May 7th, 2011 – Skagit Valley Eye Candy

Fortunately I did finally make up to Skagit Valley this week to catch the last of the Tulip blooms. I wasn’t able to get the sunrise shot I had hoped for, but we did have some nice light and spring weather to make for a fun afternoon. It was also a great opportunity to test out  a new zoom lens that I’ve recently added to my kit. The majority of the large fields were no longer in bloom with the exception of TulipTown.  I took a good number of images which I haven’t yet had time to process, but here are a few that I’m liking so far.

View of   Flaming Parrot Tulips.  Mount Vernon, Washington

 Canon 5D MkI, Contax T* Planar 100/f2 , 100mm @ f4,  ISO 100, Manual mode,  Hand-held, 3-Exposure HDR. Lightroom 3, Photoshop CS5, Photomatix Pro.

View of  Huntsville Tulips.  Mount Vernon, Washington

Canon 5D MkI, Contax T* Planar 100/f2 , 100mm @ f4,  ISO 100, Manual mode,  Hand-held.  Lightroom 3, Photoshop CS5, Photomatix Pro.

View of  Catherine’s Radiance Tulip.  Mount Vernon, Washington

Canon 5D MkI, Contax T* Vario Sonnar 35-70/f3.4 , 35mm @ f3.4,  ISO 50, Manual mode,  Hand-held, 3-Exposure HDR. Lightroom 3, Photoshop CS5, Photomatix Pro.

To see a larger versions  please click on the images.

Feel free to comment below if you like what you see or have any other observations.

Thanks for stopping by,

JayT

Tags: Canon 5D, Contax Planar 100mm f2, Contax Vario Sonnar 35-70 f3.4, Flora, Landscape, manual focus, Nature photography, Zeiss T*

• May 7, 2011
• Landscapes, Nature photography
• 2 Comments