Farewell, Yellow Tulips

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“Tip toe through the window

By the window, that is where I’ll be

Come tip toe through the tulips with me.”

~Al Dubin

 

Tulips, Yellow, Dead Flowers, High Key, Fujifilm X-T2, Photography

Mellow Yellow

 

Tulips, Yellow, Dead Flowers, High Key, Fujifilm X-T2, Photography

Dance Party

 

Tulips, Yellow, Dead Flowers, High Key, Fujifilm X-T2, Photography

Cheerleader

 

Tulips, Yellow, Dead Flowers, High Key, Fujifilm X-T2, Photography

Gossamer Petals

 

Tulips, Yellow, Dead Flowers, High Key, Fujifilm X-T2, Photography

Tulips Together II

 

Tulips, Yellow, Dead Flowers, High Key, Fujifilm X-T2, Photography

Windblown

 

Tulips, Yellow, Dead Flowers, High Key, Fujifilm X-T2, Photography

Reaching

 

Tulips, Yellow, Dead Flowers, High Key, Fujifilm X-T2, Photography

Tyrannosaurus Tulip

 

 

 

 

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  1. Alex Lucy Peterson
    August 15, 2021 • 10:50 pm

    Tulips always bloom together but never shy to stand alone, when we see the dress. Always paying attention to the little things Jane can’t wait for your next piece of art.

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  2. LisaDay
    August 1, 2021 • 9:31 am

    This is amazing, Jane. It looks like a sketch rather than a photo.

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  4. Priscillawinner
    July 30, 2021 • 5:02 am

    Flowers😍❤️…thank you so much

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  6. David
    July 28, 2021 • 12:03 pm

    Certainly way past their prime. Hey, like that IG portrait of your husband with granddaughters. 🙂

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  8. mikeosbornphoto
    July 26, 2021 • 1:34 am

    The starkness of the bright white background and the eyewatering yellow are brilliant, Jane.

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  10. denisebushphoto
    July 25, 2021 • 2:05 pm

    These are awesome Jane! I love all your tulip images very much. Of course it was Tiny Tim and his ukulele that made the song well-known. I can remember seeing him on TV. 🙂

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    • Jane Lurie
      August 1, 2021 • 11:45 am

      Hi Denise, Thank you! These have been fun to make. Yes… Tiny Tim…definitely a childhood memory, but I felt like I had to credit the songwriter. In looking it up, apparently TT collapsed while singing this song. Not to end on a low note…

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  11. I hear u
    July 24, 2021 • 4:04 am

    Great job dear.
    Yellow tulips now stand for hope and cheerful thoughts. Give a yellow tulip bouquet to a good friend as a caring get-well gift. Yellow is also the color of friendship, which makes it great for a just-because floral gift.

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  12. Gunta
    July 23, 2021 • 6:22 pm

    You did it again! Now you have visions of Tiny Tim dancing in my head? Are you even old enough to remember him? These are simply glorious. How you manage to give these tulips such personality is a marvel. ☺️

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    • Jane Lurie
      July 24, 2021 • 12:29 pm

      Thank you, Gunta! Haha, yes…I remember Tiny Tim well and he made this old song a sensation. Pleased you like the treatment I am giving these flower portraits. They are exciting to see in composition- I can’t help but see the different personalities. Glad you like the results. 💛

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  13. Blogggersbell
    July 23, 2021 • 11:49 am

    Oh they are Beautiful! My mom is gonna love these pics. I just shared one of the flowers from her collection. Please show some love☺

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  15. saloni agrawal
    July 20, 2021 • 9:19 am

    Amazingly depicted and the colour contrast is superfine.
    Well done, Jane.

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  16. bmcap
    July 20, 2021 • 5:43 am

    Amazing shots in great detail! Which camera did you use if I may ask?…

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  17. Andrew Seal
    July 19, 2021 • 7:04 pm

    Always such a treat to catch up with your wonderful photos Jane. Inspired by all of them. I hope you are doing well. Sending you my warmest wishes as always…Andrew 💕

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  18. harpiytravel
    July 19, 2021 • 6:58 pm

    You are very talented! No words to describe how beautiful they are

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  19. Alison and Don
    July 19, 2021 • 6:41 pm

    Oh Jane, these are absolutely gorgeous!
    Alison

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  20. Robert Parker
    July 19, 2021 • 9:22 am

    Jane fades back and makes a perfect throw, touchdown. Those B&W ones are fascinating, too, like wire sculptures.

