Dahlia on display. Mike's photo.
Aug 29, 2012 18:20:27 #
These images were taken two weeks ago at the San Francisco yearly Dahlia show. It is such an amazing event for someone who loves Dahlias or flowers in general. Dahlia is the official San Francisco city flower, I think there is no other flower that has such a variety of colors, shape and size, the size goes from the size of a 25cent piece to the size of a dinner plate. I was amused by the judging, there are three judges looking over one Dahlia for 15 minutes and making notes in the progress, to me they are all winners in their colorful beauty. To photograph these is not easy as for the harsh light from the windows and the table cloth back ground; I prefer them in their natural growing place. I will post some images in the future. I really enjoyed the show very much, I felled like a six year old at Disneyland, after about four hours admiring these beauties my legs were telling me it is time to walk the long way back to my car. So I said Good Bye Aufs Wiedersehn hopefully this old man is still around to see the show next year.
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Aug 29, 2012 18:22:18 #
jk48
Loc: Camarillo, California
blacks2 wrote:
These images were taken two weeks ago at the San F... (show quote)
nice work..they look great..
Aug 29, 2012 18:33:32 #
Aug 29, 2012 18:52:29 #
I love the shape of the ones in the last image. All great shots though. Thanks for posting!
Aug 29, 2012 19:03:26 #
Dr Rae wrote:
I love the shape of the ones in the last image. All great shots though. Thanks for posting!
Thank you very much.
Aug 29, 2012 21:40:29 #
Mike alway a treat to see you post!!! These are great in every way. So tell me how many shots did you take on this outing? The colors are always awesome from you, no matter what you show us.:)
Erv
Erv
Aug 29, 2012 21:48:39 #
Aug 29, 2012 22:34:03 #
Erv wrote:
Mike alway a treat to see you post!!! These are great in every way. So tell me how many shots did you take on this outing? The colors are always awesome from you, no matter what you show us.:)
Erv
Erv
Thank you very much Erv. I shot at least 200 pictures, my camera started acting up, the metering system, so I had many over or underexposed, I mailed it out for repair today.
Aug 29, 2012 22:34:53 #
Coolcameragirl wrote:
Gorgeous! I can almost smell them!
Thank you very much for the nice comment.
Aug 29, 2012 22:49:11 #
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Aug 30, 2012 09:36:34 #
Really fine composition, lighting and saturation!
Did I mention that "I like your work"?
Bob
Did I mention that "I like your work"?
Bob
Aug 30, 2012 09:52:42 #
bob_71 wrote:
Really fine composition, lighting and saturation!
Did I mention that "I like your work"?
Bob
Did I mention that "I like your work"?
Bob
Thank you for your comment.
Aug 30, 2012 16:48:53 #
Great captures!! I didn't even know some of those species were dahlias. I love doing floral shows but haven't seen any dahlias around. Have you ever been to any orchid shows, if you like florals you'll love them. Just like the dahlias they come in hundreds of shapes, colors and sizes.........
Aug 30, 2012 16:59:20 #
I love them all. Such beautiful colors to give me a good feeling.
blacks2 wrote:
Thank you very much Erv. I shot at least 200 pictures, my camera started acting up, the metering system, so I had many over or underexposed, I mailed it out for repair today.
Erv wrote:
Mike alway a treat to see you post!!! These are great in every way. So tell me how many shots did you take on this outing? The colors are always awesome from you, no matter what you show us.:)
Erv
Erv
Thank you very much Erv. I shot at least 200 pictures, my camera started acting up, the metering system, so I had many over or underexposed, I mailed it out for repair today.
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