Tulips at Sunset by abirkill

Tulips at Sunset

I took a trip over into Washington yesterday evening to photograph the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. I was a bit late in the season, but there were still a few fields of tulips remaining, and plenty of people wandering about them.

This was taken with a 3 stop graduated filter about 10 seconds after the sun dropped below the distant hills. I used a relatively high ISO to freeze the motion of the tulips on what was quite a breezy evening.

Definitely needs to be viewed large and on black!
Gorgeous scene
April 24th, 2013  
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Glorious! Fav!
April 24th, 2013  
Fabulous job!
April 24th, 2013  
Beautiful shot, amazing colours... Fav.
April 24th, 2013  
Stunning colours!
April 24th, 2013  
different shot than your usual - but absolutely gorgeous.
April 24th, 2013  
fantastic colors !
April 24th, 2013  
Oh my! That is wonderful.
April 24th, 2013  
Wow, the colours in this are unreal.
April 24th, 2013  
Fav, Great shot and what an amazing colours!
April 24th, 2013  
Those are really beautiful. Wonderful work.
April 24th, 2013  
A beautiful shot, all the colours work well and the sunlight on the tulips lifts the foreground
April 24th, 2013  
Utterly amazing in how you shot and processed this -- it looks like a painting!
April 24th, 2013  
Wow - gorgeous
April 24th, 2013  
Fantastic composition and wonderful light.
April 24th, 2013  
Fav
April 24th, 2013  
I SO want to do that trip. WE've talked about it numerous times but something always happens that prevents us. Your shot is GORGEOUS! FAV!!
April 24th, 2013  
Beautiful, gorgeous colours. FAV!
April 24th, 2013  
So gorgeous!! Fav!
April 24th, 2013  
Favorite!
April 25th, 2013  
This festival sounds fantastic. I would love to do it and I am writing the info to keep it in mind. I see that's a tradition since 1984! FAV.
April 25th, 2013  
Gorgeous. There almost looks like a rainbow in the sky too. Lovely light
April 25th, 2013  
Delights the senses!
April 25th, 2013  
Beautiful shot :)
April 25th, 2013  
outstanding colours, great shot
April 25th, 2013  
fantastic. Deffo needs the black background
April 25th, 2013  
Just fabulous!
April 25th, 2013  
Again...gorgeous. could be a print on the wall.
April 25th, 2013  
Fav
April 25th, 2013  
Love it. Fav!
April 25th, 2013  
Instant fav
April 25th, 2013  
Well that's rather gorgeous. :)
April 25th, 2013  
stunning shot of the tulips and the setting sun
April 25th, 2013  
You have a couple of beautiful photographs here of the tulips. The golden hour is a special time. Excellent work.
April 26th, 2013  
Fantastic photo. Fav and Follow
April 26th, 2013  
I like the clarity of the tulip forms here that the faster shutter gives you. The gradient of the filter worked very nicely for this image.
April 26th, 2013  
Absolutely gorgeous! Beautiful color and horizon line! Fav
April 26th, 2013  
Fantastic photo!
April 26th, 2013  
Really stunning viewed large.
April 27th, 2013  
Lovely capture.
April 28th, 2013  
Really nice photo. The sky colors are amazing as well as the composition.
April 30th, 2013  
Great photo. I love the colours.
April 30th, 2013  
fav!
May 10th, 2013  
Love the colors FAV
May 27th, 2013  
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