In my mind, it's not just about the tulips. There are other flowers lurking near tulip beds. Some are planted for the sake of contrast. Others are a g (...)

This is a late posting but life is what happens when you're planning to post images. I did a series on the Ottawa Tulip Festival back in the Spring. I (...)

This pale beauty is impossible to photograph except under dawn's delicate light. Sunlight washes out all detail andthe flowers are in shade at sunset.

Dawn was quite obliging that morn but the Sun was a pain in the lens. City planners laid out the beds at Dows Lake so that you have to shoot into the (...)

Still, newly emitted sunlight does lend a charming effect to the yet-unfolded tulips. The nights were still quite cool then, cool enough to keep the t (...)

I like daffodils as they seem to trumpet their beauty to the world. Tulips stand en masse like a colour choir but daffodils stand on street corners an (...)

Ok, sometimes Jazz gets carried away into some existential musical dimensions, which is what happened in this image.

This is as close as I'm going to get to Malak Karsh. I'm walking very lightly on sacred ground here, folks. Still, what's a photographer going to do w (...)

Open wide ... that's it ... now say "aaaahhhh" ...

Ok, back to the tulips. These were planted in beds that became shaded in the afternoon so these flowers bend towards the sun at every opportunity.

As luck would have it this young lady sat down just as I was composing this shot. Really.

Ooops, my bad. That last shot got by my screening process and I uploaded the full size image instead of the re-sized one. Moving right along ... this (...)

From here on in, the images are detailed shots of the winning artwork. Your mileage may vary.

I thought this face was pretty wild. Kids and their imaginations, go figure.

The sun's light, aided and abetted by nasty reflections off Dows Lake terminated my photo session. It was time to visit the famous tulip beds of Major (...)

Of course, everyone knows that it's all the fault of the Dutch that the tulips have replaced dandelions as Ottawa's flower. This particular beauty cam (...)

Nocturnal delights? Tulips deflowered? Such dreams as are made on tulips? You decide.

While the flowers are the focus of the festival they aren't the only stars. A contest was held to decorate large wooden tulips. Local high school stud (...)

Eternal beauty never dies. Reminds me of someone I know. Still beautiful after all these years.

This Innuit child was part of a dream sequence linking life, spirit animals and all that is important.