Bee orchid

I am not particularly a fan of orchids, there are lots of other plants in the UK that are at least equally attractive, such as squill (see my last posting). Having said that, bee orchids are amongst my favourites and I was therefore delighted to find a small stand of them growing in a glade along the river Stour, near Canterbury, yesterday.

I will be the first to admit that my flower photography technique needs some work, for example I had to spend a lot of time last night cleaning cobwebs that I could easily have brushed off the plant from the final image. Any comments or criticisms would therefore be doubly welcome.

David

Nikon D200, 150mm Sigma, 250iso, 1/40th @ f25, tripod mounted

a nicely taken shot David. Fairly large in the frame so perhaps not the most attractive composition, but technically very good.

Matt

Hi Dave

like it big, really sets the main focus where it matters, great flower

Paul

Hi David,

Nice shot, great plant! I agree it is a little large in the frame, not an easy plant to photograph though.

Lewis.

Agree not an easy Orchid to image, particularly when you are trying to show just the flower head, getting the DoF is hard, shame it is missing one of the pollinea though....