From the 66th Pacific Orchid Exposition

Princess of Wales Conservatory

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London

The Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera). The Selsley Common, Gloucestershire, England, U.K.

KW:

Have a wonderful day

Orchid.

Legs not working too well at the moment so ‘On and Off’ for a while !

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Atlanta Botanical Garden

Looking Close … on Friday

While and Wonderful

Lauwersoog, the Netherlands

Aliceara orchids

Love this striking magenta colour of these gorgeous Orchids with a delicate kiss of white!

Nikon D3100

Helios 44M-4 58mm @ f8 1/2 sec. ISO-100

one 20mm macro extension tube

Field stack based on 13 exposures

Trying something new to me with some macro extensions tubes that I just have bought!

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An orchid in the hot house of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, Florida, USA

Longwood Gardens Pa.

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One of many images I took recently at Kew Gardens during their orchid festival.

Orchid Show time is approaching but I don't believe we'll have it this year.

February 24, 2020

Missouri Botanical Garden Orchid Show, St. Louis, Missouri

Longwood Gardens Pa.

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Longwood Gardens.

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I think this is a "Heath Spotted Orchid" Close but a little dark.. ID welcome..

Shot on Haldon Heath.. View On Black

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This photo was taken indoors with my specialized 135f2 lens and my Df camera. This lens lets you have more control of the focus in the foreground and background simultaneously.

Margaret's birthday orchid backlit by the afternoon sun.

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Phalaenopsis

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

I photographed this orchid on Mother's Day in the San Diego Botanic Building in Balboa Park.

I wanted to emphasize the shapes and textures of the petals, so I used side lighting to create the shadows that reveal those qualities. Lit with a Yongnuo flash in an 8.6 inch Lastolite soft box hand held in front of the flower and below it at 4 o'clock. The flash was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.

I've photographed a lot of plants and flowers, because they're all around us, work cheap, and never complain. I have an album of these images with over 800 pictures, and for each one, I have described how I lit them, in case you're interested in that kind of thing.

www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157628079460544

Orchids from Huntington Library and Botanic Gardens. San Marino. California.

At the Cloud Forest, Gardens by the Bay.

Denver Botanic Gardens

Longwood Gardens Pa.

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