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The Lady and her offspring.....

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Posted by Mike Smith on June 8, 2013 at 7:14 AM
The Lady and her offspring.....
Lady orchid and hybrid monkey orchids - more for interest than critique, its a comparison shot that I was after rather than an isolated flower spike

Having tried to understand the differences of the hybrids one feature stands out for me - the "feet" are really well defined on the pure Monkey orchids but absent or at best stumpy on the hybrids. Colour is very variable in all forms, but the hybrids also tend to be stronger more robust plants like the Lady orchid
Posted by Barry Southon on June 8, 2013 at 12:35 PM
Mike

Ideal comparison image serves the purpose well.

:wink:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 8, 2013 at 2:00 PM

Very good illustration of the differences between the three, Mike.

Andy... :smile:
Posted by David Sewell on June 10, 2013 at 8:17 AM
Interesting comparison shot. Were the flower heads stacked? You seem to have managed an excellent depth of field.

David
Posted by Mike Smith on June 11, 2013 at 3:24 PM
Too windy for stacking, and I haven't really got to grips with post processing stacking yet !

Old fashioned trial and error on the aperture - one of the plusses for digital over 36 shot film.......
Posted by Paul Whippey on June 12, 2013 at 7:06 PM
Fantastic Mike. I was about to ask the same as David. :biggrin: Superb DoF control on your images. :toast: :toast: :toast: