When Dahlias Dream
Shopping for groceries at Berkeley Bowl the other day I came across these dahlias and asters that called out for photography. Taking the flowers home, I shot them on a…
Purple Dahlias
I love to photograph dahlias---and, as I wrote in Photographing Flowers, it is "not for their good taste. Rather, I see these flowers as extravagant: wonderfully different from each other, and wild…
Dahlia
Dahlia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: Here's a rather pretty Dahlia from my files, shot last year in the gardens of the Golden Gate Park,…
Dahlia
Dahlia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I placed this Dahlia from my garden on a black background, and lit it from the front using a small LED…
Dahlias and Echinaceas
Dahlias and Echinaceas, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: An arrangement of Dahlias and Echniaceas from my garden. I love photographing flowers---and it is great that…
Dahlia Flutes
Dahlia Flutes Purple, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger Two recent macro shots of a Dahlia reveal the structure and mystery of this flower viewed extremely close-up. Both…
Dahlia
Dahlia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I found this nearly perfect Dahlia growing my garden, in one of the protected side-yard raised beds that I use for…
Dahlia in Decay
Dahlia in Decay, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Like people, flowers are beautiful even when imperfect. Perhaps particularly when they are imperfect. If you search for a…