Tulips are one of the subjects I look forward to every spring, from intimate flower studies to the broad fields of color in Washington’s Skagit Valley. The annual tulip season offers everything from single blooms in soft light to long rows of flowers stretching toward the horizon.
I often photograph tulips with telephoto lenses, shallow depth of field, and selective focus, using compression and soft backgrounds to simplify the fields into layers of color. Other images explore reflections, pathways, changing weather, and the early or late light that can completely transform the scene.
This collection brings together tulip photographs made over many spring seasons, including Skagit Valley Tulip Festival fields and quieter close-up studies. Fine-art prints are available in a variety of sizes and finishes. If you are looking for a particular color, field, or composition that you don’t see here, please ask—I may have it in the archive.
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Mike Reid Photography
