“Tip toe through the window
By the window, that is where I’ll be
Come tip toe through the tulips with me.”
~Al Dubin
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Flowers😍❤️…thank you so much
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Nice flower
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Certainly way past their prime. Hey, like that IG portrait of your husband with granddaughters. 🙂
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Hi David, Or maybe they’re in their prime… glad you liked the photo of Bob and the girls. A fun moment. Thanks!
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Wow the beauty 🤍
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The starkness of the bright white background and the eyewatering yellow are brilliant, Jane.
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So nice
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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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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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Thank you so much, YAM. A good reminder of the meaning of the cheerful color yellow. I’m pleased you enjoyed these. 💛
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pleasure is mine.
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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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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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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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Thank you, BloggersBell. Good luck with your blog. 😃
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Thank you so much Jane. That’s really sweet of you!
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Amazingly depicted and the colour contrast is superfine.
Well done, Jane.
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Thanks so much, Saloni. The high key background helps to bring out those wonderful details. 😀
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Amazing shots in great detail! Which camera did you use if I may ask?…
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Thanks, Bmcap. Glad you enjoyed these. These were made with a Fuji X-T2 and the Fuji 90mm f/2 prime lens. Appreciate your visit. 🙂
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Thanks for telling! 💞
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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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Hi Andrew, Pleased you enjoyed these- it’s been fascinating to work through different colors and flowers. We are well, thank you. Thinking of you with the heat and wildfires. Hope you are faring well. Take care! 💛
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Thanks Jane. All’s well with us but the fires are tough for so many. Warm wishes
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You are very talented! No words to describe how beautiful they are
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I’m so glad you enjoyed these, Harpiy. They are splendid in their final hours. Thank you! 💛
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Oh Jane, these are absolutely gorgeous!
Alison
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Thank you so much, Alison! 💛
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Jane fades back and makes a perfect throw, touchdown. Those B&W ones are fascinating, too, like wire sculptures.
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Haha, Robert, what a great response. Happy you enjoyed — the black and whites are the most surprising to me. Thanks very much! 🙂
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So beautiful💛💛💛
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Thank you very much, Sebasalam. 💛
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One of my favourite flower and nice photography too
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Thanks very much, Pratik. Appreciate your visit! 🙂
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How beautiful, Jane! 💛
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Thanks so much, Donna. An interesting and different project. Glad you enjoyed. 💛
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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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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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love the abstract art !
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Thanks so much, Eco. I am really enjoying making these. 🙂
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I love that the isolation of each image forces me to consider all the details. Gossamer Petals is sublime.
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What a thoughtful comment, Brad. Thank you so much. I am pleased with the results of the black and whites- glad you agree. 🙂
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Lovely study, Jane. They’re beautiful!
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Thanks, Eliza. I think we share in the notion that they are all beautiful right up to the end. Glad you enjoyed these. 💕
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If they were mine, I probably would have kept the petals in a bowl afterwards to enjoy. 😉
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Funny you say that, I was just studying the fallen tulip petals- they look so graceful lying there.
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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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Hahaha, Sylvia! You’ve made my day. Thank you! 😂
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Beautifully implemented theme👏👏👏
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Thank you, Detlef. This has been an interesting project to work on. I love seeing the details through my lens.
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These are wonderful! The texture of the petals and the expressiveness of the flowers look like hands.
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Thanks, Ruth. Great description- I agree and can’t help but to anthropomorphize them- they have vibrant personalities. 🙂
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Great work, my compliments !
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Thanks so much, Rudi. These are interesting to make.
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hi jane, wow what a fantastic post, i especially like the two b&w images.
many greetings robert
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Thanks, Robert. Pleased you like these, especially the b&w images- they are favorites and look like pencil or charcoal drawings to me.
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What a great series. I love the way tulips decay so gracefully and your excellent photographs highlight their beauty.
