Dahlias for @dswigle

in #alwaysaflower2 years ago

A Sea of Dahlias on a (sorta)Sunny Summer Day


Hello everyone and welcome to my first post in about a year now..... O.O
Last year I was imaging flowers in late spring and the Columbines were in full bloom and the Dahlias were just getting started.
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This year I'm here at high summer and the Columbines are done except for this one little purple one here I found near the wishing well.
The gardner tells me the Columbines didn't put on as good a show as last year.

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Right now the Dahlias are in full bloom as opposed to last year when I imaged them.
I would say I give to you the humble Dahlia but there is nothing humble about them this year.

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The Gardens here have over a hundred Dahlia plants of many different types.

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I'm useing the Sigma 150mm- 600mm lens today to isolate flowers across the gardens giving me a much nicer blur aka Bokeh in the background.

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I took over a 100 images today and I had trouble deciding what to post


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This yellow one (above) is about the "humblest" Dahlia I could find today and it's not doing a very good job at it....

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It just gets flashier from here....

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This one was one of my favorites, the color reaches out and grabs the eye

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This is a hot little number I was trying to get in full sun because that red pops like you wouldn't believe but the cloud cover rolled in just after I got here

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Here comes the show offs, wasn't sure if these should be marked NSFW lol

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Flower porn for the Hive LOL

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Ohhh Baby !!!

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The only thing this one is missing is a G String to stuff dollar bills into .....

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Anyone need a smoke ??

Time to go back to PG rated flowers for a bit.

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Well PG-13 anyway....

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This may be my personal favorit of the day.


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I followed this butterfly around till my arms shook trying to get this shot .
I swear this lens gained about 15 lbs. over the last couple hours.


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Hey you!! How awesome it is to see a very beautiful post from you! Amazing photos @chromiumone!! Don't even try to have me pick a favorite either cause I don't think I could pick just one! Hope you are doing great and hope you are having a most wonderful day!! 💖

Hello @deerjay and thanks =)
I'm in fact having a great day, I'm casting pices for my birdbath as the sparrows roll in to use the feeders. They seem to have gotten use to me since one landed on my hat this morning as i was sitting neer the feeder casting concrete for the birdbath lol. It's a little stinky this morning though, a couple of skunks got into a disagrement last night by the gate.... When I went out to see what the fuss was about I see 2 skunks squared off and chittering loudly at each other before throwing down. Needless to say I got the @#$% out of there double time. They sure are cute though.

You're very welcome @chromiumone! That sounds awesome and I think that little bird was cheering you on! I think they do get to know who cares about them and can feel safe around. 💖
Lol..sorry to hear about the skunks but (yes) they are cute little critters though. Good thing you got outta' there quickly! 😉

Yeah the birds like me lol, well the sparrows anyway. Also I've been chasing the cats out of the yard. Yesterday something interesting happened. I was in the backyard when one of the Sparrows started squaking in the apple tree. Then over the next couple minutes every sparrow within blocks of the house came swooping in squaking away. Apon inspection I see a cat up in the cherry tree next to apple tree and dozens of Sparrows were all around it squaking at it flitting from branch to branch. There is a nest in the apple tree and mom put out a distress call and every Sparrow in ear shot responded.
I chased the cat out of the tree and through a gap at the gate and as fate would have it as soon as the cat bolted through the gap it popped into the ally and ran right into a dog lol
No harm done to kitty as it was on a leash but it was sorta halarious =)

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This is that area of the backyard Cherry is on the left Apple is on the right and you can see the gate at the far right.

Wow!! You blew away any competition with these stunning shots!

Hi @chromiumone !! Welcome back! You are never forgotten, I have your upvote to remind me! Hehe! Thanks for that!

How are you doing? I think my flowers are all having a good year, but, I seem to have fewer dahlias than normal! Yours are jaw-dropping, honestly. I won't lie to you! I couldn't pick the best one if I tried. I tried, I did! You have a knack for selecting just the right post to show them off. (what is your secret!?)

So, tell me what you have really been up to!

Thanks for posting with #alwaysaflower

Hi @dswigle and Thanks =)
I'm doing well been in the middle of moving since I fried the 30' 5th wheel I was staying in( electrical problems lol)
Ah the pose ;) well I've had a lot of experience since high school( year book photographer)
and I used to be what they call a shutter bug hahaha.
The one thing that always stuck with me was "always give your subjects somewhere to go", combine that with the law of thirds and a little Golden Mean ratios and Abracapokus - pose.

What I've really been up to...... prepairing for what is to come over the next year or so O.o

Hey @dswigle I just noticed something....
Your Hive Birthday is my acual birthday O.o

Great to see you posting. Many thanks for the support while you were not posting. The porn was top notch I would say. Indeed good glass always gains weight in proportion to the time carried...it is a scientific fact lol.

Hey what up @old-guy-photos !
I've been so lame about posting the last couple years lol
I try to get on an at least vote now and then. Also I'm a little rusy and out of shape, packing that telephoto lens is like a free gym membership.... Feeling the burn.
Thanks for stopping by !!!

Awesome images of dahlias! I only have a pot this season and it´s done with the flowers. Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed them.

Thanks @mers and thanks for dropping in.
The Dahlias in that garden are always grand but this year was a bumper year for them. I only posted a fraction of the images I have.

I surely would love to see them... :-))

That was nice beautiful shot :).

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That was nice beautiful shot :).