Another bright image today!
This is a shot of the underside of a vibrant yellow dahlia which I photographed at Kingston Lacy, Dorset. The late afternoon sun really made the yellow colouring of these flowers appear very intense, and the lighting emphasised the star-shaped sepals.
The Lantern Room 
Great angle and framing!
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Thank you eremophila! Dahlias provide such wonderful Autumn colour.
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Good for you for looking at the underside of things, which can present a view just as compelling as the more frequently seen one looking in the other direction. Red, yellow, and black make a striking color scheme.
Steve Schwartzman
http://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com
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Thank you Steve! Yes – the underside is often just as interesting. I like the way the sepals look as if they have been coloured in with a pencil!
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How bright! The photo makes me uplifting.You have a great skill.:)
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Thanks so much cocomino – that’s very kind. I’m pleased you find the image uplifting – it was just what I needed too 🙂
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Lovely close-up! Love the detail you were able to capture. Did you use a macro lens for this one??
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Thank you David! I don’t have separate lenses for this camera but I used a macro setting and zoomed in.
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Cool capture! I like the shear look to this flower.
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Thank you Fergie! They had planted a group of these together and they looked stunning en-masse in the afternoon light!
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I think I like the underneath best. It is a totally different look.
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Thank you Sandy. The detail underneath is often really quite amazing and the star-shaped sepals looked so wonderful on these dahlias!
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Love it, thinking of you crouched down underneath the flower. 😀
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Thank you Hallysann! I know – I do worry about what people think when I’m scrambling around trying to get into position for a shot. One has to lose all one’s inhibitions when taking photographs 🙂
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Beautiful lighting, Meanderer!
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Thank you Ted! Autumn afternoon light is sublime 🙂
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It looks like the inside of a kaleidoscope! I love the red veining in the petals. Fantastic shot.
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Thank you Terry! The lighting really emphasised the details of the flower!
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really nice – love the intense yellow.
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Thank you Sheila! They were in a position just in front of a dark hedge and the combination of that and the late sun made the colour so intense.
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Wonderful Macro, love the light..
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Thank you very much Ali! The light that afternoon was wonderful and made the yellows so intense. Many thanks for your visit and comments!
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This photo is phenomenal! Great use of macro photography to capture the star shape and the colors.
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Thanks so much Maggie! I was fortunate to find these lovely flowers just as I was about to leave! It was a pleasant surprise. Many thanks for your visit and kind comments 🙂
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What a wonderful burst of colour! I like how gently one leaf curls down.
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Thank you farmhouse stories! It’s great to see these flowers blooming so well this year!
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Absolutely beautiful shot, Meanderer. Perfect background, perfect framing, and wonderful colours and textures – great stuff!!! Adrian
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Thanks so much! The pleasure of seeing these after a day of wonderful sights of rarely-seen plants was fantastic: a perfect end to a lovely day!
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Awesome point of view!
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Thanks so much Alex!
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I particularly like this shot because I love to paint images, whether animals, plants or people, ‘from behind’ (as you can see from my gravatar). There is something seductive about the turning away.
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I love your gravatar and was curious about it! I really like the underside of flowers – there is something special about them.
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