Nature’s Pause: Photographer’s Lens Reveals Keukenhof Tulip Gardens Void of Visitors After 71 Years (31 Captivating Pics)_Lt
Dutch landscape photographer Albert Dros, renowned for capturing the stunning Dutch tulip fields each spring, encountered a unique experience this year. Unlike previous years, the renowned Keukenhof, hailed as the world’s most exquisite tulip garden, stood devoid of visitors for the first time in 71 years. Amidst this unprecedented solitude, Albert had the privilege of immortalizing the garden’s tranquil allure through his lens.
“This year is ‘special’. Keukenhof is closed, for the first time in 71 years. But that doesn’t mean there are no flowers,” says the photographer. “On the contrary; the flowers look incredible and get as much attention and care as always. All the passionate gardeners do their work as they’re used to. Because even without people, nature and the show of the garden goes on.”
Albert says he has been photographing the tulips since forever but the one thing he always wanted to capture was Keukenhof without any other people. “This seemed impossible, until this year’s April 2020. With the COVID-19 virus keeping everyone at home and tourists away, I knew this was my only chance of making this happen,” said the photographer. He contacted the tulip garden and they were kind enough to let him take photographs for a day.
The photographer says that it was the sunniest April ever in the Netherlands so the flowers bloomed very early. “Photographing in broad daylight with the strong sun was a challenge. But forget about the photography for a moment: walking around there all alone, with only the sounds of birds and the incredible smell of all these flowers, is an experience by itself,” said Albert. “I sometimes just sat next to the flowers and the water, enjoying nature for 30 minutes long. It was just a magical experience. Having no people in the park allowed me to photograph paths and angles in a certain way that you normally don’t get to see because of the crowds.”
See Albert’s beautiful photographs of the empty Keukenhof tulip garden in the gallery below!
“With no people around, these zig-zag paths become visible showing the attention to detail in the layout of the garden.”
“The famous Keukenhof windmill. The miller was so kind to move it to the correct position for pictures.”
“A rare species of tulips that I had not seen before.”
“The world-famous ‘Blue River.’ A road of blue grape hyacinths zigzagging through the trees.”
“In Keukenhof, you can find a bunch of classic Dutch bridges. This is one of them right at the entrance, surrounded by a sea of colorful tulips.”
“Did I mention the attention to detail? From the ground, I didn’t even see this, but when I flew my drone a few meters up it appeared that these were planted in the shape of a tulip flower!”
“Seas of tulips around my favorite area of the park: the pool with the fountain in the middle.”
“Lines and lines of tulips, hyacinths, and narcissus flowers in between the trees.”
“I love to photograph dreamy portraits of flowers, and the Keukenhof is perfect for that with its many different kinds of flowers.”
“My favorite places in the Keukenhof are the pools. Seeing the water reflecting the trees and flowers gives such a calm feeling. If you look closely you can see a gardener do his work. Because even with no people visiting the garden, the work goes on.”
“In some parts of the park, you can find endless seas of different colored tulips that together make a beautiful abstract color palette.”
“The little paths make harmony with the trees and different flowers all around them.”
“An image of the white bridge near the entrance of the park showing the scale of a hill with thousands of tulips that can be seen in front of it.”
“A low angle perspective in the part of the park that I’d like to call ‘cherry blossom garden’ where you can find dozens of cherry blossoms combined with tulips. Did I mention the smell!?”
“A high key portrait of the Fritillaria Imperialis flower. One of my favorite flowers in the park.”
“Zigzag lines of flowers, water, and paths almost looks like these scenes are dancing.”
“Attention to great detail of lines and shapes in which the flowers are planted is the signature design of The Keukenhof. I love how they combine these flowers with beautiful trees. And they all blossom at the same time.”
“Dare to be different. A white tulip with a red leaf standing out in the lot, with a viewpoint on the tulip fields in the background.”
“A portrait image of grape hyacinth.”
“Real summer vibes with green trees, blue sky, and circular shapes of tulips. It’s only spring, but this image already reminds me of summer.”
“I love how you can see these lines and shapes of tulips in the park.”
“Sun peaking through the trees in the afternoon, with the lines and paths of flowers making harmony with each other.”
“All the different flowers are perfect for doing macro images in the park.”
“One of my favorite little scenes in the park: a Japanese cherry blossom tree with a beautiful shape with a path through flowers leading up to it. It looks like a scene out of a fairytale.”
“My favorite area with part of the big pool on the right. Lines and shapes of tulips all pointing towards the middle.
“It’s in the details with these small patches of different colored hyacinth flowers carefully places on the grass between the trees.”
“The red and yellow carpet of tulips as seen from a drone perspective from about 10 meters up.”
“A portrait of an interesting breed of a narcissus flower.”
“I really couldn’t get enough of these patches of different kinds of flowers with different colors along the paths and the trees everywhere in the park.”
