Nothing can beat the beauty of a tulip on a sunny day, when you plant them fresh each year to have a new color story the next season. This is the flower that thrives in climates with long, cool springs and dry summers, and it is in fact the popular garden plant in east and west.

NIKON D750 | Exposure f/11 @ 1/125sec | ISO 100 | Focal Length 120mm
Glowing Tulip, by Zahraa Al Hassani

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | April 06
Award Score: 62 (Value 11, Clarity 12, Composition 16, Style 11, Skill 12)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Color Photography
Photograph Location: Denver, Colorado, The United States

Photographer: Zahraa Hashim Salih Al Hasani (Baghdad,Iraq) Registered
Zahraa Al Hassani is a passionate photographer, and works as designer in Zain Telecommunications for more than 6 years. Graduating from the University of Technology Bagdad, her first job was at Wacther Company Ltd. as a graphic designer for constructions. A year later she joined Iraqi-American Chamber for Commerce and Industry. As senior graphic designer and photographer in Marketing Communication at Zain Telecommunications, she helps over submitting her consultancy to better enhance company image to be shown in elegant pattern. Blessed with one child, Zahraa and her family lives in Bagdad, Iraq. Resources in Iraq are mostly limited, thus she used her photography skills to get a visuals for her designs. She started photography with Sony H7 and Carel Zias lenses, and eventually moved to Nikon. Graphic Design has helped her to strengthen her photographic perspective. Zahraa believes she is here to acquire knowledge from the trove of purist photography.

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