What better way to beat the crowds at the 2010 tulip festival than to go a week before it starts? Taking advantage of the unseasonably warm winter and the early tulip blooms, Bill & I headed to the Roozengarde demo gardens and fields for a little tulip therapy to beat the gray Seattle skies. I shot my 24-105mm lens using a shallow depth of field to get more dramatic close-ups. I later switched out to my 70-200mm lens to see if I could tell the difference.... You be the judge.