Thanks to Kathydale for tipping me off about this great flower festival! It was raining when we started out, so I was apprehensive about whether it would be worth it, but the weather cleared and we had a great time. I would recommend a trip here to anybody in the Portland area. The variety of flowers are astounding, and somebody clearly had fun naming the different varieties. Sorry I didn't include the names here. I was overwhelmed with all the beauty and had to start shooting right away.

The color and intensity I found can not only overwhelm YOUR senses, I found my camera's sensor was also overloaded, and I have had to de-saturate the color on many of these pictures. Hope you enjoy them as much as I have!

If you would like to visit Swan Island's website, follow this link: http://www.dahlias.com/.

I have formatted these pictures to look best in their original size.

8/14/11. I was lucky enough to visit Swan Island again today. I'm adding a few more flowers with their names this time. Hope you enjoy them.