A few weeks ago, I visited Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania with the DC Flower Safari Meetup Group for the Greater Philadelphia Dahlia Society Show. My guess is there were several hundred dahlias on display in the competition room – and this year the conditions were wonderful for photographing them. So I thought I’d share some of my favorite dahlia photos from the show with you today.
April Dawn Dahlia © 2017 Patty Hankins
Bristol Fleck Dahlia © 2017 Patty Hankins
Bloomquist Pumpkin Dahlia © 2017 Patty Hankins
Crazy 4 Teedy Dahlia © 2017 Patty Hankins
Veronne’s Sandra J Dahlia © 2017 Patty Hankins
Akota Noltikori Dahlia © 2017 Patty Hankins
If you’re in the greater DC area and like to photograph flowers, I’d like to invite you to join the DC Flower Safari Meetup Group. We head out monthly to photograph flowers at local gardens. Our members photograph with everything from smart phones to the latest high end cameras. I’m not sure yet where we’ll be photographing on October 21 (October is always a tough month). We’ll be heading back to Longwood Gardens on November 12 to photograph the Chrysanthemum Festival, and again on December 10 to photograph their Christmas at Longwood Gardens display. The DC Flower Safari also has two groups on Facebook – one for sharing photos and the other for sharing information about what is blooming at local gardens.
You can join the DC Flower Safari on meetup at https://www.meetup.com/DC-Area-Flower-Safari/