The tulips are wondering, “Is it ok to come out?” After the fourth-coldest April in Chicago records, the temperatures are finally starting to warm up. Huddled underground for months, the tulips are finally feeling the warmth. They are mustering up the courage to break out of their green shells. Seeing the tulips blooming is one of …
The first tulips are now blossoming in downtown Chicago! Read More »
Since 2010, I’ve photographed the budding tulips across from the Tribune Tower. A quick trip across the street to Walgreens and I get the pleasant surprise of seeing the tulips. Or sometimes I would discover the budding flowers in the middle of busy Michigan Avenue while walking to work in the morning. Such things are …
Spring tulips break ground for my last year working in Tribune Tower Read More »
Tulips are coming out of the ground in Chicago, and it’s only February 23! Doesn’t that seem really early in the year for tulips to be sprouting? What is the average first day for tulips to sprout in Chicago? We can find out with some historical photo research. Every year tulips are abounding on the …
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Stepping outside the Tribune Tower with my new Nikon D610 around my neck. Lo and behold the tulips are starting to come out of the ground! Photographing the budding tulips on the median of Michigan Avenue has become a semi-annual tradition for me (2010, 2013, 2014). With multiple lanes of traffic whizzing by, breaking out …
The tulips are starting to break the ground in Chicago! While walking to work, the dirt graveyards on Michigan Avenue started to get some life. Little red sprouts coming out of the soil! Standing in the middle of Michigan Avenue, cars were honking their horns while I was capturing this moment of 2014. My first …
Start of spring: tulips break ground on Michigan Avenue in Chicago Read More »
Out of the millions of photos that get posted to flickr every day, my sprouting tulip photo is currently the #112th most popular image on flickr for April 1, 2013. A big thanks to Chicagoist for featuring my photo in “Around Town: Sprouting” and thereby kick-starting the views to this photo on flickr. Lesson: if …
Why standing in the middle of an expressway to take photos is a good idea Read More »
Who speaks words like a poet? All comment given by bernawi of flickr is like a prance through the drewdrops of morning on the windows of perception. to find the true nature of things, it will break the ice of lost illusions and stop to see the reflection of reality. Great depth in this image …
