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Skagit Valley Tulip Festival 2011

elisa sherman — Sat, 14 May 2011 18:44:53 +0000

My friend and I made it up to the Tulips on what might have been the brightest day in April…

It took 2ish hours to get to just the one garden once we left the freeway…so alas, we made it a good one…

Some may remember images from my last trip in 2008 – I was taking my then new Rebel XTiand lenses for a tour, to figure out how to use them…the difference this time, less time, less fields, more sun, less clouds, no droplets, more sun(yeah, it was bright!), and oh yeah, I actually now know how to use a camera, lol…I took my 5d, my 15mm fish, 70-200 2.8 and my 50 1.4 to see what we could see this time. I tried to stick with the extremes at 200, and 15mm wide open at 2.8 – figured noone wants to see just another flower portrait – but eh, they are pretty flowers, so…Anyway, because it was so bright, I figured, extreme perspective would be able to capture some drama in what would otherwise be, just more flower pictures – though, that is what they are! And that’s all ok:)

When I say I know how to use (now) – it sounds silly – and I was really happy with my 2008 images – you might even like some of them better than this years! (and that’s ok:) But I barely knew how to use the focusing system, didn’t quite understand what I would get through the various lenses (10-22, 50, 100 w/my 2008 rebel)…I like to think I had an eye and a bit of style – which has always been a little like my cooking – by feel and senses…These days, new gear, and I at least in my head a bit more of a sense of – hey I know what I’m after – how to shoot it, and well, never forget to just enjoy it.

So with all of that said – here are some of the colors admist the brightest sun – gotta love the pretty!

Archive (alternative view – non flash)

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival 2011 – Images by Elisa Sherman

Freeway Park ~ Spring in Seattle 2011

elisa — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:07:16 +0000

Took the new LX5 on a spin around town, specifically a jaunt through Freeway Park, in the middle of downtown, and caught the spring flowers, magnolias, cherry blossoms, tulips and whatnot (read I don’t know what the other flowers were)…all in the first burst of bloom amongst our barely there Spring in Seattle…I tried to shoot it wide open the whole time to see how it really performs at it’s limits…

Some of the images – not bad for a little point & shoot:)

Archive slideshow (click here for non flash version)

Freeway Park Seattle 4-9-2011 – Images by Elisa Sherman

Weathered Roses…

elisa sherman — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:20:00 +0000

This past weekend, was in Cottage Grove, OR visiting my Grandma…

She, at 89 still cultivates gorgeous flowers including roses…

I like to take pictures in her garden when I visit…she loves the perfect images of the rose as it is meant to be…I love the imperfect, the weathered, the wilted, the textures, etc, with the light hitting them just so…

Here are my favorite weathered roses…dreamy, creamy, blurry and a little bit like strawberry ice cream!

Full set including the more “perfect”:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emswazzu/sets/72157619463108586/show/

Shooting notes: all images shot with the 28mm f1.8 wide open(ie f1.8) on my Rebel XTi…

Bunches of shows coming up!

xoxo
~Elisa

Spring???

elisa sherman — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:33:00 +0000

I am waiting…today we had freezing rain and snow downtown Seattle……..

Seriously…

But you can see, buds all around…the Magnolia trees are sprouting…the cherry trees are just about blossoming…and the planters are planted…

So there is a bit of color out there…

Bring the Spring!

Skagit Valley Glory

elisa sherman — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:34:00 +0000

I went up to Skagit Valley this past Sunday…the annual Tulip Festival is there every April…and it was gorgeous!

It really is such a lovely area…the buildings, the landscapes…the fields of COLOR…the light glinting off the raindrops that befell the petals, simply beautiful!

Of course…though, there is always, ALWAYS humor to be found:)

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

LOL…

But alas, to the beauty…the Glistening…tulips…

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Seas of Red…

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

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Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Orange orange orange…

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Pretty in Purple…

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Reflections of…

Skagit Valley Tulip Festiva ~ Tulip Town, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Dandy Daffodils…

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Fields of Dreams…

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Lovely Landscapes…

Scenes from Skagit Valley, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

And well it was Sunday…and there was church…

Scenes from Skagit Valley, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

But…I heard the Truth…is up in the *Trees*

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

But the truth is…there were rules…

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Happy Spring!

Live Blog ~ Tulip Town

elisa sherman — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:24:00 +0000

Live Blog ~ Tulip Town, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

More Today…

elisa sherman — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:01:00 +0000

So I think the blossoms are starting to wan, and I just wanted to get a few more…and I wanted to shoot some with better ISO settings for better quality at high resolution so…I ran out this AM and clicked again:)

Apr06_075, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Apr06_070, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

April05_002, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

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Apr06_061, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

…See the petals laying on the ground…pretty soon…this is where they will all be……..

Apr06_001, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

More Today…

elisa sherman — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:01:00 +0000

Apr06_075, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Apr06_070, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

April05_002, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Apr06_087, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Apr06_078, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Apr06_022, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Apr06_047, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Apr06_011, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Apr06_037, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Apr06_036, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Apr06_048, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Apr06_027, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Apr06_029, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

April05_004, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Apr06_019, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

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Apr06_014, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Apr06_003, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Apr06_061, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

…See the petals laying on the ground…pretty soon…this is where they will all be……..

Apr06_001, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

Just out my door…

elisa sherman — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:57:00 +0000

Can you believe right across the street from my house…so pretty…I had to run in and grab the camera…funny bit…at the same time, the fire department was blocking the road because a car had caught on fire! lol…City life:)

April05_018, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

April05_019, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

April05_023, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

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April05_027, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

April05_037, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

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April05_047, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

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April05_061, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.

April05_081, originally uploaded by Elisa ~ www.emswazzu.com.