Akagi Senbonzakura Festival|Tulips through the light

Year 2025April 2025ApriltulipGunma prefecture (Kantou area)blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)Akagi Senbonzakura Festival
This photo was taken at the Akagi Senbonzakura Festival, where I felt it resembled a "light-transmitting tulip."

This photograph captures the sunlight filtering through perfectly shaped tulips blooming within the garden. The gentle hues of the petals softly illuminated by the light created a beautiful, ethereal effect. The Akagi Senbonzakura Festival at Akagi Minamimen Senbonzakura is a renowned spot showcasing a quintessential spring landscape. The tunnel-like avenue of fully blooming Somei Yoshino cherry trees is truly spectacular. Combined with the rapeseed flowers coloring the ground, it offers the softness and vividness characteristic of spring. Experimenting with composition can yield even more impressive photographs.

Date & TimeApril 12, 2025
photographerwithout batting an eyelid
LocationAkagi Senbonzakura Festival
Address2511-2, Naegashima-cho, Maebashi, Gunma
Photography EquipmentCanon EOS R
lensCanon EF70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM
F value2.8
suspended solids1/1250s
ISO200
Shooting route on the same dayAkagi Senbonzakura Festival →directional marker or indicatorKobe Station (Watarase Valley Railway) →directional marker or indicatorMoka SL, Cherry Blossom and Rape Blossom Road

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