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Fringed Tulips

by David Hutchinson

When I was at a Biergarten in Munich, I noticed some fuzzy tulips they had there.  I’d never seen tulips like that before.  When I got back home, I looked up what kind they were, and they were Fringed Tulips.  I was fascinated by them, so I bought several different types and planted them in my backyard.

 I joined the Artistic Floral Photography Facebook a while back and I was impressed by the floral photos on there.  I thought I might try it.  I decided on a high key photo, so I used a white bedsheet as a backdrop.  It was right after it had rained and it was overcast, so I had my wife hold a flash on the background and another for the flowers. 

I processed the image in Adobe Photoshop.  I made the background completely white, moved one of the flowers to make them even, and used the Oil Paint filter to give it the texture

It was shot with a Nikon D750 with a Nikkor 105mm Micro lens.  1/200 sec @ F/10, ISO200, with 2 flashes.