P.S. to everyone: Have fun guessing the location of this beautiful scene!!
Kerry

3/1/2006 11:09:27 AM

An Amazing Shot! I love the vivid colors!

3/1/2006 11:13:15 AM

My guess is this was taken in Santa Maria or Lompoc, CA. Well done!

3/2/2006 4:20:54 AM

I'd venture either Apeldoorn (Netherlands) or Mount Vernon :) ~~ wherever, it's a beautiful shot Jim!

3/2/2006 5:03:27 AM

This a great shot... I believe it was taken at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

3/2/2006 5:11:37 AM

Skagit Valley, Washington State

3/2/2006 6:27:36 AM

I love the colors, and leading lines,
I believe this shot was taken in the
Skagit Valley WAshington

3/2/2006 6:39:01 AM

Skagit Valley WA

3/2/2006 8:04:49 AM

Beautiful picture! Think this is the area in Amsterdam near Kukenhouf (sp?) Gardens. There are fields and fields of these beautiful tulips and daffodils. Great shot. Wonderful website. Thanks.

3/2/2006 8:04:53 AM

Wonderful shot! Such color and form. My guess would be south-central California, as I've seen flower fields spreading off forever there, much like this photograph portrays. The mountains also say "California," although of course I could be wrong by half a world ... Perfect photo for a travel magazine!

3/2/2006 8:33:01 AM

Jim, great colors and composition; this shot was taken at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival in LaConner, Washington.

3/2/2006 8:37:46 AM

Carlsbad, California!

3/2/2006 9:56:46 AM

I know! I know!! Lompac, CA I lived there for about 18 months and they have fields all the way to the mountains of flowers. Lompoc, CA is known as the seed capital of the world. Brilliant colors.

3/2/2006 10:01:37 AM

sedona a.z. one of the most scenic places in the world.

3/2/2006 10:07:30 AM

My guess is Holland, Michigan. The tulips are beautiful.

Carol Rice

3/2/2006 1:36:53 PM

My guess is WA state. Beautiful! Love the little guy in the rain coat.

3/2/2006 2:16:08 PM

La Conner, Washington

3/2/2006 4:54:38 PM

This is probably The tulip garden in Keukenhoff, Holland. This is an amazing picture.

3/2/2006 5:52:58 PM

This shot is definitely taken at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival in La Conner WA.

3/2/2006 7:06:19 PM

Mount Vernon, Washington State. Lived just south of there for 27 years. Beautiful place!

3/2/2006 7:45:43 PM

Skagit Valley, WA.

I'm looking forward to this years' festival!

Nice shot!

3/2/2006 11:03:40 PM

Awesome photo. Beautiful colors. I believe this photo was taken at the Tulip Festival in Washington State.

3/3/2006 2:05:35 AM

Well two other people I think got it right before me, but my first thought was Lompoc, CA. I lived in that area for about 9 years and still have the memories of awesome smells of flower fields.

3/3/2006 5:43:06 AM

It has to be where you have your class, Skagit County, WA

3/3/2006 6:44:35 AM

That's a wonderful image. I'd have to say it was taken in Lompoc, Ca.

3/3/2006 8:06:03 AM

What do you think? Should we tell them yet, Kerry? ;-)

3/3/2006 9:28:41 AM

How about the Mount Vernon, WA tulip fields?

3/7/2006 8:58:43 PM

Yes, all of you who said Skagit Valley Tulip Festival near Mount Vernon were 100% correct.

Have you been to this festival Bernie, as it's practically in your back yard, right? And I see that it is close to home for many BetterPhoto members.

I will doing a one-day shoot there this year... hopefully the tulips will be in bloom just before Easter:
My upcoming tulip shoot

Thanks for playing, everyone. This was certainly a fun one for me :)

3/7/2006 9:24:06 PM

Hope you'll be showing the results of that special web page of the shoot

Carol

3/7/2006 11:04:58 PM

Oh yes, I've done the Tulip circuit several times. Great subject matter. And yes, I don't live very far from there. Roozengaarde Park is my wife's favorite place to go during the season.

3/7/2006 11:09:26 PM

Great Picture of the Tulips at Mt. Vernon, WA. The Tulip Festival is held there during the month of April every year.

3/14/2006 7:29:58 AM

I going with somewhere in Holland, just because they have a lot of tulips there.

Matt

3/15/2006 7:29:02 PM

I have photos similar to this. So, my guess is during the Tulip Festival in Mt. Vernon, WA.

3/19/2006 7:45:00 AM

4/5/2006 9:21:08 AM

Well, I surely know after reading all the responses where the location is! I just wanted to say I enjoy the converging lines and the color surprise in yellow! :-) Thanks for sharing....
Candy..

5/20/2006 1:34:29 PM

Thank you everyone for your additional comments.

By the way, we had a great (but wet) Tulip Tromp. The rain just added great texture to many of our photos... I don't have all of the photos in any one place but here are a few links to photos from the Tulip Tromp:
Spiral by Bob Cournoyer
Tulip by Joyce S. Bowley
Heavy Rain by Steve Libersky
The Chalice by John Richlin
Aswirl-2 by Heather Young

And there are a few in my photo gallery.

Thanks again!!!

6/3/2006 2:59:17 PM