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Pink Tulip

Pink Tulip
A pink tulip photographed against a background of dark greenery.

Pink Tulip. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.

A pink tulip photographed against a background of dark greenery.

This is the fourth in the (slightly out of order) sequence of photographs of spring tulips that follows their transition from green buds to colorful blossoms. Here all traces of the earlier color changing process are gone, and the flower is at its peak of color.

We travelled to a local, Bay Area garden several times in April to photograph spring flowers, and on the most recent visit the tulips were the featured performers. At this location there are — or were, by the time you read this — extensive beds filled with tulips in almost every imaginable color and pattern, with even more of them placed around the grounds in pots.


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Fairy Lantern, Spring Greenery

Fairy Lantern, Spring Greenery
A fairy lantern blossom among spring greens in the hills of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Fairy Lantern, Spring Greenery. © Copyright 2019 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A fairy lantern blossom among spring greens in the hills of the San Francisco Bay Area.

This is not a fairy lantern blossom from the spring 2020 season. It is not news to anyone at this point, but my ability to get into the field was interrupted by stay-at-home orders more or less at the peak of the local wildflower season. Fortunately, I did get out a few times before the world came crashing down. And, truth be told, I have a lot of unfinished photographs sitting in the raw file archive from which this one comes.

While I know that this lovely flower can be found in quite a few places, I almost go back to the same specific location. It is along a trail in a local country park that drops down into a small canyon cut by a seasonal stream. The sides of the canyon are steep, and there is plenty of overhanging foliage, and on the right spring day the whole place is quiet and full of green.


G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.

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