Mini Dahlias
Uploaded: April 10, 2009 07:14:21
This is a variety of Dahlia that you find in Florida. The flower is very small and, from my personal experience, they do not thrive well here.
This was taken in Lowe's Home Improvement and has been entered into Flowers.
Exif: F Number: 2.8, Exposure Bias Value: -1.33, ExposureTime: 1/2000 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 100.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Annie Booth April 10, 2009
Melissa- There are such pretty things with beautiful colors. Love the petals and the shapes they have. At least this one is thriving.Have a wonderful day. #1111762
Mary Beth Aiello
April 10, 2009
Monnie Ryan April 10, 2009
Wow -- I'll have to check out our Lowe's again. When I was there a few days ago, they didn't have anything near this beautiful! Lovely, Melissa! #7391299Melissa Olsen April 10, 2009
Beautiful shot Melissa, love the glow and color! #7391334Melissa G. Meiselman April 10, 2009
Thanks so much Annie, Mary Beth, Monnie and Melissa for looking and leaving these terrific comments!!Monnie, this was taken back in the beginning of March. Lowe's changes its flowers quite often around here. #7391354
Jennifer L. Taranto April 10, 2009
perfect focus & dof!! I love the light & the beautiful colors!! #7391393Jessica Jenney April 10, 2009
Fantastic SC, color and detail, Melissa! The lighting is gorgeous! #7391412
Martha R. Mazon
April 10, 2009
Jeff Robinson
April 10, 2009
Ruth Grimm April 10, 2009
Stunning!! As always! #7391489Kelly S. Cavanaugh April 10, 2009
Beautiful, Melissa! I was just at Lowe's a couple of days ago and they don't even have flowers yet! It's still pretty early here in SD! #7391549Julianna J. Collett April 10, 2009
Really beautiful Melissa! #7391612Erin Appelbaum April 10, 2009
Gorgeous capture Melissa. Peter #7391654Melissa G. Meiselman April 10, 2009
Thanks so much Jennifer, Jessica, Martha, Jeff, Ruth, Kelly, Julianna and Peter for your wonderful comments!! #7391664Nadya Johnson April 10, 2009
Wonderful capture of this gorgeous little dahlia, Melissa! Great depth and colors here - love the light! #7391758Margaret R. Barry April 10, 2009
Beautiful, Melissa. Gorgeous soft colors, lighting and composition! #7391767Melissa G. Meiselman April 10, 2009
Thanks so much Nadya and Margaret for your wonderful comments!!! #7391897Rajeev 270293 Kashyap April 10, 2009
Wonderful image, colors, composition & Lighting here Melissa! #7391931Lynne Morris April 10, 2009
Fantastic floral Melissa, great light, colours and details. #7391951Karen Engelbreth April 10, 2009
Wonderful floral, Melissa .... #7392074Eivor Kuchta April 10, 2009
So beautiful, Melissa! I love the shallow DOF, and the softness of the image. #7392097Tiia Vissak April 10, 2009
very beautiful! #7392099Carol Sawyer April 10, 2009
Beautiful capture, colors and DOF, Melissa!! #7392136Melissa G. Meiselman April 10, 2009
Thanks so much Rajeev, Lynne, Karen, Eivor, Tila and Carol for your wonderful comments!!! #7392190Eugenio Diaz April 10, 2009
Such a beatiful lighting and composition, great capture. Great DOF!!!Rachelle D. Carriere April 10, 2009
Wonderful selective focus with beautiful soft colors, and clarity! Well done Melissa! #7392281Melissa G. Meiselman April 10, 2009
Thanks so much Eugenio and Rachelle for looking and leaving these great comments!! #7392284Sam Britt April 10, 2009
Beautiful floral, Melissa. Wonderful color & selective focus. #7392359Judy A. Lawhon April 10, 2009
Beautiful DOF, color, light and detail, Melissa!! #7392410Janet Daniel April 10, 2009
Gorgeous floral, Melissa, with wonderful color & dof! #7392745
Gail Vitikacs
April 10, 2009
Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 10, 2009
Oh my, Milissa...this is so very very beautiful!!! Such a lovely image!!! :-) k #7393066Kirsten Kiki Kjaer April 11, 2009
OH MY - was my reaction too, Melissa. How beautiful!!!!!!!! So soft and delicate. The colors are GORGEOUS!!! And the focus and dof are outstanding! #7393387Ray Thoms April 11, 2009
Very nicely captured Melissa.....beautiful colour!!! #7393530Courtenay Vanderbilt April 11, 2009
Beautifully captured Melissa! Lovely colors, details and framing! #7393881Boyd L. Alexander April 11, 2009
Excellent capture here, it is so beautiful and captured so well, very nice effects Melissa!! #7394221ROLAN NARMAN April 11, 2009
Great composition, colors and clarity Melissa! Lovely DOF! #7394330Melissa G. Meiselman April 11, 2009
Thanks so much for all of your wonderful comments!! Each and every one is appreciated!!! #7394422JO ANN CLEVELAND April 11, 2009
