Flowers

Blooms and more at Tulipmania

Close up of a red tulip

Close up of a red tulip

Last week I brought Monkey boy to the Tulipmania  at the Flower Dome.  I have been wanting to see the  20,000 Tulips that were imported for the display  from Netherlands.  The flowers really very colourful.

Monkey boy posing in an over-sized pair of clogs

Monkey boy posing in an over-sized pair of clogs

We saw the trademark  Holland  wooden clogs and couldn’t resist to take a photo with it. I love the drawing on the shoes.

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The “sea” of tulips.

There were many lovely tulips and they were of many different colours.  The tulips filled up the entire basement of the Flower Dome.

A red bloom

A red bloom

One of the red blooms which I saw.  I love how it looked in full bloom with the petals ruffled.

Yellow Tulips

Yellow Tulips

I love the vibrant yellow of this tulip. It really does brighten up your day if one were given a bunch of these tulips on a  special occasion.

Windmill among the tulips

Windmill among the tulips

Looking at the windmill reminded me so much about the time I had in Holland when I visited the country when I was a teenager. I’m hoping to be able to bring the kids there one day.

Mixed coloured bloom.

Mixed coloured bloom.

A lovely two coloured bloom. The light parts of the petals are accentuated by the dark pink giving it more volume and a better visual appeal.

Pink blooms

Pink blooms

These pink blooms were very pleasant to the eyes.  I wouldn’t mind having a bunch to put on my dining table at home.

Were you looking at any flowers this week?

 

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Mini Blooms and Cactus

Mini Yellow Blooms

Mini Yellow Blooms

Ever since I got my macro lens a few months back I have been using it to snap pictures of blooms, the kids and also food. It does take time getting used to a fixed focal length and learning how to manually adjust the settings on the camera.  Here are some close up shots which I took on our recent vacation in Malaysia.

Pink blooms

Pink blooms

With smaller flowers one has to really get up close to ensure that the details of the blooms are being captured.  Sometimes the shots do not turn up as crisp as I would like them to be. As you can see the focus is better in the yellow blooms above as compared to this picture of the pink blooms.

Bougainvilla

Bougainvillea

Sometimes it can be quite hard to spot the flower especially if it is hidden among the coloured leaves like the bougainvillea above.  You really need a keen eye to be able to spot them and zoom in on it.

Flowering Cactus

Flowering Cactus

Sometimes you can find blooms in the strangest places. This was the first time that I saw a flowering cactus. Most of the time I only see the prickly green leaves of the plant.

 

Have you captured any blooms lately?

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