Aiming for the Sun
by Bruce Bley
Title
Aiming for the Sun
Artist
Bruce Bley
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
"Aiming for the Sun" was taken while visiting the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Illinois. 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.
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August 26th, 2018
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Rainbow Artist Orlando L
This is a magnificent and beautiful capture of this glorious dahlia Bruce!! amazing colours and light. very exquisite shot!! L/F/FB
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Wes Iversen
The lighting is spectacular to bring out the beauty of this gorgeous blossom, Bruce! Well seen and captured! L/F
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the wonderful comment and you support, Wes. I truly appreciate it.
Marsha Heiken
Bruce this is a gorgous dahlia ,with a great name and wonderful lighting on it. Great photography! Dear friend, Marsha F/L
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