What a beauty! I love the petals of this lovely dahlia and such clarity Melissa...love itjo ann c. #7394652
Max Aureli April 11, 2009
The pinkie and the focus is gorgeous, Melissa!! The petals of those flowers are really pretty!!! Great closeup my friend!! #7395152Melissa G. Meiselman April 11, 2009
Thanks so much Jo Ann and Max for your fantastic comments!! #7395718
Nancy L. Green
April 12, 2009
Patricia A. Stalter April 15, 2009
I love Dahlias and this is just wonderful. #7407568Linda L. Ruiz April 17, 2009
Great composition. So soft and sweet. a winner for me #7414235Melissa G. Meiselman April 18, 2009
Thanks so much Nancy, Patricia and Linda for your great comments!!! #7417348Dianna Murphy April 19, 2009
Beautiful and dreamy Melissa. #7420453
Janet McNeil
May 26, 2009
Tiia Vissak May 26, 2009
Congratulations again! #7560083Jennifer L. Alder May 26, 2009
Just beautiful, Melissa! Big congrats on this lovely finalist :) #7560228
Linda D. Lester
May 26, 2009
Marcel J. Fernandez May 26, 2009
Congratulations Melissa on your wonderful Finalist. #7560726Nick Lagos May 26, 2009
Beautifully done Melissa,,,congratulations on your finalist... good luck #7560838Jeana Clark May 26, 2009
~J~ #7560869
Nadya Johnson May 26, 2009
Congrats again on another stunning finalist! Definitely, one I would have picked myself... exceptional! Best of luck in the second round, Melissa! #7560871
Stefania Barbier
May 26, 2009
Nancy L. Green
May 26, 2009
Val Feldman
May 26, 2009
ROLAN NARMAN May 26, 2009
Huge Congratulations on your gorgeous finalist Melissa! #7561237
Leslie McLain
May 26, 2009
Sharon Sawyer May 26, 2009
Melissa, HUGE congratulations on your outstanding finalist and all the best in the next round!!!!!!!!!!!! #7561499Cindy Hamilton May 26, 2009
Lovely! Beautiful!Patricia Seidler May 26, 2009
Congratulations again Melissa! #7561854Kelly S. Cavanaugh May 26, 2009
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Melissa! #7561983Eugenio Diaz May 26, 2009
Huge Congratulations on your AMAZING finalist Melissa! #7562004Max Aureli May 26, 2009
Congratulations Melissa on this great Finalist!!!! #7562121
Sherran Andersen
May 26, 2009
Melissa G. Meiselman May 26, 2009
Thanks you all so much for these wonderful comments my Better Photo friends!!! #7562476frank w. degenhardt May 26, 2009
Congratulations on another Finalist for this beautiful work dear friend. #7562690SaMi Martin May 26, 2009
Congratulations Melissa on this beautiful floral! Good Luck next round! #7562733Jessica Jenney May 26, 2009
Congratulations, Melissa on your fantastic finalist! #7562811
Judy V. Kennamer
May 26, 2009
Linda L. Ruiz May 26, 2009
super congrats. Love this shot. #7562888Betsy Labuschagne May 26, 2009
Congratulations on another stunning finalist Melissa!!! #7564613Karen Bacon May 27, 2009
A big congrats on this beautiful finalist Melissa!! #7565638Beverly A. Wright May 27, 2009
I'm just seeing this for the first timeEivor Kuchta May 27, 2009
Congratulations on your finalist, Melissa! #7565909Margaret R. Barry May 27, 2009
Congratulations on another beautiful finalist, Melissa #7566039Melissa G. Meiselman May 27, 2009
Thanks so much all my wonderful Better Photo friends!! #7566842
Mitch Spence
May 27, 2009
Sam Britt May 27, 2009
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Melissa! #7568107Wendy Moghadam May 27, 2009
Beautifully done! Congratulations on this finalist! #7568215
Deborah Lewinson
May 27, 2009
Tammy Espino May 27, 2009
Congrats!!!! #7569323Melissa G. Meiselman May 27, 2009
Thanks so much Mitch, Sam, Wendy, Deborah and Tammy for your wonderful comments!!! #7569452Judy A. Lawhon May 28, 2009
Well deserved finalist, Melissa....beautiful!! #7570950
Terry L. Ellis
May 28, 2009
JO ANN CLEVELAND May 28, 2009
Congrats on this beautiful finalist Melissa!jo ann c. #7572126
Melissa G. Meiselman May 28, 2009
Thanks so much Judy, Terry and Jo Ann for your great comments!! #7572396AEK May 28, 2009
this is sensational - and congratulations! #7572966Kathy Cline May 29, 2009
OK IM GOING TO LOWES for now on... ha haMelissa G. Meiselman May 29, 2009
Thanks so much Arlene and Kathy!! The other day I went to Home Depot and their flowers are wonderful, too!! #7576608Colleen Farrell May 29, 2009
I'm still making my way through the finalists ... this is gorgeous, Melissa! Big congrats! #7578115Cassie L. Woodlee May 30, 2009
Melissa your florals are always stunning, congrats !!! #7579096Linda Blair June 02, 2009
Beautiful finalist Melissa...congratulations!!!!!! #7590134Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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