Tulips Gallery 2003 - 2004

------------ 2004 Spring ------------

The condition of the flower garden in Bihoku Hillside Park where I vist every year was not so good in 2004 and I'm not satisfied with the results, but I pick 5 photos up for the gallery.
Blooming in the sunshine

Many orange tulips were in full bloom in the sunshine. 
Her Image II

Simple composition emphasize the beauty of the flower.
Sweet Colors

Yellow tulips below bokeh of pink tulips. This color combinations recalls me sweet candies.
Her Image III

No color other than yellow in the picture. This composition makes the main subject, yellow tulip, more elegant, I think.
Lonely Little Girl

A very little red tulip blooming in solitude I placed her in peasceful color space.

 

------------ 2003 Spring ------------


Under the Blue Sky

Set the Sigma AF180mm F3.5EX Macro as low as possible, and got a fresh looking image of the tulip under the blue sky.
Her Image

This flower was in bloom beautifully while others were almost withered. To emphasize the beauty of the flower, I made the foreground and background very simple.
ASTIAN Fantasies

These three photos were taken with ASTIA (not a new version ASTIA 100F), which has outstanding capability of reproducing highlight tone nobly. You may aware at a glance that these photos, pale and noble, can hardly come from Velvia or Provia. Dual exposure technique was used for the first and third photo to enhance ASTIA's characteristics.