laptop….gotta love technology!) These tulips and i had a few discussions in the process of photographing them…..I had to do a little loving coaxing to convince them they’d look nicer if they did a graceful yoga pose. Thanks Carolyn….your comments are always such a delight to receive. :-)

Tulips like roses just keep coming back and reminding us how beautiful they are. I totally understand though Janis….I feel that way about roses at the moment. :-D; Thank you so much for this lovely comment! Now I’m going to be looking forward to seeing new tulip work from you in May or June!

Thank you Antanas! :-)

Thank you Kate…..I’m really glad you like the processing. There is such a variety of choices we all make during the ‘process of processing’ it can become quite interesting. I’m very glad you like the effects I’ve chosen to develop for this one. :-)

Oh Elaine…..thank you SO much!! :-)

Thank you Sylvia! :-)

Thanks Lorilee!!!

Awwww…..thanks prb! I appreciate that! :-)

Thank you Kev….I really do appreciate that comment. PS and I have had quite the battle but I’m determined to be the winner. :-D

Kathy, your comments are always so lovely….thank you very much! :-)

Thank you Curtiss….I’m glad you think so. :-)

Thank you very much Steven! I really appreciate you stopping by and commenting! :-)

What a lovely comment Anna….thank you SO much! :-)

Thanks Imber! I really appreciate that. :-)

Well Gilberte, you’ve commented on the thing I really had to work on with this….the depth. It took a bit of fiddling once I applied the texture layers because the flowers began to look flat. I’m SO glad you’ve commented on that….thank you!!! :-)

Thank you so much Milos!!! :-)

Oh you sweetie….thank you so much Megan!! I’m really glad you like it and especially that you think it looks ‘painted’. :-)

LoL Heather…..thank you for that comment and for the favouriting! :-)

What a lovely thing to say! Thank you Nina! :-)

You mean you haven’t been you wondrous photographer? What’s keepin’ ya? :D
Thanks so much for the comment Annie! :)

Oh David….thank you so much. At the moment I’m without motivation even though I have a whole new box filled with my daughter’s pottery….I just can’t ‘see’ the next image in my mind’s eye. Your comment is such an encouragement and gives me some hope that I’ll see it soon. Thank you my friend! :-)

Thank you so much Jens!! I’m really glad you do! :-)

Thanks Irishpix!! :-D For the comment and for that happy little gif!!! Love it! :-D

Thanks John!! :-)

Thanks Nira!! :-D

Thank you so much Pat! Those colour striations are what drew me to these tulips in the first place….isn’t nature amazing!!!

Thank you very much Cheryl….for the comment and the fave! :-)

Oh thank you Sue…..what a lovely comment!! :-)

Smiling Ken….thanks for that comment. It’s warming in itself! :-D

I’m so glad you like the composition Paul….these poor tulips were pushed and shoved around until I could get what I wanted. Thankfully, they didn’t seem to mind. :D Thanks for this lovely comment!! :)

Thank you so much Gavin!!! :-)

Thank you so much Margaret….you, the woman of the most glorious of photographs!! :-)

Gee Kev…thank you so much! I’m really glad you like them. I mostly use my softbox which came with five different, plain backgrounds. My favourite is the neutral grey….it seems to take the textures the best. So yes, I add a varying number of textures depending on the look I want ..ususally an average of about 5 I think and I tend to use the same ones over and over again with different opacities. The textures that I’ve found work the best have started as photographs of stone or rust or concrete…nothing with too deep a texture like most barks. Then I start working with the texture to either change colours or light…or add some filters to them…mostly a lot of trial and error with the textures but the ones I’ve found to work the best with the kind of look I want have a lot of gold or green in them and also a lot of added light.

Thank you Tracey!! :-)

Hans, I thank you for that….I’m so glad you like the backgrounds! :-)