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Fraser Valley Tulip Festival

Tulip farm in the British Columbia Fraser Valley at peak season provides dramatic colours in the shadow of Mount Cheam near the town of Agassiz. _MG_7635 javasc...
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Tulip farm in the British Columbia Fraser Valley at peak season provides dramatic colours in the shadow of Mount Cheam near the town of Agassiz. _MG_7635 javascript:
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Canon EOS REBEL SL1

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Aperture f/8.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/160 Focal Length 18/1

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Apr, 2015

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Behind The Lens

Location

The field of tulips was taken at the annual Fraser Valley Tulip Festival near the town of Agassiz, BC, about 100 km east of Vancouver. Once a year in late March to early April the tulip flowers are in full bloom ready to be harvested for commercial sale at florists and flower stands in the concrete, steel and glass urban metropolis of downtown Vancouver. In the background is the 6,900 ft high Mount Cheam, one of the highest in the area and a popular local day hiking destination.

Time

The photo was taken in the late Sunday morning before massive crowds arrived. The event is heavily promoted in the local newspapers, television and radio ads. Luckily most family groups tend to come out after their Sunday lunches leaving early-bird photographers relatively people-free photos.

Lighting

The ambient outdoor lighting was hazy overcast with cloudy periods reducing contrast but still giving three-dimensional lighting qualities.

Equipment

The equipment used was a Canon SL-1 DSLR with the stock 18-55 zoom lens, hand held, in Aperture-priority mode dialed out to f/3.5 to produce a shallow depth of field. The lens was focused on the closest flower.

Inspiration

I liked the combinations of red, green and blue primary colours.

Editing

The image was taken in Canon RAW CR2 format and post processed in Apple Aperture. Some additional effects included selective blurring of the extreme foreground to enhance bokeh effect, and burning down the background mountains about the equivalent of 2 f-stops to bring out details in the sky and distant mountains.

In my camera bag

I normally carry a fisheye lens, wide-angle zoom and a telephoto zoom in addition to the normal-range zoom lens. I also have a flash with an off-camera cable and a remote control wired button.

Feedback

Walk around and try different angles and compositions. Flower fields be photographed in many different ways from macro shots to "bug's eye view" wide-angle shots. Experimentation is best method.

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Fraser Valley Tulip Festival

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