photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Ed Knepley | all galleries >> Photo a Day (PAD) since 5/04 >> jun_08_pad > 6/1/08 - 2008's 1st Dahlia
previous | next
01-JUN-2008

6/1/08 - 2008's 1st Dahlia

The first of June & with it my first perennials of the season. This dahlia and a couple of calla lilies opened up overnight.
I shot this with the green leaves of the plant as a background. It resulted in too much green for my taste and so I converted the background to B&W.
Close to life size - just a small little bud.

Nikon D300
1/40s f/4.0 at 105.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
previous | next
comment | share
April 01-Jun-2008 23:38
Just a small bud?! How incredibly rich. It reminds me of the way a small child is a full human being, just as they are. :)

The b&w background sets it off nicely, I think. Though it might be interesting to take the original green leaf background and darken significantly, so it looks more like the original habitat...