This yellow tulip stands with a bunch of other tulips in a glass vase on an oak table. On the left of the picture, a small piece of the vase is just visible. You can also see a leaf of one of the tulips in the vase. The stem of the tulip is also visible and it makes the connection between the flower on the front edge and the small details in the background.
A photo like this begins because the vase of tulips is in beautiful light. That is reason for me to grab the camera. When I then have the camera there, the looking really starts. And so my attention has shifted from the vase of tulips as a whole, to this one tulip that has taken its own direction from the whole. I have a weakness for misfits.
I photographed the tulip with little depth of field. This created a soft image. The tulip has an almost downy appearance. The shape of the tulip, with a few petals standing out a bit, combined with the soft, not everywhere sharp image, there is also something dynamic in the image. It's almost as if the tulip is plopping down on the table just at this moment.
Kees de Winter is my name. I know myself as a curious and creative person. That is exactly why I became a photographer. For me, photography is exploring, probing, discovering and being surprised by beauty.
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