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Copyright: Adrian Rusu (roges) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 548 W: 0 N: 1032] (5094)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-10-04
Categories: Experimental
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-10-06 10:29
Viewed: 208
Points: 66
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Dear colleagues of the TL as I promised back today with this collage. If you come Pavement and others.
I wish you pleasant viewing and expect your criticisms and commentary.


Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, perennial plants native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. There are at least 36 species of dahlia. Dahlia hybrids are commonly grown as garden plants. The Aztecs gathered and cultivated the dahlia for food, ceremony, as well as decorative purposes, and the long woody stem of one variety was used for small pipes.

F. Hernández visited Mexico in 1615 and noticed two spectacular varieties of dahlias, which he mentioned in his account of medicinal plants of New Spain, not published until 1651. The French botanist Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville, sent to Mexico to steal the cochineal insect valued for its scarlet dye, noted the strangely beautiful flowers he had seen in his official report, published in 1787. Seeds sent from the botanical garden of Mexico City to Madrid flowered for the first time in the botanical garden in October 1789, and were named Dahlia coccinea by Antonio José Cavanilles, the head of the Madrid Botanical Garden, in his Icones plantarum, 1791. A few seeds were secured by Lord Bute and sent to England, where they flowered but were lost. The introduction of the dahlia to the florists of the Netherlands was effected about the same time, when a box of dahlia roots was sent from Mexico to the Netherlands. Only one plant survived the trip, but produced spectacular red flowers with pointed petals. Nurserymen in Europe crossbred from this plant, which was named Dahlia juarezii, with parents of dahlias discovered earlier and these are the progenitors of all modern dahlia hybrids. The Jardin des plantes in Paris received dahlias in 1802, again from Madrid. A second species, D. variabilis, was at last successfully grown in 1804 by the gardener at Holland House, Kensington, of Lady Holland, who sent the seeds from Madrid. An early breeder of dahlias was comte Léon-Charles LeLieur de Ville-sur-Arce, intendant of the château de Saint-Cloud, its glasshouses and gardens, who had four varieties to work with, and by 1806 had produced three double-flowered dahlias. Since 1813, commercial plant breeders have been breeding dahlias to produce thousands of cultivars, usually chosen for their stunning and brightly coloured waxy flowers. Dahlia plants range in height from as low as 12" (30 cm) to as tall as 6-8 feet (180-240 cm). The flowers can be as small as 2" (5 cm) in diameter or up to a foot (30 cm) "dinner plate". The great variety results from dahlias being octoploids (they have eight sets of homologous chromosomes, whereas most plants have only two).

Dahlias are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Angle Shades, Common Swift, Ghost Moth and Large Yellow Underwing.

The dahlia is named after Swedish 18th-century botanist Anders Dahl. In German the dahlia was known during most of the 19th century as Georgia, being named after the naturalist Johann Gottlieb Georgi of St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Hi Adrian!
what a nice dedication:)...thank you:)...
great combination of lovely dahlias:)...very nice colors and sharpness
tfs
regards,
Alper

Adrian
O colectie de dalii de exceptie.
Culori splendide, detalii frumoase.
Felicitari pentru colaj, pentru rabdarea de a le cauta si poaza!
Mariana

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  • Juliet Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 878 W: 64 N: 1973] (13588)
  • [2009-10-06 10:55]

HI Adrian,
BEAUTIFUL-- a very nice combination of flowers. Very pleasing and well composed. Good colors and excellent details. Nicely done. TFS Julie

Buna seara :))

uite ca ai reusit sa ajungi
superb colajul si culorile
imi place tare mult
super calitate
O noapte linistita
Oana

Ciao Adrian!
Foarte frumos colajul tau de dalii!
Excelente culorile, buna lumina!
Salutari si numai bine!
Lili

Hi Adrian MF,

we couls see all beauties in once time with this impressive collage. I especially choose the left one -of the lower series- which resembling a sea anemone:)
Thanks for your kind dedication to us.
All the best!

Bayram

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  • rychem Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 335 W: 3 N: 18] (7309)
  • [2009-10-06 12:51]

Hallo,
eine schoene Collage aus schoenen Blumen, jedes Foto ist anders, verschiedene Farben, verschiedene Formen, sorgfaeltige Zusammenstellung von Dahlien
Gruesse
Ryszard

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  • harpya Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5739 W: 198 N: 2519] (9917)
  • [2009-10-06 12:56]

Ciao Adrian



Thank you for the gift!
Here in Brazil, we are celebrating
our spring and won this beautiful gift from you!
Nice Collage of these beautiful flowers!
Wonderful captured, good composed
and nice presentaion,
Very well done,

Have a nice day my friend...

