Red Reaching Up Photo

Photographer’s Note

For some time now I have been trying to improve on the Windows default desktop background photo with a few ideas of my own. This capture taken at the Tulip Festival in Agassiz last week. Stopping down to f11 was a good idea with the wide angle 10-22 lens. That lens has a nice sweeping reach for captures like this. I hope you like this composition.

Docarmo, Dpbours, ktanska, besnard, macondo, PaulVDV, Dyerco, Goutham, Kielia, BelCan75, Selmik, jhm has marked this note useful

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Zbychu (99) 2009-05-04 20:42 [Comment]

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hamady (654) 2009-05-04 20:44

Very nice POV and color contrast,very bright picture ;o)

Docarmo (8812) 2009-05-04 21:35

Hi Paul,
Beautiful, beautiful! An excellent result with this low POV. You made us like tulips... I'm feeling like one of them, receiving all this magnificent sun of the spring.
Thanks for sharing,
Docarmo

paromitadey (157) 2009-05-04 22:03

Hello Paul,

Loved this composition.
You made me feel like the Frog prince sitting beneath a small red umbrella. I loved the bright sky and the red tulips from a different perspective.
TFS.

Regards,
Paromita

Fransx (1453) 2009-05-04 22:23

Hi Paul,
An amazing shot with a great point of view!
Great management of light on the tulips and the grass!
Fantastic contrast of the beautiful reds and greens and the blue!
The sky is just a beauty with the star effect of the sun!
Nice photography!
Regards.

Francis Xavier

Dpbours (210) 2009-05-04 22:31

Hi Paul,

Hahaha, nice comment on the desktop. But my desktop is in the landscape layout and not in portrait layout. Looking forward to the landscape version of this one ;-).

Greetings, Dennis

ktanska (16353) 2009-05-04 22:41

Hi Paul,
Extreme contrast well in control. Wide angle seems to be excellent for frog's PoV. Lovely clear colours. I need to try that myself.
Kari

Rafer (4066) 2009-05-04 22:43

Acertada y diferente composición floral...saludos

besnard (30020) 2009-05-04 22:52

Bonjour Paul
Une très jolie composition printanière cadrée de façon remarquable. C'est une belle réussite.
Merci pour le partage et bonne journée.
Nicole

madredeus (376) 2009-05-04 23:00

Hi

Haha, now I know how it is to be a tulip :-)
Thanks for this photo - it is really interesting and has wonderful colours!
regards

macondo (12933) 2009-05-04 23:55

Hi Paul.
Great use of the very wide angle. I imagine you were lying on your back. The view is superb, with the sun coming through the petals. Fantastic exposure. The colours are awesome. The way those tulips are leaning into the scene, towering over the viewer, really makes an interesting perspective. Great work.
Regards,
Andrew

giorgimer (20576) 2009-05-04 23:56

Hi Paul,

I saw similar shots in the past and I think it's always a good idea for this subject, good colors and obviously POV.

TFS

Gio

Bushrat (67) 2009-05-05 0:52

Hi Paul
Great composition and nicely exposed. All the colours are just right, not easy when shooting into the sun. I've seen plenty of tulip photos on TE but I like this one the best. Nice one!
Regards
Alex

npecanhuk (12919) 2009-05-05 2:22

Hi Paul!
That's another fantastic picture and the highlights in here are the extremely well thought and chosen low viewpoint and also the perfect management of light (exposure)!
The result is unique, very attractive and truly wonderful!
A real pleasure to my eyes!
TFS - congratulations!
Greetings from Brazil,
Neyvan

ldalef (68) 2009-05-05 5:33

Hi Paul,

Good composition, the contrast of color against the sky is great. I like the way the tulips frame the picture keeping the sky central. The sun looking like a star shining down on the tulips, makes one think of how the tulip feels enjoying it. Good capture.

Laurie

PaulVDV (5018) 2009-05-05 9:38

Hello Paul,
So this is what ants see. This very low point of view resulted in a beautiful colour composition. The blue, red and green go very well together.
I like how you surrounded the sun with the tulips. Very good light management.
Best regards, Paul