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  22. Pratik
    July 19, 2021 • 3:05 am

    One of my favourite flower and nice photography too

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  24. bluebrightly
    July 18, 2021 • 6:29 pm

    It’s funny how we are attracted to the same subjects, over and over. Somewhere, I have a collaged painting of yellow tulips (they were a little fresher than these – :-)). The tulips made me think of dancing, so I found a small photo of Fred Astaire dancing, used the outline of his body, and glued cutouts of that onto the paper. The whole painting never gelled at all but I saved it – I’ll send you a picture. In more recent years I’ve enjoyed photographing spent tulips – but you are really mastering the subject. Beautiful. 🙂 In this series, my favorites are the two with groups of flowers – I think lots can be read into them; they’re like a staid, old group portrait of some official association gone wild and unruly.

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    • Jane Lurie
      July 21, 2021 • 11:23 am

      HI Lynn, We are two peas in a pod. 🙂 This has been fascinating to work on. I am pleased with the groups of tulips and can’t help but see dancing figures, too. I’m looking forward to shooting different colors…maybe I’ll combine colors in a group..( that just came to me). So many possibilities. Looking forward to seeing your Fred Astaire creation. Thanks so much! 🤗

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  26. Brad Wilson
    July 18, 2021 • 3:25 pm

    I love that the isolation of each image forces me to consider all the details. Gossamer Petals is sublime.

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  27. Eliza Waters
    July 18, 2021 • 1:20 pm

    Lovely study, Jane. They’re beautiful!

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  28. anotherday2paradise
    July 18, 2021 • 12:56 pm

    I love tulips and am always sad when the start to droop and are past their best. Your photography has given them such beauty, Jane. Maybe I should hire you to do my birthday photos . 😅

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  29. Detlef Gimbel
    July 18, 2021 • 12:49 pm

    Beautifully implemented theme👏👏👏

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  30. rkrontheroad
    July 18, 2021 • 12:28 pm

    These are wonderful! The texture of the petals and the expressiveness of the flowers look like hands.

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  31. picpholio
    July 18, 2021 • 12:26 pm

    Great work, my compliments !

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  32. photo robert
    July 18, 2021 • 11:56 am

    hi jane, wow what a fantastic post, i especially like the two b&w images.
    many greetings robert

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  33. Heyjude
    July 18, 2021 • 9:24 am

    What a great series. I love the way tulips decay so gracefully and your excellent photographs highlight their beauty.

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  34. Mike Ross
    July 18, 2021 • 9:00 am

    Very cool Jane, how did you light them?

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  35. YellowCable
    July 18, 2021 • 8:20 am

    Wow!!! These are amazing pictures!

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  36. Poetpas
    July 18, 2021 • 7:07 am

    Beautiful and bright. Love the way you exposed their fragility. I live in the land of tulips by the way ☺️

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  37. John
    July 18, 2021 • 6:56 am

    So many beautiful photos as always, Jane! The words at the top remind me of Tiny Tim from years ago. Tiptoe through the tulips!

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  38. Reed Andariese
    July 18, 2021 • 6:14 am

    Beautiful Series of images! Enjoyed seeing them!

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  39. Toonsarah
    July 18, 2021 • 5:38 am

    Wow, this is a beautiful series of photos. The high key look is perfect and the yellow really stands out against the white. I hope you plan to print and frame some? They would look stunning on any wall! And even though the colour is gorgeous, the B&W shots work so well too – in fact, I think ‘Gossamer Petals’ is my favourite shot of all of them!

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    • Jane Lurie
      July 18, 2021 • 12:16 pm

      Thanks, Sarah. I’ve had fun working on these with different colors and flowers. Happy you think they’d look great in a series on a wall- I may do that! And I agree with you, I really like the monochrome versions- they look like pencil drawings to me. Appreciate your thoughts! 🙂

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  40. lwyatt2093
    July 18, 2021 • 5:11 am

    I can picture this series framed .. hanging in a room brightening it up!

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  41. petergreyphotography
    July 18, 2021 • 5:09 am

    Wonderful Jane! I never seen tulips depicted like this. They are like dancers, slowly dissapearing into the brightness.

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  42. Steve Schwartzman
    July 18, 2021 • 5:03 am

    The photographs you’ve usually shown are outdoors, so the white backgrounds in this set have me wondering whether you made these portraits indoors. Yellow and white are such a cheerful combination.

