I've never seen this flower before, but then again I haven't seen most flowers before. I really like the DOF from this shot. The flower itself has an interesting pattern and color but your DOF adds to it, in my opinion.
lovely shot - the dof is perfect, and this flower makes an interesting subject.
.... my husband won't buy flowers because they die.... I should tell him if he buys them, I'll have something to take pictures of, and they way they'll last forever!.... wonder if it will work
my hubby never buys me flowers, he will however, come home with a handful of wild flowers, (roots and all sometimes...) you couldnt guess how funny that is...my hubby is 6'5 and around 300lbs...beard, long hair, harley...deisel truck mechanic...you get the picture...really funny...
Well, I can just about imagine him, "delicately picking" his bunch of wild flowers (which accounts for the "roots and all" sometimes - in my imagination )
I know dahlias, but I have never seen a GREEN one!