turkish delight

Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 11 June 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

Taken at the Tulip Library at the Mall.

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Photo taken in Washington DC on April 11, 2008.

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Ras from Plano, United States

Beautiful flower and nice title.

11 Jun 2008 5:29am

Saeed from Tehran, Iran

nice shot

11 Jun 2008 6:49am

Dhini from Dordrecht, Netherlands

Beautiful

11 Jun 2008 6:57am

saeed from ahwaz, Iran

so lovely and colourful

11 Jun 2008 7:26am

shahab from Qazvin, Iran

Beautiful close-up of a beautiful flower!Nice work!

11 Jun 2008 8:23am

dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa

Love these photos showing close ups of the natural beauty that surrounds us. Beautiful colours.

11 Jun 2008 9:18am

Craig from Vacaville, California, United States

Beautiful tulip!

11 Jun 2008 10:58am

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

Lovely detail and excellent color make this photo a joy to look at.

11 Jun 2008 11:16am

paulski from Muncie, IN, United States

great shot here! wonderful detail, and in love the colors...nicely captured.

11 Jun 2008 11:42am

vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Québec, Canada

Great close-up, and I like your title! Most people don't know that tulips originated in Turkey! :-)

11 Jun 2008 12:52pm

Man With 101 Names from Hamburg, United States

very beautiful , super macro :o)

11 Jun 2008 1:41pm

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

This is a wonderful macro of this pretty little tulip, and i love the colour too.

11 Jun 2008 2:22pm

Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Beautiful center and a wonderful macro of this beautiful tulip. Wonderful presentation e.

11 Jun 2008 2:42pm

Shuva Brata Deb from Hyderabad, India

definitely refreshing.

11 Jun 2008 2:59pm

Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada

Lovely. The colours blend so beautifully yellow to red to yellow. It really is a delight.

11 Jun 2008 3:28pm

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

This is truly lovely e. ;)

11 Jun 2008 4:03pm

Rags from Plano, United States

it is very pretty.

11 Jun 2008 4:31pm

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

A glorious vibrant sense of colour here, lovely.

11 Jun 2008 5:25pm

Sammi from New Jersey, United States

What a pretty flower!

11 Jun 2008 5:45pm

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

beautiful image

11 Jun 2008 5:46pm

DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom

Cool colours!

11 Jun 2008 5:49pm

Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands

Delightful, this tulip! Looks like a bunch of flames, wonderful!

11 Jun 2008 5:53pm

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Fantastic macro of this beautiful flower!

11 Jun 2008 6:17pm

MJ from Delaware, United States

great detail and color

11 Jun 2008 7:46pm

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

Fantastic macro, e.!!!

12 Jun 2008 1:55am

ManuelaR from Hainburg, Germany

Wonderful ;)

12 Jun 2008 6:08am

Nikon D200
1/750 second
F/14.0
ISO 1600
300 mm (35mm equiv.)

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