Dahlia Delight #3
by Bruce Bley
Title
Dahlia Delight #3
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
"Dahlia Delight" was taken while strolling through Pikes Market in Seattle, Washington. I am always looking for flowers to illustrate color, detail, and beautiful lighting.
This is a dahlia, which is one of 42 species of dahlia, with hybrids commonly grown as garden plants. Flower forms are variable, with one head per stem; these can be as small as 2 inch in diameter or up to 1 foot. (dinner plate). This great variety results from dahlias being octoploids, that is, they have eight sets of homologous chromosomes, whereas most plants have only two. In addition, dahlias also contain many transposons (genetic pieces that move from place to place upon an allele) which contributes to their manifesting such great diversity.
The stems are leafy, ranging in height from as low as 12 inches to more than 6-8 feet. The majority of species do not produce scented flowers or cultivars. Like most plants that do not attract pollinating insects through scent, they are brightly colored, displaying most hues, with the exception of blue.
I hope you have enjoyed this work and will share it with others. You can see more of my work on my homepage. Thank you for visiting and please come back.
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September 7th, 2017
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Comments (62)
Rainbow Artist Orlando L
Such a beautiful and exquisite capture of this delightful dahlia Bruce!! superb details with lovely colours. i really enjoy it!! L/F/FB
Jeannie Rhode
Bruce, Beautiful Macro with nice compositions and color, Congratulations on your HIGHLIGHT ARTISTS FOR THE WEEK in WFS !
Bruce Bley
Randy, Thank you so much for choosing this artwork as one of your Spotlight Feature of the Week. I sincerely appreciate it.
Donna Kennedy
Gorgeous macro Bruce, Congratulations on your Highlight Artist of the Week Feature in WFS!!...L/T
Randy Rosenberger
Congratulations for being one of our present SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTED ARTISTS, as you are very deserving of this special honor. Check it out on top of the Homepage of our site. It surely is a true honor to FEATURE THIS BEAUTY ON OUR HOMEPAGE! Your talents and love for art are surely dominant in this beautiful piece of outstanding art work! Thanks so very much for sharing, so we may enjoy and adore the beauty within! LIKED AND FAVED Randy B. Rosenberger (admin of WFS group) http://fineartamerica.com/groups/wisconsin-flowers-and-scenery.html
Marsha Heiken
Bruce,this is a wonderful Photo. It is stunning,as you take wonderful photos.You must have been doing it for along time. I appreciate you support in the features. Friend,Marsha FV
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind and gracious comment, Marsha. I sincerely appreciate it. I took up photography 5 years ago after I retired. I always enjoyed taking pictures. I have not had any formal photography classes. What you see is what you get.
Hanne Lore Koehler
Fantastic dahlia macro, Bruce! What amazing color! Congratulations on your Wisconsin Flowers And Scenery ELVIS PICK-OF-THE-WEEK feature! L/F
Bruce Bley
Johanna, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Beautiful Flowers Photography". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Johanna, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Imagination-artistry-creativity". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Randy Rosenberger
Congratulations on being chosen for the big Feature, Elvis Pick of the Week, Your artwork was chosen to be FEATURED in this HOT spot on our homepage for this week. A truly lovely piece of artwork for all the world to view and enjoy. Thanks much for sharing! Randy “Elvis” Rosenberger Administrator of the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group
Bruce Bley replied:
Randy, I sincerely appreciate the honor. Thank you so much and thank you for your continued support of my work.
Bruce Bley
Barbara, I am grateful for the feature in the group "Art For Close Ups And Macro Happy And Friendly". Thank you for the honor.
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