    Your mention of Al Dubin as the lyricist for “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” sent me looking for more information about him (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Dubin). I didn’t know he wrote the words for four of the songs in the famous movie “42nd Street” and that his “Lullaby of Broadway” won the 1936 Academy Award for best original song. Despite his songwriting accomplishments, his life seems to have been somewhat unhappy.

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    • Jane Lurie
      July 18, 2021 • 11:48 am

      Thanks, Steve. Yes, this project is indoors against a backlit window shade. Trying different flowers and colors. Glad you like the yellow. I looked up Al Durbin as well, since I knew that Tiny Tim, who made the song famous, didn’t write it. 🙂 Appreciate your research- had never heard of him and he was quite accomplished.

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  44. Anonymous
    July 18, 2021 • 4:12 am

    Jane……I LOVE, LOVE these photos. Suzie

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  45. Jane Iwan
    July 18, 2021 • 3:40 am

    What striking images, Jane. Thanks.

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  46. samsahana
    July 18, 2021 • 3:25 am

    It’s impossible to not get awed by your photos! You’re a one of a kind photographer.

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  47. paula graham
    July 18, 2021 • 3:05 am

    Dying tulips, never seen them so well portrayed.

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  48. Adrian Lewis
    July 18, 2021 • 1:48 am

    Very beautiful and wonderful pictures, Jane – especially Cheerleader. 🙂

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  49. Sue
    July 18, 2021 • 1:46 am

    Aaah, my kind of thing! The dancing tulips I love, have taken similar images myself, and the high key are great!

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  51. Steve Gingold
    July 18, 2021 • 1:37 am

    Not our first vision when we think of tulips but these are lovely, Jane. Sometimes fading beauty is the best and these are all great examples. Nicely done.

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  52. Forestwood
    July 18, 2021 • 12:57 am

    Wow! That is a visual feast! How in the world did you achieve that look?

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    • Jane Lurie
      July 18, 2021 • 11:28 am

      Thank you so much, Amanda. I have a very simple setup. I place the flowers in front of my window shade with the bright sun backlighting the flowers. I’m using a 90mm lens (135mm on the Fuji) set on a tripod. You may have seen the other two posts I did in this format over the past few months. Having fun with this project as I work my way through different colors and flowers – tulips have become a favorite for this.

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  53. Anonymous
    July 18, 2021 • 12:48 am

    Somewhere, Miss Vickie is smiling.

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  54. blhphotoblog
    July 18, 2021 • 12:33 am

    Very clever photography Jane. The images remind me of the watercolours you get in old books of flora & fauna.

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  55. kewtiebird
    July 18, 2021 • 12:09 am

    Very nice compositions. 💜

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  56. Harshita
    July 17, 2021 • 10:51 pm

    Perfect clicks without any doubt ❣️❣️

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  57. cindy knoke
    July 17, 2021 • 10:24 pm

    Truly stunning and original Jane.

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  58. www.corneliaweber-photography.com
    July 17, 2021 • 9:52 pm

    Jane, your high key images are just magnificent I do know the pleasure of high key photography very well, especially for flowers like yours and do love fading flowers, they have a certain mood to express.

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    • Jane Lurie
      July 18, 2021 • 11:18 am

      Hi Cornelia, Yes, your high key images are lovely. Pleased you enjoyed these. I’m working through different colors in this format and it’s interesting to see how they vary. Thanks very much – like you, I love flowers that are past their prime. 💙

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  59. Barbie
    July 17, 2021 • 9:44 pm

    My favorite flower….and that’s why we made the trip to the Netherlands…I had to see The Keukenhof Gardens….covers 79 acres of TULIPS!! 7 MILLION tulip bulbs planted by hand every year!! (Along with some other flowers) The colors are so vibrant! Artistically landscaped…Tulips for as far as the eye can see….the different shapes and sizes…you’ve never seen most of those over here…overwhelms the senses…just stunning! For me: like a kid in Disney World! Happy Place!! And your photos brought me right back there! And you brought them to life…gave them personalities….reminded me of dancers/ballerinas…so graceful….loved your photos!

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    • Jane Lurie
      July 18, 2021 • 11:14 am

      Thank you, Barbie. I’ve only seen what you’re describing in photos. What a spectacular sight to see in person! Happy these bring back good memories- despite their impending demise. Tulips are beautiful from start to finish! 😍

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  60. Anonymous
    July 17, 2021 • 9:05 pm

    Thank you for showing us the beauty in flowers everyone else would have composted. The b&w pics are especially stunning.

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