Monday, June 6, 2016

Experimenting In Tulip Photo Settings

I was up on Parliament Hill one day during the festival and decided to photograph a particular section  of tulips with different settings. Black and white, sepia, aqua, and negative follow the first shot.

27 comments:

  1. So much fun, but #1 is still my favorite!

    Janis
    GDP

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  2. Interesting to see tulips in different settings. The last one looks like a painting rather than photograph. Looks very pretty!

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  3. It's fun to experiment, isn't it? Do you have the Photo Lab app?

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  4. cool stripes on the blooms. i enjoy the last shot, whatever that kind of look is called. way cooll!! they all mess with your eyes. i am seeing stars. ( :

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  5. Nice experiment, William, I prefer the last result of your hard work.

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  6. It's fun to experiment once in awhile as you never know when you might make a discovery. I like the last one.

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  7. Interesting perspective...my favourites are the first and last.

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  8. @Janis: thanks!

    @Tamago: I was quite surprised by the negative version.

    @Norma: I probably do... haven't checked!

    @Beth: negative. I've used it before on landscape shots, but it ends up giving a totally cool look with flowers.

    @Jan: thanks!

    @Red: thank you.

    @Linda: thanks!

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  9. Interesting experiment with some interesting effects. Personally, I think tulips need to be in their natural color.

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  10. That's cool to get the different effects! Nice to see what they look like, I do like the original though.

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  11. Creative experiments, William, but the original is my preferred. I know I'm probably old-fashioned...

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  12. Interesting to see the different views. I do like the first one the best!

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  13. I love to do this stuff but I agree with the consensus above: It's Number One that gets the prize.

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  14. Tulips are one of my favorite flowers....and I also like to 'play' with different versions of a photo. :)

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  15. @Sharon: so do I.

    @Cloudia: indeed.

    @Bill: that appears to be a consensus.

    @Karl: many people can be old fashioned.

    @Lois: thanks!

    @RedPat: that is popular.

    @Lowell: it's a majority view!

    @Pat: the tulips this year were stunning.

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  16. The first one will be my choice!

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  17. No, no! Never! Always color. Having gotten that out of my system, that last version is interesting. :-)

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  18. Do you have any news from Versailles daily photos ? Last posting from April 29th, what's going on ? A soooooooo long break.
    A silence follower
    Marietta

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  19. Amazing what can be done with cameras and photos now.

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  20. Gorgeous tulips. I love the original but the last one was very special.

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  21. That last shot is very interesting but with the high contrast and complementary colors of the first one it's hard to beat that.

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  22. It's fun to see these! The black and white is surprisingly lively!

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  23. @Marleen: that seems a common opinion.

    @Revrunner: the last one really surprised me.

    @Marietta: I did hear back from Ciel, who's got VDP on the backburner for a little bit.

    @Mari: oh yes!

    @Nancy: thanks!

    @Kay: it is, yes.

    @Linda: the early photos of the first years of the Tulip Festival were generally always black and white, and that got me to thinking of photographing a spot or two in black and white... and then from there just using other settings. The black and white settings really do end up hiding darker tulips though, when one has a dark background like those bushes.

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  24. There are folks who can play around with B & W, but I never think of it! I think winter is so long, and white, I'm happy to see the colours back!

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    1. I don't do it every year with tulips. Haven't done it yet this year.

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