looking around

Since I was at home and had no plans to go anywhere to take my photo (this may be a common occurrence in the future, I'm thinking...) and I still had some flowers I hadn't shot yet, I chose the tulips.

As most people know who buy tulips for their home, tulips droop - pretty much always. Well there is a very cool way to prevent this behaviour in your tulips. As soon as you get them, use a sharp needle and push it through the stem, approximately an inch below the flower bloom. Apparently it works for gerberas also. Do not leave the needle in the stem! The holes allow air to escape.

With all this being said, I clearly waited too long and my tulips drooped, not all of them but some did. In the image below, I have captured the downward facing tulip and its vase in the background, out of focus - which I like.

This next image is the same tulip, closer. I do love my macro lens...