Dahlia Photos: the sublime to the blurry forum: Macro & Artsy images of Dahlias

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Benny101 Aug 17, 2014 7:57 AM CST Greenville MI - zone 5b

Thank you, the reflections are fun and I bet you guys could do some really neat stuff with them . First two are in a martini glass the third is a punch bowl we scored second hand . The martini glass tends to funnel and bend light in crazy directions . I used no floats just placed the blooms on the water . Here is a full shot of our dahlia bowl , think it would be neat to find something this size in the old white milk glass . Quote | Post #1081243 (1)

DarcyD Aug 17, 2014 8:05 AM CST Name: Darcy D Green Oaks, Illinois

Martini glass!! SO cool...love the refractions in that one! New mission...looking for cool flower-floating glasses. Quote | Post #1081245 (2)

portia Aug 17, 2014 9:05 AM CST Southern PA, Brandywine

Love that last one, the reflections and the color pops. Quote | Post #1081259 (3)

steve22802 Aug 17, 2014 3:02 PM CST Name: Steve Gerber Harrisonburg, Virginia z6b

Here's a closeup I took today of Pam Howden. Quote | Post #1081317 (4)

DarcyD Aug 17, 2014 4:54 PM CST Name: Darcy D Green Oaks, Illinois

So pretty! Quote | Post #1081344 (5)

anniecan Aug 17, 2014 7:07 PM CST Name: Annie Luck Apex, North Carolina BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN TH

Pam shows up even better against the black! I may try that with my next bloom. Quote | Post #1081360 (6)

mandolls Aug 18, 2014 8:43 AM CST Name: Geof WI

I love the flowers before they are actually open. I don't have a macro lens, so these are not as sharp as they could be, but - I thought kinda nice. Fire Magic Candle Light Formby Kaitlyn Quote | Post #1081436 (7)

DarcyD Aug 18, 2014 12:23 PM CST Name: Darcy D Green Oaks, Illinois

Very nice compositions, Geof. Good eye for texture! Do you have any noise reduction software or is it available on your camera download program? That would clean up that first one for you. Quote | Post #1081476 (8)

DarcyD Aug 18, 2014 12:24 PM CST Name: Darcy D Green Oaks, Illinois

Water droplet on my Embrace that is refracting the flower behind it in the droplet: Quote | Post #1081477 (9)

mandolls Aug 18, 2014 1:37 PM CST Name: Geof WI

Darcy that reflection is amazing! I have a medium crappy camera abut 12 years old or so, The only "software" I have to use is Preview on my MacBook Pro. I should check at school and see if there is a decent camera with a macro lens I can borrow to play with. Quote | Post #1081485 (10)

DarcyD Aug 18, 2014 2:42 PM CST Name: Darcy D Green Oaks, Illinois

Thanks Geof! Macros are fun! :) Quote | Post #1081491 (11)

anniecan Aug 18, 2014 2:45 PM CST Name: Annie Luck Apex, North Carolina BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN TH

They are certainly fun for us when you are the photographer Darcy Quote | Post #1081492 (12)

teddahlia Aug 18, 2014 3:17 PM CST Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!

At the ADS National show photography division, in Snohomish several years ago, there were some pictures of raindrops with other flowers reflecting in them. I believe that not only do you have to have a good macro lens, but you have to have perfect focus and I believe that you absolutely have to use a tripod. Macro photography is a real art. We like to place a sign on our porch that says: We are in the garden. Really, we are always in the garden. Quote | Post #1081494 (13)

portia Aug 18, 2014 3:21 PM CST Southern PA, Brandywine

love the pics, i also love the flowers before they are open! Quote | Post #1081495 (14)

DarcyD Aug 20, 2014 8:23 AM CST Name: Darcy D Green Oaks, Illinois

Arnside Rose - thanks to Noni Quote | Post #1081786 (15)

mandolls Aug 20, 2014 8:37 AM CST Name: Geof WI

Lovely - so tell me honestly - do you spritz them with water? or do you run out after the rain? The droplets add such a nice contrasting texture. Quote | Post #1081792 (16)

portia Aug 20, 2014 9:02 AM CST Southern PA, Brandywine

Beautiful. In our mornings lately, the dahlias are often wet even if it doesn't rain. Quote | Post #1081798 (17)

DarcyD Aug 20, 2014 9:05 AM CST Name: Darcy D Green Oaks, Illinois

mandolls wrote:Lovely - so tell me honestly - do you spritz them with water? or do you run out after the rain? The droplets add such a nice contrasting texture. Thanks :) I have never spritzed before, though I have considered it. If you go out really, really early in the morning...the dew is just on there. Or, after a rain shower. Plus, the light after rain is unreal. [Last edited Aug 20, 2014 9:06 AM CST] Quote | Post #1081800 (18)

mandolls Aug 20, 2014 11:18 AM CST Name: Geof WI

I went out to take picture after the rain the other morning and my lens kept fogging up ! But I know what you mean about the light. Quote | Post #1081839 (19)

teddahlia Aug 20, 2014 3:19 PM CST Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!

I won the bid on a macro prime lens on Ebay. I will start auditioning bees, spiders, grasshoppers and other creepy crawlers for portraits starting in week or so. And maybe it will shoot good dahlia portraits too. We like to place a sign on our porch that says: We are in the garden. Really, we are always in the garden. Quote | Post #1081876 (20)

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