Cute But Stupid
Tulip
Posted by amy (Nanaimo, BC, Canada) on 1 June 2007 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
Helen Keller
Hey! The deer didn't eat my tulips this year!!!
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I appreciate all visits and comments and thank you always... ;-)
@badala: Thank you badala! I was pleased with it... ;-)
@craiger: Hey Craig!! Thanks... spray bottles come in handy when setting the scene (so to speak). ;-)
@shahab: Hey shahab... thank you so much. I really appreciate the visit and comment.. which sounds lame but is truly meant. ;-)
@priya: Thanks so much!! A spray bottle comes in handy when wandering aimlessly around one's garden!! LOL ;-)
@Robert: Hey Robert!! So glad you like it!! Ok, yeah, I cheated using a spray bottle but sometimes you have to do something a little different, ya know?! ;-)
Jen from Jessup, United States
The color, droplets and light are absolutly FANTASTIC!! (f word yes)
Superb Amy, Simply Superb!!
1 Jun 2007 1:40pm
@Jen: Hey Jen!! Thanks! (which seems so inadequate when you use that f-word!) I was feeling very uninspired again last night so went wandering around the yard. Decided to take my spray bottle and see what happened. And since Rahul recommended I use the aperture priority my exposures are coming out better too. But sshh don't tell him... I think his head might swell.. LOL giggle giggle.. ;-)
Jacqui from Okemos, United States
This is absolutely beautiful...tulips are by far my favorite flower and this is such a unique perspective! Stunning capture Amy! :)
1 Jun 2007 2:11pm
@Jacqui: Thank you Jacqui.. very much!! ;-)
@yiannis krikis: Muchly appreciated yiannis!! ;-)
@Stunner: Stunner!! Thanks bunches!!
Scene by Sharon Photography from Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Absolutely beautiful capture - interesting angle. I think your water bottle trick is one I am going to try. :)
1 Jun 2007 9:52pm
@Scene by Sharon Photography: Hey there Sharon!! That spray bottle works like a hot damn on just about anything... including recalcitrant husbands/children/telemarketers.... LOL Thanks for the comment!! ;-)
@Laurie: Thanks Laurie!! ;-)
bronzebilly u.k. from cardiff, United Kingdom
hey cutesie--I just checked out your blog for the past few days--while I've been a busy boy--and I must say there is some tidy images --but this shot deserves an ace for it's crispness, colour and light--billy
1 Jun 2007 10:32pm
@bronzebilly u.k.: Well!! Look what the cat drug back!! LOL Welcome back !! And thanks for the atta-girl!! ;-)
Sagar and Madhavi from Worcester, United States
Wow! What an absolutely fantastic photo!
2 Jun 2007 12:31am
@Sagar and Madhavi: Thank you so very much!! I really think the vignetting I added was the deal clincher, so to speak. ;-)
DTW from Orlando, United States
Very cool shot, really like the water drops and the framing.
2 Jun 2007 1:34am
@DTW: Hey there DTW!! Thanks! ;-)
@Candace: Thank you Candace!! Really appreciate that!!! ;-)
@kaveh: Thanks kaveh!! Amazing what a spray bottle and a macro lens can do for you, eh?! ;-)
Behrooz from Tehran, Iran
Spectacular and magical! It's such a great capture I can't not look again and again.
2 Jun 2007 12:12pm
@Behrooz: Wow!! Thanks Behrooz! That spray bottle is a blessing when it comes to flowers and the vignetting is such a great 'option' in my CS2!! Really neat effects from it. ;-)
Terry from Keokuk, United States
Spray bottles do work nice or you can water the garden and make photos. Great photo, the blur of color and the sharp water drops are cool.
2 Jun 2007 2:52pm
@Terry: Thanks Terry!! You're right about watering the flowers, too, of course, but I like the finer spray I get from my spray bottle. ;-)
kairospix from Singapore, Singapore
wow! awesome macro shot!
this is shot by a MPM (Master Photo Maker)!
well done!
4 Jun 2007 4:10pm
@kairospix: Hey K!! Wow!! I got the MPM!!!! THANKS!!! ;-)
@Morris J. Chisholm: Thank you so much Morris!! ;-)
@Anup: I thought it was fairly good too.... no conceit here.. LOL Thank you so much Anup!! ;-)
Nikon D70
1/800 second
F/4.5
ISO 200
90 mm (35mm equiv.)