Field of Yellow Tulips Photo

Photographer’s Note

The flower fields in the west of Holland are at their best in April and May. That’s when the spring bulbs, such as tulips and hyacinths are flowering. The cultivation of flower bulbs for commercial purposes started in Haarlem and the surrounding area about 400 years ago. The area between Haarlem and Leiden eventually became known as 'De bollenstreek' - the bulb district. For many years, a large part of the population earned their living from bulbs, whether in nurseries, export, or in industries that supplied the sector. The town of Lisse regarded itself as the centre of the bulb-growing area, boasted a postmark that declared: "Lisse, the centre of the bulb district". The famous flower exhibition "de Keukenhof" can be found here.

The Netherlands produce approximately nine billion flower bulbs annually. Evenly distributed, this number would allow for almost two flower bulbs for every person on the planet. The tulip remains the most popular and recognizable bulb flower. Most people think of the tulip when they think of bulb flowers. The tulip is followed in popularity by the daffodil, the gladiolus, the lily and the crocus.

PENTAX K20D, f/8, 0.004 sec (1/250), ISO 100, 26.9 mm

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smarcell (14619) 2008-04-23 1:04

What a nice view. Very good idea to place the camera so close to the ground. Very smart picture.
Stefano

ryno (4615) 2008-04-23 1:07

Hi Lucie, this is a beautiful shot. Wonderful deep, dark blue & yellow colours and your low POV makes for an inventive and wholly original photo. Nice one!
Regards,
Ryno

tehanu_f (6874) 2008-04-23 1:13

Superb idea to capture tulips! After so many conventional POVs with them, yours is revolutionary. The happy yellow parade of tulips against a bright blue sky looks fantastic. Congrats.
Fusun

Signal-Womb (11755) 2008-04-23 1:31

Hi Lucie, you must have lay flat to get this one, fantastic perspective used to great effect. The bright yellow flowers contrast beautifully with the blue sky. BTW I would recommend the west coast of Cyprus just north of Paphos. The Akamas peninsula, with its dramatic coast and the nature trail near Aphrodite's Baths is stunning. Never got to photogragh 70% of this due to my little mishap..

Regards Steve.

baclama (4695) 2008-04-23 2:05

hi,
quelle est belle cette composition!
le POV est tres bien choisie, la prise au raz du sol fait bien ressortir les tulipes dans le ciel tres gris, la perspective est parfaite...vraiment superbe
bravo
TFS
vero

CMJC (3166) 2008-04-23 2:20

je ne veux pas copier le commentaire de Véronique mais quelle bonne idée ce cadrage à raz du sol. le contraste ciel/fleurs est superbe

aes_thor (286) 2008-04-23 2:29

Hi Lucie!
Great photo- very well done! I like the POV and intensive colours and contrast. Very creative!
Cheers
Adrian

daddo (11519) 2008-04-23 2:54

Hi Lucie. My compliments on this original POV and the vibrancy of the flowers that you have captured so well. dramatic contrast between the flowers and the dark sky. Magical light and lovely impression of depth where everything moves towards the vanishing point. Bravo. regards. Klaudio.

dkeus31 (26351) 2008-04-23 3:20

Hi Lucie,
a strong graphical composition, also the color contrast is very good, enhancing the view.
Back in Holland?
regards,didier

mesutilgim (37234) 2008-04-23 4:09

Hi Lucie,
Amazing pov !! Perfect idea to use that low pov and create a nice graphical effect.
Very nice colors and good notes.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

amaryllis (17752) 2008-04-23 5:10

bonjour
un cadrage formidable au ras du sol pour faire ressortir ces tulipes de chaque côté, une très bonne idée, originale aussi et des couleurs superbes
excellente composition
juliette

claudio74 (6676) 2008-04-23 5:21

Hello Lucie
What a wonderful and original point of view. Colours are great and the depht is perfect.
A very nice picture.
well done
regards
Claude

jean11-3 (2799) 2008-04-23 6:00

Hello Lucie,excellent POV; it is good to see an alternative POV for these tulip field shots.
The dark blue sky makes a good backdrop for the brightly coloured tulips.
Tfs, regards Jean.

