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Ottawa’s Tulips Festival

Yes, it’s this time of the year again. Tulips have taken over the city and dozen of tour buses are parked in front of the Parliament and at Dow’s Lake. People are desperate for colours 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 colours don’t look as saturated). It got very cold over the weekend: strong wind, sub-zero 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!

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Zhu

French woman in English Canada.

Exploring the world with my camera since 1999, translating sentences for a living, writing stories that may or may not get attention.

Firm believer that nobody is normal... and it’s better this way.

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