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From the 66th Pacific Orchid Exposition

Groningen, The Netherlands

Art created from my photos | Creative Flowers, Plants and Trees | Light Orchid #art

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Orquídea Cymbidium Amarela

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Closeup of another Orchid, shot at the New York Botanical Garden last February.

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

Found in the south west corner of Western Australia. This is a member of the T macrophylla complex and can vary from blue to white to pink. Tall for an orchid with a lovely perfume. The flowers will open if the sun is shining, especially on warm days. Flowers quite late in the season from November to January.

Orchid

Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

EARLY PURPLE ORCHID Fairly widespread

One of our earliest flowering orchids, the early purple has up to 50 purple flowers arranged in a dense cone-shape on a tall spike up to 50cm high. The leaves are glossy and dark green with characteristic dark spots.

Mr. Orchid in profile

Orchid

Today's theme is the colours of Cattleya orchids. Often referred to as the Queen of Orchids, the Cattleya genus contains over 100 species originating from Central and South America.

Flowers on a black background - Week 1005

Explored: 09/27/08

Photo taken in Ecuador in natural habitat.

Travel to Ecuador

Margaret's birthday orchid backlit by the afternoon sun.

I bought his orchid plant on the way home for goat tending in Belmont; it was on the discount table at a local farmstand and nursery. This image is a 50-frame focus stack, blended with Helicon Focus.

Longwood Gardens.

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

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.

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Beautiful Orchid

Denver Botanic Gardens

At the Cloud Forest, Gardens by the Bay.