Dyerco (8816) 2009-05-05 10:11

Hi Paul
Well done for lying down on the job. Great perspective.
Phil

Goutham (133) 2009-05-05 10:13

Hello Paul,

An unusual pov, the effect is stunning! Great colours too,

tfs,
Goutham

Kielia (8111) 2009-05-05 10:22

Hi Paul,
you are right, the blossoms of these tulips are very attractive due to your low POV and the excellent management of the light. A wonderful impression with amazing colors, especially the red and blue are contrasting very nicely. Congratulation!
Warm regards
Harriet

zanzi (4379) 2009-05-05 13:09

Hi Paul
Great idea to shoot lying in the flowers.
Bravo
Chris

jazu (381) 2009-05-05 15:18

Hi Paul.
Fabulous shot. Great POV. World seen by tulip toddler standing between adults:)
cheers
Janusz

Aline_N (3157) 2009-05-05 17:24

An excellent version of this big classic. The POV is amazing, the light well managed. The sun is perfectly catched.
Maybe this sun could have been placed more at the left, and lower on thr picture, for the composition.
Nevertheless, a superb picture

BelCan75 (2416) 2009-05-05 20:46

Hi Paul,

This is an amzing shot of those beautiful tulips in the sunlight. I really angle you took them from...were you laying on the ground? Excellent POV with great light, such beautiful rich colours and great details. I love it! Excellent work, Paul!

Greetings,
Ann

pauloog (6278) 2009-05-06 15:25

Hello Paul,
I must admit I am not such a fan of tulip flower fields, as I find their colours often too strong screaming. But thjis is a wonderful view, well composed and so transparant with the back-light. Must not have been easy laying on the ground...
Well done.
Regards,
Paul

jjcordier (24010) 2009-05-06 22:14

Paul
Très belle réalisation aux belles couleurs avec un cadrage très original et une parfaite maitrise de la lumière.
Amicalement
JJ

Selmik (1302) 2009-05-07 16:14

Hi Paul,
thanks for stopping at my gallery.
It is a very interesting composition with nice colors and details. The most that amazed me is the POV and polarizer effect on the sunlight.
TFS,
Mike

jhm (81561) 2009-05-08 3:53

Hello Paul,

This find I a very nice idea how you these photograph made.
I shall in future this also once try.
Very specially and pleasant for look at.
Sharpness and clarity are superb.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John.

anto95 (1686) 2009-05-11 6:10

Hi Paul,
You chose a very good position to take this shot with success!
Antonello

Aviller (3086) 2009-05-21 3:11

A truly interesting angle. Thanks to it the tulips are illuminated in quite a special way. The DOF is deep enough for this kind of shot as well. Really a picture that is "outstanding" in its most straightforward meaning.

danyy (67810) 2009-05-31 23:18

Bonjour Paul,
belle prouesse technique ici et avec des couleurs très plaisantes. Le POV qu'il fallait pour donner du 'prestige' à ces fleus sympathqiue du printemps.
Malgré ce contre jour on ne peut plus flagrant, des lumières parfaites.
Amitié.
Daniel.

claire526 (1261) 2009-06-03 6:54

Hi Paul,
Lovely lovely shot! great perspective. I love how the sun is illuminating the flowers. Great colors, the red flower against the blue sky and the sun shining like a diamond, even the clouds are well scattered like lovely gems. Great picture quality & well composed.
Cheers
Claire

batalay (20642) 2009-06-24 1:42

Hello Paul,

The magnificent tulips have been depicted as translucent in this perfectly composed shot. The colors and resolution are superb.

Warm regards,

Bulent

PainDivine69 (98) 2009-07-11 6:05

Hi,
this picture is wonderful. Nice POV, the composition, the power of the colours and the contrast are excellent. In my opinion it makes the spectator feel like walking through a forest of tulips. Well done!

Regards, Björn

Tweety (3278) 2009-09-06 13:21

Bonjour Paul,
Une très belle image de ces coquelicots qui ont l'air aussi grands que des gratte-ciels ! Les nuages décorent bien le ciel et la lumière a été bien gérée. Bravo à toi.
Christophe

macjake (1128) 2009-10-01 4:20

Hi again Paul

This is an excellent photo. what makes it stand out of course is your choice of composition, and you're right, the 10-22 lens is perfect for this shot.

Surprised you didn't get more sunflare spots on your shot.
excellent idea!
Craig

francio64 (10274) 2009-10-01 4:38

Ciao Paul,
spettacolare composizione con la vista dei papaveri dal basso che svettano verso il bel cielo blu con il quale contrastano alla perfezione.
Ottimo l'effetto stella sul sole.

Complimenti!
Francesco

CLODO (3938) 2009-10-08 3:03

Hi Paul
I've seen in your gallery that you like the red colour! Very good idea to take flower from the back (is it easy?), and very good light management because you get the sun directly in the lens. Vivid colours.
Well thought and done!
regards
CLODO