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Thank you, Jude. The fragile nature of tulips in their final hours works well with the backlighting. I have to move them very carefully which adds to the slow pace of honoring and studying them. Pleased you like them. 🙂
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Very cool Jane, how did you light them?
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Thanks so much, Mike. A very simple setup- I put the flowers in front of a white window shade with the sun backlighting them. I am fascinated by the shapes and personalities of the almost spent blooms.
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Wow!!! These are amazing pictures!
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Thank you, YC! Glad you enjoyed them.
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Beautiful and bright. Love the way you exposed their fragility. I live in the land of tulips by the way ☺️
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Thanks very much, Jerry. Yes, I remember you told me you live in beautiful Netherlands. Lucky you. Glad you enjoyed these tulips- honoring them in their final hours.
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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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Thanks, John! Yes, he sure made the song famous. I almost attributed it to him but realized, of course, he didn’t write it. Glad you enjoyed these. 🙂
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Beautiful Series of images! Enjoyed seeing them!
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I’m so glad- thanks, Reed! 🙂
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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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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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I can picture this series framed .. hanging in a room brightening it up!
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Thank you, Linda! I have thought about it. Working my way through different colors. They all have different looks. 🙂
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Wonderful Jane! I never seen tulips depicted like this. They are like dancers, slowly dissapearing into the brightness.
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Thanks so much, Peter, and I love your description. I can’t help but anthropomorphize these– they have such personalities. Glad you enjoyed them. 🙂
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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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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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wonderful work!
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Thank you, Andy. I am enjoying the challenge of photographing these faded blooms. 🙂
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Jane……I LOVE, LOVE these photos. Suzie
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Thanks very much, Suzie. Happy you enjoyed them. Hope you are having a great summer. 🙂
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What striking images, Jane. Thanks.
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Thanks so much, Janie. 😘
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It’s impossible to not get awed by your photos! You’re a one of a kind photographer.
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Thank you very much, Sam. 🙂
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Dying tulips, never seen them so well portrayed.
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Thank you, Paula. I find them fascinating in their final hours. Glad you like them. 🙂
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Very beautiful and wonderful pictures, Jane – especially Cheerleader. 🙂
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Thanks so much, Adrian. Happy you like these. The captions sometimes immediately hit me. These blooms are so expressive! 😃
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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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Thanks, Sue. You had a lovely high key B&W daffodil image recently. Happy you enjoyed these– much appreciated! 🙂
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My pleasure, Jane!
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Exquisite
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Thanks so much, Therese. 🙂
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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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Thanks very much, Steve. That means a lot. I’m drawn to the beauty of those fading blooms- another side to their story. Glad you agree. 🙂
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Wow! That is a visual feast! How in the world did you achieve that look?
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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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That is a great technique and simple too. Just need a good lens and might have to rejig my old SLR or borrow my daughters! I am glad you are a tulip fan as well.
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Somewhere, Miss Vickie is smiling.
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Yes, she is Anon. And so am I, reading this. 🙂 💛
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Very clever photography Jane. The images remind me of the watercolours you get in old books of flora & fauna.
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Thanks, Brian. Ooh, that makes my day– I love those vintage works. The black and whites do remind me of pencil drawings. Happy you enjoyed these. 🙂
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Very nice compositions. 💜
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Thank you, Kewtiebird. I find these fascinating to compose. 💜
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Perfect clicks without any doubt ❣️❣️
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Thank you, Harshita. I’m so glad you enjoyed these. 😊
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Truly stunning and original Jane.
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Thanks so much, Cindy. Glad these spoke to you. 😍
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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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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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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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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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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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Thanks so much. Happy you enjoyed! 😊
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Always enjoy your posts, Jane. Miss seeing you two.
As I get older, i have started to appreciate the beauty of fading flowers. I bring in a magnolia bud about once a year to enjoy the bloom for a day. But the last few years, I’ve been keeping it for a couple of days. It’s still beautiful, though browning and slightly curling.
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It is an interesting article and it add more to life meaning
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Thank you, LarioJohn. 🙂
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