Having the tulips largely to yourself is a gift to the photographer. Usually when I come to the park during tulip time, it is in the quieter weekdays. A very early Sunday morning was a close second.
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Tulip
Happy Victoria Day to my fellow Canadians. Today marks the end of the Tulip Festival in Ottawa and Gatineau, but just the start of my series on it. It has been a late year for the tulips, and for those in the area, it's still worthwhile to come out and check them out.
My first deliberate excursion was on the first Sunday of the festival, a bit over a week ago. Normally weekends during the festival are very crowded at Commissioners Park (and a nightmare for the photographer), but I left home at seven in the morning, and home is just a five minute walk away from the park, which rests around the north and east shores of Dow's Lake. It is the largest site of tulips for the festival, and this early in the morning, there were few people around. This first bed is at the west entrance to the park.
























































