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TULIPS ARE PROBABLY MY FAVORITE FLOWER TO PHOTOGRAPH WITH BACKLIGHTING. IT’S UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY HAVE SHORT-LIVED BLOOMS AND ARE OFTEN DAMAGED BY SPRING STORMS … SO GET OUT THERE WHILE THERE IS STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE THESE BEAUTIES! IF YOU’RE NOT GETTING A GOOD RESULT WITH YOUR TULIP PICTURES TRY THIS: USE A MACRO OR CLOSE-FOCUS TELE ZOOM LENS; GET DOWN AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE TULIP BLOOMS; POSITION THE FLOWER BETWEEN YOU AND THE SUN, BUT WAIT UNTIL THE SUN IS HIGH ENOUGH SO AS NOT TO CAUSE LENS FLARE (USE A LENS HOOD OR HAVE A PARTNER HOLD A PIECE OF CARDBOARD TO BLOCK THE SUN FROM FALLING ON THE FRONT ELEMENT OF YOUR LENS); BE MINDFUL OF THE BACKGROUND– NO DISTRACTING ELEMENTS; USE FILL FLASH OR A REFLECTOR TO BALANCE EXPOSURE (AUTOEXPOSURE SETTINGS ON YOUR CAMERA CAN LEAD TO A DARK FOREGROUND); IF YOU HAVE…

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‘THE CASTLE’ IS THE VINE STREET WORK HOUSE, A KANSAS CITY PRISON BUILT IN 1897 WHERE PETTY CRIMINALS WORKED OFF THEIR SENTENCES.  CONSTRUCTED AT A COST OF $30,000 IT SERVED AS A PRISON UNTIL 1918 WHEN IT WAS CONVERTED TO CITY OFFICES AND REMAINED SO UNTIL THE 1970S.

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THIS 36-ACRE AREA AND ORIGINAL INDIAN TRADING TRAIL WAS CALLED THE ‘OSAGE TRACE’ DUE TO ITS USE BY THE OSAGE TRIBE; THE SAC AND FOX AND KANSA INDIANS ALSO MADE THEIR CAMPGROUNDS HERE. FROM 1821-1872 CAVE SPRINGS WAS A HEAVILY TRAVELED JUNCTION ON BOTH THE SANTA FE AND OREGON TRAILS. IN THE LATER 1800’s THIS LAND WAS OWNED BY HARRY TRUMAN’S GRANDFATHER SOLOMON YOUNG.

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FRIDAY NIGHT AUGUST 5, 2011 / THIS IS A HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE

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