Background and Thoughts: There is a tulip garden in my neighborhood and I had never noticed it until I was walking around on a Friday night pondering none of life's big questions. It was right upon my normal strolling route, but for some reason I'd bypassed it all these years. This spring, however, I finally noticed it and took advantage of some early morning light. I used my telephoto lens to capture this shot because using tele- lenses for shots like this (includes portraits) achieves a very nicely blurred background with the subject in sharp focus.
