Black Tulip II

Okay, even I've had enough of this particular flower, so something different next time, honest.

Black Tulip

Another image of the same purple tulip, Unfortunately, there are more where this came from. Even worse, I may post some of them.

Tua Lipa II

Another image of the long stemmed tulip. A few more to come, I fear.

Tua Lipa

This image is one of few that approximates to the original idea that was in my head when I set up the camera. 

This long stemmed tulip was in a pot on our dining table and my plan was to accentuate the stem by photographing it from beneath. I used my diffuser as a backdrop, covering a window - this was a problem as the light was already going when I started, but it led to the nice soft quality of the image.

In all, this is everything that I'm trying to achieve with my "specimen images" of single flowers.

Below is a similar image, where the framing isn't quite right, so the formal properties aren't quite as strong.