"One doesn't stop seeing. One doesn't stop framing. It  doens't turn off and turn on. It's on all the time." - Annie Leibovitx

I stared at this vase of tulips sitting on the dinning table too many times as I walked by.  Something tugged at me each time until finally I was moved to get out the camera and a close-up lens. It was irritating ... like an itch that I had to scratch.

A boring shot of the flowers sitting on the table recording the location of the series. To the left (not shown) is a window ... the sun shining through that window is the source of light for these shots.

The nice soft background for this image came from a planter box outside about 10 feet from the window:

An image of a little cluster with the same background:

A sliver of sun was streaming through that window against the white walls.  It was a perfect shape to use as a background for this single blossom:

How often have you looked up at the bottom of a tulip blossom?  Me, neither:

Then I moved in closer to the flowers:

And then again ... closer still ... 

And again, until I got to the tip of a single flower .... Mellow Yellow! 

Did you know that tulip blossoms have this kind of structure in the petals?  I didn't.

Thanks for letting me share with you, the "itch" I just had to scratch.

Adam

P.S.  Oh these images looks so much better when you enlarge them by clicking on one (assuming you are not using an itty bitty cell phone).