Spring mix cont'd. 2010

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Dear Everyone:

Got out with my camera again

yesterday morning.

Took pictures of mass plantings of tulips

and poppies, as well, as a cherry tree allee.

Hope that you enjoy these images.

Helen.

Spring mix 2010

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Dear Everyone:

Just a few shots of spring.

Saw the beautiful tulips and couldn't believe

how attractive the pink markings were.

They almost look like they were splashed

with paint.

There are forget me nots everywhere.

Liked the emerging maple leaves

against the vertical tree trunks.

Hope you enjoy these images.

Helen.

Tulip study 2010

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Dear Everyone:

I quite like these shots of tulips.

As the image is cropped in these shots

they are interesting rather than a straight-on

traditional single bloom shot.

Hope that you enjoy these images.

Helen.

Mother's Day #2 2010

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Dear Everyone:

This is the second of my Mother's Day images.

I am very pleased with it.

I used my own photograph as a photo
reference for the tulips.

I hope that you enjoy this image.

Have a contemplative day
today.

Helen.

June Arrives

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These shots were taken June 1st at 6:00 p.m.

I don't usually shoot in the evening but didn't want

to wait overnight to shoot in case the petals

of these tulips fell off.

Finding the wilting blooms almost sculptural.

Hope you enjoy these images.

Have a start-of-summer kind of day.

Helen.

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Images from the end of tulip season.

Like the almost awkward delicate pink and white tulip.

The green foliage and buds is a poppy plant.

Hope that you enjoy these images.

Have a looking-ahead-to-summer kind of day.

Helen.

White flowers

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I saw these white flowers, tulips and bleeding heart, while shooting

some other images. I noticed the light in particular, illuminating the

white petals and the green leaves, with bright spots and shadow spots.

Then I noticed the shapes. The tulips and the bleeding heart blooms.

I think the flowers and leaves look fresh and bright.

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I hope that you enjoy these images.

Have a bright-and-hopeful day today.

Helen.