Dinner plate Dahlia

[AlwaysOnAuto]

My wife claims this will be dinner plate size when fully open. We shall see....

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[IzzieK]

I'd like to see the end result too when it opens up, Alan...it already looks pretty now...

[bnnrcn]

It looks nice, clear and colorful Alan Why not cropping the stem on the left?

[lesno1]

Ilike this nice and colourful

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Thanks all.
I actually thought about leaving the stem in as it shows the beginnings of another bloom.

[ST1]

That looks like it could be a very nice bloom when it is fully open. I hope you come back and post an image of it fully open Alan.

[skitterbug]

I like the first pic! Colors and sharpness - it is well done! And like the rest of the group, I would like to see this one fully open!

And may I ask what the little blue flower is to the left of the dahlia? I have some and I've been puzzling over what it could be. I think it "volunteered" to grow where I have it so it could maybe be considered a weed but since I like the flower, I've declared that it is a "keeper"!

[Wavelength]

Very nice; i am also interested to see when it is in full bloom ....

[AlwaysOnAuto]

The little blue flowers next to it are Salvia's (purely phonetic spelling on my part, I don't know if it's right or not) Sandy.
Here is today's picture of the Dahlia, SOOC with a Series E 100mm f2.8 lens.



It's really starting to open up now.

[AlwaysOnAuto]

And a shot with the 55mm lens same as the first image in this post, with similar pp done to it.

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[IzzieK]

All pretty shots, Alan...nice to see the transitions from the beginning...

[AlwaysOnAuto]

[skitterbug]

This is a beautiful flower, shown nicely in your capture of it in your photo(s)! Thank you for showing its development!

Also thank you for identifying the blue blossom in the background.

[Cogito]

Nice series, Alan. Regarding size, is She who must be obeyed correct?

[AlwaysOnAuto]

I'm not sure Tony.
I guess it depends on your definition of what size a dinner plate is?
I'll take a picture tomorrow morning with a plate to give a size reference.

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Sorry, no plate for size comparison. It is a large bloom relative to most of the flowers in our garden though.

[bnnrcn]

All very nice shots. Nice to see how it gets bigger gradually

[AlwaysOnAuto]

The second bloom is starting to open now.