pretty in pink

It's a much darker purply colour, but this is high key for the technical challenge and f/3.5 for wide aperture camera setting challenge - cheap tulips reduced for quick sale - and you will see them again. From doing this last year they get really interesting a few days away.

It was quite nice this morning. Then it rained, a lot.
Saturday 25 January 2014
25/365

[Steve Hollingsworth]

nice close up Shanne ...weather same here nice morning chucked it down after that

[Judith Greenwood]

Yes - it was a day of two halves!

[Emiko]

Nice macro!! I can smell :-)

[Shelley]

So beautiful! Lovely capture.

[Sandy Z W]

love that color

[MaryBeth Dailey]

I love the "paint brushy" textures on the petals. This is pretty! Dying flowers can be so pretty too...why can't people look "pretty" as they die. Sad.

[Call me Joe]

❤❤❤:)

[Taffy]

Lovely smooth processing here, like a water color.

[alta]

Pretty in an understatement of this one!

[Trudi]

What a gorgeous colour! Beautiful shot!

[Margo]

Magnificent colours Shanne

[Shanne]

@taffy no processing - although I'm likely to use the oilify effect if I get a grainy picture - it's a function of how bad the light was

[Lisa]

Fabulous! I love the 'feel' of the petals.... they look like feathers to me

[Linda]

A lovely full frame of pink prettiness!
(Linda, @se7en , Fridays)

[Carly]

gorgeous colour totally opposite to the dire weather this weekend :)

[Claire]

Wow stunning shot and love the colour :-)

[Kate Carling]

Love how the tulip fills the entire frame. Use of high key works well here.

[Keith Porteous]

lovely

[Otter Lyons]

Absolutely beautiful

[Katie]

Lovely curves and great wide aperture subject. If you had a tripod, I think you could have pushed this even further with high key and gotten more light and brightness.

[Shanne]

@archaeofrog I blew the light - it was going early with the grotty weather. I should have done it earlier.

[Joao Claudio]

lovely colour

[Lisa Pouncy]

Beautiful details. We suffered a hurricane during the afternoon! xx

[Paul Myers]

Wow. This one looks quite different from the one you posted on Flicker. I think I like this one better.

[Jen Hudson]

Great shot for both the themes. Can really see the petal detail, great aperture.

[8yearson]

Beautiful close up! I agree that tulips fade and die almost more photographically than they live! I bought some today that I'm excited about for two/three days time!

[Mags ッ]

Beautiful - tulips are my favourite flowers :)