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Green Winged Orchid

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Posted by PhilH on May 3, 2008 at 9:17 AM
Green Winged Orchid
40D, 300/4 + 20mm ext, Benbo 1, Ancient Kennett Ball Head.
ISO100, 1/250 @ f5.6, Manual, Incident, Diffusion Tunnel.
C1 v4 + resize & sharpen CS3.

Hi,

Missed most of the Orchids last year and Janet always enjoyed them, so will be spending a bit of time with them this year... Kent has a good population.

From this morning at a site that is very well known for Green wings.

All the best

Phil
Posted by Andy Astbury on May 3, 2008 at 9:46 AM
Lovely image Phil - that diffuser tunnel makes a superb BG and FG blur :toast:
Posted by jack chapman on May 3, 2008 at 9:54 AM
Hi Phil
perfect in all respects

out of interest whats a diffuser tunnel and what does incident mean?
Posted by David Taylor on May 3, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Beautiful capture. It would be very appropriate for a Remembrance card, Phil.


:toast: :toast:
Posted by Paula Graham on May 3, 2008 at 10:56 AM
A beauty.
Posted by Simon Litten on May 3, 2008 at 12:22 PM
That's as good as it gets. Well done.

Simon
Posted by Dave Bartlett on May 3, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Cracking shot Phil. I too don't know what a diffuser tunnel is :rolleyes:

Dave
Posted by Tim Munsey on May 3, 2008 at 1:45 PM
Tidy job.

Tim
Posted by David Kjaer on May 3, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Beautiful!

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paul Hillion on May 3, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Beautiful shot :toast: :toast:
Posted by Edwin kats on May 3, 2008 at 3:50 PM
Indeed a wonderful shot of a beautiful species.
It makes me look for it longer than normal. Great job.


Edwin Kats
Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 3, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Great use of selective focusing-a beauty

Dave :toast:
Posted by Matt Cole on May 3, 2008 at 5:15 PM
a lovely shot. I'm also intrigued by a diffuser tunnel, not something I've come across before.

Matt
Posted by John Robinson on May 3, 2008 at 5:27 PM
Me too !
Whats a diffuser whatsit
Looks oK to me anyway !
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Robert Lawrence on May 3, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Lovely shot, wonderfully isolated. I'm no flower photographer but I do appreciate a great image when I see one.
Posted by Nicholas Armitt on May 3, 2008 at 8:57 PM
Really well caught Phil, reminds me that I need to re-build my diffusion tunnel it got a bit mashed last year. Sorry i didn't make it across, i did eventually get my wireless network working. :wavey:
Posted by Paul Inglis on May 4, 2008 at 6:58 AM
Hi Phil,

Beautiful image!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Guy Rogers on May 4, 2008 at 4:14 PM
Hello Phil.

Not much I can add its all been said. So well done for taking such a superb image. :wavey:
Posted by Magnus Hird on May 5, 2008 at 7:55 AM
Lovely stuff, also keen to know what a diffusion tunnel is - sounds like something a mad physicist might use! :smile:
Posted by eric weight on May 5, 2008 at 1:14 PM
I can't think of anything to say but - beautiful.
:toast: :toast: Eric
Posted by Ian Andrews on May 6, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Glad they're showing, just hope they last the week! :wink:

Ian
Posted by Michael Sayles on May 6, 2008 at 5:47 PM
'tis a lovely shot in the classic orchid style.

A diffuser tunnel - unless I'm mistaken, it's like a mini version of those poly-tunnels that farms grow fruit and veg in. You plonk it over the flower to diffuse the daylight and shoot through it, from one open end to the other.

Simplest method is to get two sheets of perspex (or whatever) and duct-tape them together at one end, so they are hinged together. You can then plonk the sheets over the subject 'tent style'.
Posted by Michael Sayles on May 6, 2008 at 5:49 PM
Oh, I've just now seen Phil's other thread where he includes a photo of the diffuser tunnel.

Still, at least it proves I wasn't mistaken!!! :biggrin: