I heard that Franck Avril, the photographer from San Francisco died. He loved dahlias and was the photographer for Dan's Dahlias.
Photos from the San Franciso Dahlia Society site.
PNWGal Feb 27, 2016 7:23 PM PDT
Name: Linda Portland OR, zone 8b
How did you find out about that?
honnat Feb 27, 2016 8:18 PM PDT
St. Paul, MN
That's a sad loss to the dahlia community. His photos are used by other vendors as well and they were stunning. I have noticed less on the last couple years.
teddahlia Jul 25, 2016 8:33 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Open center seedling.
sylviap Jul 25, 2016 10:09 AM PDT
Name: Sylvia West Sacramento, CA Zone 9b
Very pretty. Are you using the macro lens you mentioned before?
teddahlia Jul 25, 2016 10:30 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
My SLR camera that had the macro lens conked out and I am using a Canon G-15. It is a high end, point and shoot camera that is about 3 years old. I leave it on automatic and let the camera computer do most of the work, especially the focus. I cannot quite reach the quality of the SLR but it certainly is a lot easier. Good lighting really helps and this was an early in the morning picture where the sun was bit yellow orange and the rays were coming at an angle in the AM. And I took many other pictures that did not turn out very well too. Taking lots of pictures ensures that some of them turn out.
blown_dry Jul 25, 2016 11:07 AM PDT
Name: Amanda CA Redwood Coast - Zone 9b DahliaAddict.com
Lovely! I love it when a low sun turns everything into stained glass.
Such pretty colors on your seedling, Ted. I'ld like to see those on a fully double one, bb or B.
sylviap Jul 25, 2016 1:58 PM PDT
Name: Sylvia West Sacramento, CA Zone 9b
I see some fuchsias hiding in there!
FLflowerboy Jul 25, 2016 7:31 PM PDT
Name: Jon George Gainesville, FL ...crazy enough to grow dahlias in
That glows!
sylviap Jul 25, 2016 7:50 PM PDT
Name: Sylvia West Sacramento, CA Zone 9b
Wheels - always happy and prolific in the heat.
teddahlia Aug 1, 2016 10:17 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Rilkoff Grapes
The picture on the left was posted on Facebook. I changed the color until the foliage was the proper color and that is the picture on the right. Still a nice purple that no one has seen before.
teddahlia Aug 2, 2016 12:19 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
sylviap Aug 2, 2016 2:23 PM PDT
Name: Sylvia West Sacramento, CA Zone 9b
Very nice!
sylviap Aug 2, 2016 2:26 PM PDT
Name: Sylvia West Sacramento, CA Zone 9b
This little moth came by, and I snapped it. Later I saw the mantis lying in wait underneath! Happy coincidence!
[click on it to get a better view]
DahliaGardener Aug 2, 2016 2:32 PM PDT
Name: Cynthia BG, KY USDA Zone 6b Sanity = Dirt under your nails...
Wow! Pretty amazing, Sylvia!
We have the Frittilaries everywhere right now, too.
C DG
FLflowerboy Aug 2, 2016 3:25 PM PDT
Name: Jon George Gainesville, FL ...crazy enough to grow dahlias in
Do my eyes behold a golden orange waterlily?
sylviap Aug 2, 2016 3:30 PM PDT
Name: Sylvia West Sacramento, CA Zone 9b
Is that what those are called? After all this time...
sylviap Aug 2, 2016 4:05 PM PDT
Name: Sylvia West Sacramento, CA Zone 9b
I looked those butterflies up; frittilaires are larger. These are called Fiery Skippers - from the Skipper class.
