Here's one of the very few shots I took of flora while on Orcas Island in Washington state last week. This is a Fairy Slipper Orchid (Calypso bulbosa). I really enjoyed spending some time with this specimen.
5D, 100 mm macro, ISO 100, 0.4 @ f/11, polarizer, black backdrop
That is quite a specimen!
Great detail and I like the inclusion of the leaves, especially the bottom left of the image.
That said, I like the foliage in the FG, but I am a little distracted by the ground cover in the BG. Not sure what the best fix would be.
What a gorgeous flower. I'm sure you had a great trip to the NW. Can't wait to see more.
Beautiful Wayne! What a stunning flower.I agree with Dominic, the leaves are a very important part of this image, and I must say the black backdrop with that color is spectacular!
Hope you had tons of fun on you trip. Looking forward to seeing more.
I think I can see the fairy slipper, but I see a dragon head even more. I won't say a word about ducks, snakes, frogs, or giants.
An unusual specimen, and no doubt quite a find. The subject is nicely isolated. Good interplay between the bloom and the leaves, the bizarre and the familiar. I agree with Brad and Dominic that including the leaves makes this a much more interesting image.
No fair!, I drove almost 2 hours last night to a prairie where there were supposed to be orchids only to find they had burned it off and Nothing was blooming.
Seriously that's a good shot and I hope I can find something that good next week when I'm up near Seattle visiting my in-laws.
Great speciman, Wayne. I agree that the leaves really help the overall compostion.
Posted by Tim Buchanan on May 20, 2008 at 10:09 AM
Really interesting, Wayne! It's most likely my monitor, but the flower seems almost blown out in places and in those areas it's not so easy to make out details.
Tim, at times I get the same impression but in checking the white levels nothing appears clipped ... strange. I'll double check it when time permits and post a closeup crop of just the bloom.
What an interesting orchid. Very exotic shape and color, but that's the norm with orchids, I suppose - I've only seen a couple in the wilderness. Nice find, Wayne!
Discussion
11 replies5D, 100 mm macro, ISO 100, 0.4 @ f/11, polarizer, black backdrop
Great detail and I like the inclusion of the leaves, especially the bottom left of the image.
That said, I like the foliage in the FG, but I am a little distracted by the ground cover in the BG. Not sure what the best fix would be.
What a gorgeous flower. I'm sure you had a great trip to the NW. Can't wait to see more.
Hope you had tons of fun on you trip. Looking forward to seeing more.
Brad
An unusual specimen, and no doubt quite a find. The subject is nicely isolated. Good interplay between the bloom and the leaves, the bizarre and the familiar. I agree with Brad and Dominic that including the leaves makes this a much more interesting image.
Seriously that's a good shot and I hope I can find something that good next week when I'm up near Seattle visiting my in-laws.