Ottawa's Tulips Festival
Yes, it’s this time of the year again: tulips have taken over the city and dozen of tour bus are parked in front of the Parliament and at Dow’s Lake. People are desperate for colors after our long white winters!
Being my usual counterculture self, I actually went to take pictures on a cloudy day, ten days before the festival began. I noticed the flowers bloomed very early this year, plus flower pictures are better taken on cloudy days (clouds act like a natural light filter and colors don’t look as saturated). It got very cold over the weekend: strong wind, subzero temperatures and even “thundersnow” on Saturday night. I wonder what’s left of the poor tulips now…
Every year, it’s a challenge to find new angles. I hate taking the same boring shots. But I must say I’m quite pleased with this year’s pictures. Okay, I stop congratulating myself and let you judge by yourself!
You can see the full set of the pictures taken at the 2010 Tulips Festival here.
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Zhu,
They are so colorful that I couldn’t resist.
Pictures have come out really well, so it’s okay if you brag mouth about it.
.-= Nisha´s last blog ..Random travel related rants – III =-.
Your pictures are so pretty! I’ve never been to Ottawa during the Tulip festival, I guess I’ll have to do that sometime in the future
.-= Cynthia´s last blog ..Les japonais à Paris =-.
Gorgeous colors and great angles of the tulips! I have to congratulate for your beautiful work! Your photos have made Ottawa so attractive!
.-= micki´s last blog ..Miaoli Yuanli, hometown of Lin Cao (Lin Grass) =-.
I agree the colors are really nice! My mother always did that, take pictures of flowers on a cloudy day. Tulip pictures always remind my of mom because she always photographed the tulip festival like crazy! You are a little ahead of us but I saw some of the early bloomers starting to open when I was on my way to work today. Won’t be long now! Good job, I think you have good reason to pat yourself on the back!
.-= DianeCA´s last blog ..Nobel Peace Center in Oslo Norway =-.
Oh wow those are awesome colors! I wonder where the tulip bulbs came from?
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