Best of Tulip Festival, 2015

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The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is held every April, here in the Skagit Valley. The tulip fields are a short, 20 minute drive from my house. Last year I visited the Tulip Fields 18 times!

The best times to visit are mornings for sunrise and evenings for sunset, but not on weekends!

I offer Guided Tulip Photo Tours each season. Sunrise and Sunset tours are available through out the bloom season. Very small groups, 3 people or less. Here is all the information and page to get signed up for a Tulip Tour in 2016.

Here are my favorite images from 2016, enjoy!

Skagit Valley Tulips 2015 – Best Images

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I went to the tulip and daffodil fields often this year.

Daffodils, Morning Light

Daffodils, Morning Light

Eighteen times to be precise.

Yellow Tulips and a Smile

Yellow Tulips and a Smile

A new record for visits in one year.

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Backlighting, my favorite

The Daffodils started in February.

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Stars!

As of today, April 17, the tulips are done.

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Beheading

Finished, kaput.

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Pink River

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Maximus

I am not sorry, I’m relieved.

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Tulip Selfie

My Tulip Goal for this year was two-fold: to get an image of a huge double rainbow directly over the blazing tulip fields AND to somehow capture an image of dark skies over the tulips being ripped asunder by searing bolts of lightning.

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Converging

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The Barn

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Mud

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Pinks

I failed miserably on both of these counts.

MUD!

MUD!

All of these image, and many more, are for sale as fine art prints as well as Canvas Wrapped Prints. Here is the place to view and buy!

Love the backlit cene

Love the back lit scene

Reflection

Reflection

Water in the rows

Water in the rows

Loner

Loner

Tulip Photo Tours

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Last night I was out conducting a photo tour of the tulip fields and encountered this lovely lady with a very photogenic umbrella. The conditions were favorable for a very nice image.
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Stormy Skies, Sun and an Umbrella

Stormy Skies, Sun ad an Umbrella


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Tulip Tour Info is Here.

Evening Photo Shoot at Skagit Tulip Fields

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This last Saturday the rains hit, a real deluge…windy and storms, a day to stay indoors!
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Late afternoon arrives and there was a hit of blue peaking out of the gray.
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It’s hard to predict if the dark skies will win the battle or if there will be a late-day clearing, but I decided to make the gamble and head out to the tulips field all abloom in La Conner.
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The mud was slick and deep, the sun and clouds perfectly in harmony and the colors! The colors were to die for.
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I spent a few hours here, until the sun set.
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Andy Porter Guided Tulip Festival Photography Tours

Skagit Valley is located in NW Washington State and is home of some of the most stunning scenery anywhere. Spring brings amazing colors to the low lands, giant fields of tulips and daffodils create a patchwork of heaven. The Tulips have just gotten started this year, if you’d like to come for a visit and have a Tulip Photo Tour, we still have openings for Sunrise and Sunset tours this spring, have a look here.
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