I can hardly wait for this one! May it grow and reproduce in health! If I could design the flower I want it would look just like that! Don't you think this one should be a Hollyhill Naomi (meaning "my sweetness"? How tall did this one grow? Is it up there with Miss White?
teddahlia Nov 1, 2016 5:27 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
This one was normal height at about 4 feet. One really does not know too much about growth characteristics until the second year. It is not a seedling of Miss White but is related to Miss White.
Beautiful, Ted! It's no wonder why we love these flowers so much!
teddahlia Feb 14, 2017 10:41 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
I have a 10 year old version of Photoshop that has some artistic tools. Most of them make pictures look terrible. Once in awhile they hit the mark. Photoshop, especially this old version has a very steep learning curve. I have not mastered 10% of the capabilities of this old version of Photoshop. I heard someone say you can do just about anything with this old version but it takes lots of training and lots of time. I could upgrade to the most current version but they now have put the program onto the "cloud" and instead of buying the program outright you "lease" it for a monthly payment. I am tempted as I may want to start taking pictures in the "raw" format that is not supported in my old Photoshop version. This summer I took several batches of pictures in "Raw" and used another program(trial period of 30 days) to process them(all raw pictures need "processing"), The results were mixed although I could see some benefits. The picture of the garden was not one of them but was just a normal jpeg picture taken with a very good vintage lens. I may buy a full frame(these are the really expensive cameras that professionals use) camera as they have come down to a somewhat reasonable price and I have a few really good lenses that would work very well(lenses for full frame cameras cost more than most cameras). One should not be deluded into thinking that the camera makes a really big difference when you take photos. Good cell phone cameras and a good point point and shoot cameras take wonderful pictures and are a bazillion times easier to use than a full frame SLR. You are the one telling the camera what to photograph and if you just follow a few simple rules, your pictures will be good on the simple cameras that are really excellent cameras that have been programmed to take excellent pictures in all conditions.
teddahlia Feb 14, 2017 11:05 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
As we are talking about cameras and shooting dahlia pictures, I am going to bring up an old subject: the tripod.
Most of us have abandoned our tripod as the modern cameras have improved in what is called "shake reduction" . All the good point and shoot and good cellphone cameras and of course the very expensive SLR cameras have this feature plus the ability to capture much more light(ISO) and you can take some very nice pictures without a tripod. In fact for most situations, using a tripod may not make much difference at all.
But I took my best pictures of dahlias last year when I set up a little studio in the front yard and used the tripod. The pictures were both clearer and had better colors. So, for the very best pictures a tripod is better.
PNWGal Feb 14, 2017 12:01 PM PDT
Name: Linda Portland OR, zone 8b
I love my old photoshop program. The only problem is it won't run on my new(er) computer, so I have to load the photos into the old one then move them back when I am done playing with them. As cameras are taking pictures with better and better resolution, I suppose eventually the file sizes will get so big I can only load one at a time!
teddahlia Feb 14, 2017 12:10 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
By the way, the header picture on cubits right now was one of the pictures taken with the tripod and my point and shoot camera(not my SLR!). I particularly like the yellow flower in that shot as it is really difficult to photograph yellow flowers. Another version of it:
Benny101 Feb 14, 2017 1:49 PM PDT
Greenville MI - zone 5b
I take all my photos with an iPhone 6 but often use whatever is handy to rest the phone and my hand against as I shake a little and it seems to help . I do have a tripod but would need something to adapt my phone to it
Ah ha that might just work Ted ,
Out in the garden most of the time I will use a shovel or rake handle to rest the phone against with the shovel or rake head firmly against the ground and standing it upright . Guess u could call it a " singlepod " Not sure I would drag a tripod around the garden but it would be handy for vase and container shots
edewitt Feb 18, 2017 11:26 AM PDT
Name: Eric DeWitt Mountainair, NM
I was looking through some old photos and found this one of Snoho Storm that either Em or Tod had sent me a couple of years ago.
