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Dahlia Burst (Chrysanthemum possibly)

All t his time I've been calling this a Dahlia and now I believe it is actually a Chrysanthemum!

All t his time I've been calling this a Dahlia and now I believe it is actually a Chrysanthemum!
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Canon EOS REBEL T2i

settings

Aperture f/4.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/200

upload_date

Sep, 2012

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Superb Composition

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Peer Award

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Animals

beautiful picture

Very pretty!

Love the pink clusters. Voted!

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Great colors and composition!

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beautiful composition.

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Nice colours and composition!

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Fantastic composition !

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Great composition, love DOF, congrats !!voted

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So beautiful on dark background, lovely composition..voted!

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Flower Shots don't often catch my eye or impress me much, but this caught my eye. Great Comp. and Detail. Nice Work.

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Voted...

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Thanks! It's one of my favs. :-)

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nice flowers and voted

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So very beautiful!

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Beautiful flowers and great composition. Award and Voted

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This is really beautiful....voted!

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Beautiful! voted!

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Absolutely great composition on this one. The burst against the dark background makes this photo. Voted plus awarded.

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Just beautiful!!!

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wow how stunning

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Thank you! It's up for a vote!

Wicked and voted !

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voted

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Nicely done, dahlias are so pretty, voted

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Gorgeous!

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Really beautiful!

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Beautiful photo. Well done!

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i love this!

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Superb shot colours are amazing, composition perfect!

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Just love your composure!

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Wonderful composition!

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So pretty!

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Beautiful! Voted

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Beautiful.. I voted..

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Came back to vote!

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This is the most beautiful picture of a Dahlia I have ever seen! It is a winner, good luck...Mar

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Beautifully composed voted

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voted

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Voted again!

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Beautiful! Voted!

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very nice... Voted!

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very nice shot!! voted, good luck!!

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rhonda, great job, voted

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Ronda :-)

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Great choice, voted

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I hope so! thank you!

Great job, love it! Voted

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lovely composition.........

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Thank you Sri!

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Wow......

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Excellent, the colours just pop,

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Love this shot, thought I had commented before but I guess not. Great work.

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Thank you! One of my favorite flower shots. :-)

ah now...You made me go out and buy dahlia sets to plant for this year.....You see the effect your lovely floral close up have on me

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LOL! Thank you! I'm glad - this is one of my favorites. I've already got it enlarged and framed.

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gorgeous color and composition

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voted Amateur contest

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Pretty entry....voted

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Beautiful!

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Glorious ..gorgeous....timeless...voted
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Voted, Biggest Photofocus

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voted Photofocus contest

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Beautiful entry....voted

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Voted In Full Bloom

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Beautifully captured. voted

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Voted Photo Talk. 4/

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Pretty entry....voted

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Best shot in all of the Photography Talk entries...voted

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You are too kind! Thank you!

I am fascinated with this. I love flowers and planted lots of them though we have a slow growing season. voted

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Thank you! It is one of my favs but never wins anything. lol

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voted Photog Talk 4

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Voted......image of the year...k

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voted Image of the Year

Brilliant, VVIY!

Voted Image of the Year

Voted in the challenge...just stunning...love this..k

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Beautifu flower!

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Thank you! One of my favorite flower pics that I've taken.

Voted Just Flowers

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Voted ....This is really one that could be a kitchen image ...Brightness in dull winter...k

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Well crafted.

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Voted Battle of Advanced!

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Gorgeous....gorgeous...gorgeous....Voted ....k

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Thank you Kathleen!

lovely.

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Really stunning one.....Great form and colour and light...k

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Beautiful colors and composition.

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo in Springfield VA - in someone's yard.

Time

Early morning before the sun was too bright.

Lighting

This was taken in natural light, diffused by trees overhead.

Equipment

I used a Nikon D7000 with my Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR Lens. No flash was used or needed.

Inspiration

The subtle colors in this flower and the surrounding flowers were so complimentary and made for a lovely composed photograph where the flower seems to jump right out at you. I love photographing beauty in any form and flowers are high on the list of my favorite things to shoot!

Editing

This photo was cropped a bit to bring it closer.

In my camera bag

A Nikon D7000 camera. Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR Lens, a Nikon AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G lens and a micro lens, the Nikon AF-S DX Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8G Lens. I recently purchased a Fujifilm XT-1 camera and have been using that of recent with a Fuji 18-135mm lens and a 55-200mm lens.

Feedback

Although I did not use a macro lens for this shot - a good macro lens is an essential piece of equipment for shooting closeup flower shots.

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