macondo (13265) 2008-04-23 6:17

Fabulous photo, Lucie. Taken with your new camera, one that I would like to have myself.
The very low viewpoint has made something special ouf of the lovely greens and yellow against the deep sky. I quite like the out of focus twigs in the foreground, and the way the furrow between the rows eventually leads to an absolute vanishing point. Fantastic quality in this shot, with its strong colours.
Regards,
Andrew

robiuk (10763) 2008-04-23 6:27

Woow, Lucie!
What an amazing light!
The low POV and DOF are amazing - top noch!
Any post-processing in term of colour saturation and
contrast here?
Robi

jonathan_hart (22617) 2008-04-23 7:21

seems the POV can't be lower !
effective (near to be endless) perpective
an interesting sky too
regards
jo

johnfreeman (2222) 2008-04-23 9:04

Hi Lucie,
Fascinating and slightly surreal picture. I like the saturated colours and strong symmetry but what really makes it is of course the very original worm's-eye viewpoint, creating a sensation of almost being buried amongst the tulips.
John

euryan (8351) 2008-04-23 9:40

Hi Lucie,
Great idea to get low in order to shoot the tulips with the beautiful cloudy blue sky as a backdrop. You must have been laying flat on the muddy ground. The symmetrical compo works well with this perspective. Great colors as usual.
Stay safe,
Ryan

mpb001 (4600) 2008-04-23 10:03

Hi Lucie,
Beautiful shot with well saturated colors. I particularly like your point of view here. Not the typical view. Isn't that what photography is all about?
Regards,
Mike

Rooster_kool (843) 2008-04-23 10:50

Super super nice composition. I love the way u arrange ur image and the color is so beautiful.

Bandit (2118) 2008-04-23 11:36

Une superbe composition très graphique prise sous un angle qui n'est pas habituel de voir et c'est ça qui fait toute la différence !! Superbe !!
Bravo !!

gneufeld (15233) 2008-04-23 20:46

Hi Lucie,
Wow, what a stunning image taken from this incredibly low point of view. The details are amazing and the colors striking. A great idea and the strong impace of the bit "V" is very eye catchng. TFS. Gerald

marcdemoulin (1604) 2008-04-24 8:29

Truely a winner shot with and outstanding and creative POV.
Marc

mirarer (4415) 2008-04-24 9:53

Hola Lucie,
Un ejercicio de composicióm brillante con gran calidad técnica.
Regards,
Mirari

Loic_bzh (7061) 2008-04-25 0:28

Hi Lucie,

congrats for this one! Your low POV is perfect... Light, grey sky, all is great.

I'm also a flickr user but it clearly not compare to TE. All is more superficial. Coments are not critiques but only "wow great" or "please come to our "Best of the Galaxy" pool" and so on... Only my own point of view... ;-)

Cheers,

Loïc

limule (3977) 2008-04-29 11:55

Hello Lucie, a beautiful and original framing for these bulbs as said by others. They just look so alive, dressed like that. Geraldine

mydrjoe (1240) 2008-04-30 6:43

Hi Lucie,
To me, everything in this photo work is perfect, but what I like best is the idea of taking the picture from such an original POV. Superb work!
Regards,
JR

veronika (6022) 2008-05-01 2:50

Cau Luci,
krasna fotka, zboznujem tulipany a ty si ich zachytila uplne nadherne, skvely kontrast zltej oproti modremu nebu, velmi sa mi paci.
Papa :)
Vero

TravelerNL (2967) 2008-05-02 13:15

Hi Lucie,
This is a beautiful one of the tulip fields. I like the very low pov which gives very good depth.
The intense yellow and red colors against the dark blue sky work very well. I like all the twiggs in front as well.
Well done!
Harko

totoamoto (2288) 2008-05-07 7:21

Salut Lucie..
Tu t'es déguisée en fourmi pour prendre cette photo..?
L'effet est génial quelle profondeur.. Bravo
Cyril

djanloo (420) 2008-07-22 2:48

I love the way you create...

Beautiful image. Beautiful idea, beautiful colors...

TFS
Gianluca

man33m (60) 2008-12-28 2:24

Good idea. Good photo. I like it very much

Hellas (5159) 2009-03-11 3:46

Hi Lucie!
It is a masterpiece! Ingenious craftsmanship! The PoV counts the most! The linear perspective worked perfectly!
Lovely colours, clarity and sharpness are the main characteristics of this image.

Best regards,
Athanasios.

smythdylan (74) 2009-04-19 7:29