tulips and windmill  by jgpittenger

tulips and windmill

I had a hard day driving up and back from Portland where I took my beloved cello and left it with my fabulous teacher of almost 15 years to sell it. It was bittersweet and I found myself in tears when I got back to ,y car...a phase of my life passed through never to return. I decided to stop at a tulip farm on my way home to cheer myself up. The sign said it was going to close in 35 minutes when I finally found it so I rushed off from the parking area without filters so some of the shots really would have been better with the help of a graduated filter. Ah well.
Picture perfect.
April 12th, 2013  
Beautiful capture!!! I'm sure that stop at the tulip farm made you feel better after you left your dear cello .
April 12th, 2013  
Beautiful
April 12th, 2013  
Nicely captured, great shot and processing!
April 12th, 2013  
Just beautiful.
April 12th, 2013  
Ooh, we're in Belgium here. Thanks for the wonderful shots.
April 12th, 2013  
Beautiful!
April 12th, 2013  
AC
It's ironic how a sad situation could lead to such a happy image. Love the colors!
April 12th, 2013  
Wow... Wow! Excellent.
April 12th, 2013  
Beautiful capture of the tulip field,but that sky looks very threatening...it would probably ruin them!!
April 12th, 2013  
Oh wow.....sorry about the cello parting....glad you stopped here...and so beautiful!
April 12th, 2013  
Oh this is even better Jane, what wonderful colour & very precise top line of tulip...fave!
April 12th, 2013  
just fab!! FAV!
April 12th, 2013  
Oh wow, this is so beautiful!!!!!!!!! Fav.
April 12th, 2013  
Caz
Wow, I love this ....fav
April 12th, 2013  
The composition of the windmill and the lovely tulips is so colourful. These beloved instruments are like part of us, it's sad when we have to let them go.
April 12th, 2013  
Lovely composition with hundreds of beautiful tulips! I felt so sad reading about you parting with your cello, so sorry.
April 13th, 2013  
Amazing contrast of light and dark! Love how vivid the flowers are and how dramatic the sky looks! Great capture!
April 13th, 2013  
Wow, the dramatic, almost threatening sky contrasting with the brightly lit tulips is terrific!

April 13th, 2013  
CK
Wow, stunning scene!
April 13th, 2013  
instant fav
April 13th, 2013  
Wonderful colour and contrasts :)
April 13th, 2013  
Wow, love all the contrasting colours
April 13th, 2013  
gorgeous. fav
April 13th, 2013  
Beautiful shot. I was there, much earlier in the day, the weather was in your favor! Fave
April 13th, 2013  
Fantastic shot A fav its perfect x
April 13th, 2013  
Very colorful and dramatic shot! Fav! Sorry you have to part with something you that is obviously attached to fond memories.
April 13th, 2013  
@nanalisarocks Oh, I wish I'd known. It would have been fun to go together. It never occured to me when I planned my trip to Portland that we might have been able to hook up.
April 13th, 2013  
Fave. Love the colors in this.

Sad to see you have to part with your cello. I can't imagine either my wife or daughter ever parting with their instruments.
April 14th, 2013  
Beautiful!
April 14th, 2013  
Super contrasts between the dramatic sky and the flowers.
April 14th, 2013  
Amy
Don't beat yourself up about filters. This is a perfect shot and I have massive tulip envy.
April 14th, 2013  
Oh this is so lovely....so sorry about the cello....hope you will smile again, quickly! Congratulations....on POP!
April 14th, 2013  
Beautiful. Congrats on PP
April 14th, 2013  
@webfoot Well...it was also painful to watch it not being played and know that it loses some of its tone and resonance when not played. It is time
April 14th, 2013  
Incredibly beautiful shot, colors and image are amazing, total fav for me
April 14th, 2013  
Great composition with the windmill!
April 14th, 2013  
this is amazing. what color saturation. sorry about your beloved cello but very caring of you to give it to someone else to enjoy. and good for the cello too. that is selfless love.
April 15th, 2013  
Vee
That's beautiful, Jane...Fav! Sorry to hear about the cello, though:(
April 16th, 2013  
Wow, this is the best! Fav!
April 16th, 2013  
This is truly amazing.
April 18th, 2013  
Love the colors and scene -Fav!
April 19th, 2013  
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