After visiting Filoli for the past three weeks, it was nice to take a break. The Tulips there need another couple/few weeks to push through the soil, find the sun and show themselves.
So we had some time to visit our own garden, which, being in Contra Costa County, has more sun. Our daffs are just about gone, but our tulips went beyond themselves, announcing the Spring. The red tulips were gargantuan, beyond our high expectations. What fascinated me about them, however, was not the size, but the details of the buds. The reds flashed in the morning and afternoon sun. I tried light modifiers, but the splendor of the colors screamed for plain sunlight! Sometimes photography just doesn't get better than this.
I practiced my handholding techniques and found that if I just better concentrated--and didn't force any shots, my steadiness came back. By force I mean handholding a macro-lens 2 inches from a patient bug. I still shake for thing like that. But that's what a tripod is for. Other shots, when I was able to pin myself against the boards of the planter box, came out just fine. Hope to visit Filoli in the coming weeks, to show a parade of tulip colors.
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