Glowing Tulip Poplar Flowers

The tulip poplars in the forest behind our house are blooming.

On a sunny day last week, I walk our closer to the trees at mid-day and took zoomed pictures looking up in the tree. Because the sun was almost directly overhead the flowers seemed to catch the light and glowed among the greenery of the tree’s leaves.

The shape of the flowers is very tulip-like but the coloring is quite different. The inside of the flower is different too.

I think these are my favorite pictures to date of this tree in the springtime.