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Kim and I have steadily been adding more and more flowers to our front garden and we also have several potted plants throughout the back on our deck and patio. And it seems that we have an abundance of tulips. So how about I share one today? Sound good? Good!

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Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 87mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F9
- Shutter Speed 1/60 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 320
- Center Weighted Average Metering

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Yesterday's View...

Tuesday May 2, 2017

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I am happy to report that Kim and I had a very nice Easter Sunday. We cooked ham and I even made baked macaroni and cheese from a recipe that my brother sent me. I think it came out pretty good but it's still not up to his caliber. I also made my famous bread pudding. Well okay it's famous around here. But it's pretty darn good if I do say so myself. We had Kim's parents over for dinner and Terry and his girlfriend Gianna even stopped by for a bit. And that brings me to today's photo. Terry and Gianna gave Kim some very beautiful potted tulips.

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These will go nicely in our garden.

Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 61mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F6.30
- Shutter Speed 1/13 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 640
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Here is the "Before" image.

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Yesterday's View...

Saturday April 15, 2017

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I am feeling a lot better today. Not 100% but a lot better and I can even eat!

Kim and I were able to run our Saturday errands today and we even made time to stop by a local garden shop and pick up some flowers to spruce up for the warm weather heading our way. We got a couple tulips for the front garden and Kim planted them. So of course I did my part and photographed them :) So that is what I am sharing with you today.

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Pretty soon this will be at full bloom. Probably tomorrow when the temperatures hit around 80° F (27° C).

Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 212mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F6.30
- Shutter Speed 1/160 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 320
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Here is the "Before" image.

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And now...

Yesterday's View...

Saturday April 8, 2017

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Exploration Photography Daily View - April 24, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

Today I am continuing with our trip to Longwood yesterday and sharing another variety of Tulip. There are so many different colors and I captured as many as I could. This one is a little brighter than the one in my last post but every bit as pretty.

Speaking of my last post I meant to share something else with you. When we arrived at Longwood Gardens yesterday and got out of our car it was drizzling a bit. Kim grabbed her umbrella and as usual I didn't take one. Well the people in the car next to us, a man and a woman were also debating whether or not an umbrella was necessary. The man looked toward me and joked that no matter his decision  it would be the wrong one. He also commented that the parking lot was packed and wondered why. I told him that the Tulips were at full bloom to which he shrugged and said "big deal". I noticed that he and the woman with him were carrying high end cameras and some lighting equipment and were obviously there to photograph people. Probably a wedding or prom. So I commented back that at least when I was photographing flowers they cooperated unlike people. He actually laughed and kind of agreed. Hence why you don't see too many pictures of people on my blog. Well it made me laugh :) Oh and it didn't rain any more either :)

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Yesterday's View...

 Saturday April 23, 2016

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Exploration Photography Daily View - April 23, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

Well it's finally that time of year when the Tulips at Longwood are at full bloom. And you can bet Kim and I were there to check out this years crop. As usual we were not disappointed. I got some really good stuff to share with you over the next few days or so and today I would like to start with this simple beauty.

Just one of the many varieties of tulip that Longwood has to offer. And one of the many colors too. I am not sure but I would say there is more variety this year. Or maybe not. But no matter, I'll just let the flowers speak or themselves.

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Yesterday's View...

 Friday April 22, 2016

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop back soon.  Like I said I have lot's of cool stuff and it's headed your way!

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Exploration Photography Daily View - March 24, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

Continuing with the Spring theme I have been running with this week I would like to share this tulip with you today.

Tulips are one of my favorite flowers to photograph. This is one that we bought last weekend. It's actually the tulip with it's bulb in a glass container. There is no soil so you can see everything. It's really cool. I m hoping that I can plant the bulb and see a new flower each Spring. I guess we'll see.

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Yesterday's View...

 Wednesday March 23, 2016

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Tulip Time At Longwood

It's that time of year again when Spring Blooms start to grow into full fledged flowers. And for my money there is no place better to enjoy them than Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Now anyone who has been reading my blog for any amount of time knows that Longwood is one of my favorite places to photograph. The other two of my top three would of course be Valley Forge National Park and Jenkin's Arboretum in Devon, Pennsylvania.

Well Kim and I took a drive to Longwood yesterday to see the tulips. And as usual we were not disappointed. They are in peek bloom and absolutely spectacular. Today I would like to share some of them with you. Sound good? Great let's get started.

This is just a small sampling. There are literally thousands of tulips. And there was also a lot of people all trying to do the same thing. Photograph the tulips. But that turned out to be a good thing. It left the rest of the grounds easier to navigate. And we took full advantage of it. But that is for another post. Maybe even one of those extra posts I mentioned yesterday. We'll see.

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It's Tulip Time At Longwood!

For those not familiar Longwood Gardens is a botanical garden in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania that is more than 1,000 acres in size. It consists of many water gardens, incredible flower gardens and a large conservatory that houses many exotic plants and flowers year round.

Main Entrance - September, 28, 2013

I am fortunate enough to live about half an hour from Longwood and thanks to the Christmas gift of an annual membership from Kim I visit there often. Of course I always have my camera in hand:)



With the changing seasons and many holidays each year brings Longwood presents different flower and seasonal displays. Being Spring the current attraction is the annual tulip garden. I visited on Sunday morning and I am here to say they were in full bloom! Today I would like to share some of the photos I captured.

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Conservatory - September 28, 2013

If you would like to learn more about Longwood Gardens please check out these links.



Longwood Gardens Official Website

Longwood Gardens on Wikipedia

As always thank you for visiting. I hope you enjoyed my photos and the beautiful tulip display. In my next post I will share some other areas of the gardens.


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