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Standing alone

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Posted by Mike Smith on July 6, 2013 at 6:04 AM
Standing alone
Common spotted orchid,

Taken in the same session as the pyramidal orchid

Olympus E-620, 150mm f2, is 200, 1/400s at F4, tripod.
Posted by keith mitchell on July 6, 2013 at 2:53 PM
Mike must be great to work on these superb looking plants this looks great to me.

Keith. :smile:
Posted by John Robinson on July 6, 2013 at 4:58 PM
I don't know how you find yours so ideal to photograph Mike. All the ones around here are in thick grass ! The only way I could get a shot like this of any orchids around here , is to carry a flymo around :biggrin: :biggrin: Nice stuff
JR
Posted by Mike Smith on July 7, 2013 at 4:30 AM
Thanks both
This site is a steep chalk hillside more famous for Adonis blue butterflies -perhaps next months target - and very heavily grazed by Dexter cattle so the grasses are actually very thin, so very little gardening was required here
Posted by Nick Mckeown on July 7, 2013 at 3:44 PM
Took some photos of these today Mike, might post one but they are not as good as these.

Nick. :toast: :jump: :wavey:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on July 8, 2013 at 2:42 AM
A nice looking image. :wavey: