Dahlia Shoot 2018

Dahlia 335

This year's Dahlia shoot was tricky due to the heat and dryness.  That said I came away with over 500 photos to process and weed down to the best 10-well, more like the best 15.  I decided to number my Dahlias as I have so many that coming up with creative names boggled my mind.  If you have any suggestions for titles, please, make suggestions. 

About the photos:  I tend to be straightforward in my photos and do minimal manipulation.  I work with light, angles, depth and clarity.  That being said I did play with one photo and used a Mist Preset and love how it worked and the made the dahlia look like frosted glass, Dahlia 335.   Tried on a couple others and just didn't like how it altered the photo.  
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I have had ups and downs with the Nikon D90, sometimes great shots and other times just defeated me.  I am still willing to master it, but I had to have a camera I could function readily with for the Lavender Festival.  Upshot is I bought a Nikon D3300 (very similar to my first serious camera).  I was able to get the photos I wanted with a minimum of fuss.

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