Ask Wednesday: What new's blooming this week?

Dahlia

Colorful flowers!

By Morris Dean
 
 
 
 
 

Dahlia delights

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I took the photograph of my wife's Dahlia on June 7 with a Nikon D60. The original JPEG is shown to the right.
    After darkening the midtones in Photoshop's levels adjustments (an option I'm grateful to Ken Marks for suggesting in order to emphasize the flower over its surroundings), I tried some "artistic" filter effects and selected the ones that appealed to me.