Hello, Dahlia (1)

It is past flower season here but when I saw these firecracker dahlia's over the weekend, I just had to photograph them. Maralee

Soft Focus Dahlias

Everyone has their personal preference on whether they like their photos completely in focus or with some soft focus.  For my flowers, I generally tend to like the soft focus more.  My macro lens does a beautiful job of blurring the edges when I use a small aperture. It's a long weekend for us so …