Sergio

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  • werdir Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 612 W: 40 N: 672] (2968)
  • [2009-10-06 13:11]

Hi Adrian,

A beautiful collage of colorful flowers, what better way to say goodbye to summer. All of your macros appear sharp, with nice soft backgrounds, TFS.

Best regards,
Werner

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  • Saba Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 594 W: 0 N: 1628] (9289)
  • [2009-10-06 14:23]

Witaj Adrian!

Beautiful dahlias and splendid collage.
Pretty colours and light.
It pleases me.

I greet warmly.
Barbara

Olá Adrian

Muito interessante esta colagem.
Flores de uma beleza especial...
Cores e detalhes fantásticos.
Obrigada e parabéns!
GA
Vera

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  • nicou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1324 W: 0 N: 2619] (21013)
  • [2009-10-06 21:13]

Hello

quel collage, grandiose travail, un pastel fleuri de toute beauté,, toute de couleurs différentes, quel travail de montage et captage, superbe.

bravo et amitié

Nicou

bel collage
ottima la wscelta dei fiori e delle cornici delle immagini
un bel lavoro e dedica

Anda

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  • pozaru Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3572 W: 737 N: 2406] (19090)
  • [2009-10-07 0:45]

Excelent montaj !

felicitari,
v

Hello Adrian! Amazing flowers, wonderful shots and excellent composition. Fantastic effect. Good luck!

Hello Adrian,

Thank you for your nice dedication to us.
Excellent shots, compositions, great clarity, sharp details and wonderful colors.

Best regards,
Tatjana

Good collage, great shots, good editing and flowers, hugs

Merhaba Adrian,
Excellent colage and colourful details..
Great presantation. Thanks a lot my friend.
Dr.Seyfettin Güner

Buna! Si daliile tale sunt superbe. Imi place efectul pe care le-ai dat (blur?).
Salutari Csabi

Hi Adrian,
Wanderful collage of these beautiful flowers (Dahlias), amazing colors and details,
all are very pretty..
great colors too.
nicely done.
Michel

Wow, Adrian this collage is beautiful!! I cannot get my photos to come out this sharp. I'm going to clean my camera and read my manual.

Thank you for being so kind to me!

Dennis

Hello Adrian,
Thanks for nice gift for us. Beautiful collage of five dsahlias with different shapes. I loved yellow and purple dahlias. Thnks for clear images and useful information
TFS
Selahattin E

Bonsoir Adrian,
C'est une excellente idée, les couleurs sont en parfaites harmonie,
les détails de chaque fleur sont superbes.
Compliments et bonne soirée.
Yolande

hello Adrian;
well done flowers compo, collage is beautiful with this different colours, macros nicely taken
tfs;
pozdrawiam Karolina

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  • AKITA Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1043 W: 81 N: 66] (12562)
  • [2009-10-07 22:30]

dear Adrian,
a wonderful collage picture of splendid dahlia flowers,
all colors are excellent and all flowers are mysteriously shining in strange dark space.
flowers on the earth, and flower planets in the space.
thank you,
Akihisa

lovely collage
i like the choice of the flowers
to show as the beautiful collage.
take care
Riste.

hello Adrian
very beautiful dedication with one very good collage!
TFS and regards
Nasos

Adrian
Magnifique collage! Chaque photo est superbe et l'ensemble est très esthétique.
Amicalement
JJ

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  • vanda Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 251 W: 0 N: 261] (1756)
  • [2009-10-09 14:02]

Ciao Adrian!
Grazie mille per la tua gentile dedica.
Bellissima questa serie di dalie.
Eccellente la messa a fuoco e magnifici dettagli.
Le prime tre sembrano fuochi artificiali :-))
Ottima l'idea di questo collage.
Ciao! Vanda

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  • chrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4256 W: 414 N: 6770] (42500)
  • [2009-10-10 4:45]

Hi Adrian

A nice montage of floral macro shots with each image complimenting the others. Impeccable sharpness, colour, contrast & framing in all of them. Tfs!

Merhaba Adrian
Ne kadar güzel çiçekler bunlar
Muhteşem bir kompozisyon
Harika bir hediye
Teşekkürler
Burak

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  • efi Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 211 W: 11 N: 183] (3308)
  • [2009-10-11 8:57]

mrhb adrian;
your flower macros are really splendid as they are live.and the collage flowers are in harmony.tfs

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  • gnada Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2662 W: 74 N: 4764] (21697)
  • [2009-10-12 15:18]

Hi Adrian...

It's really a beautiful few macro shot and lovely PP work..!
Absolutely a great collage - I like your post.
Excellently done - fantastic details and colors.
With my compliment,
George

I think i like this collage the best and my favorites are the 2 on the right They are very lovely TFS
warm regards
David

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