White Orchids

Not 1:1, but as 'close-up' as my 17-55 will allow me.

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Lovely shots of a very pretty orchid.

I like #2 in preference to #1 purely because the crop has increased the detail showing on the end bloom. In #1 the other flowers are just a little too out of focus to make it the nicer shot of the 2.

Linda

Nice shots! The black background really enhances the photo's. Not sure what species flower it is though...

Nice shots, LOVE #2.

I actually have a question.

Under what circumstances did you get these shots? I'm like, supreme newbie so bear with my ridiculous questions. I love the contrast between the black background and the white flowers.

You need greater depth of field. The out of focus bits are very distracting. Use a reflector to fill in the shadows. Warm up the images a bit.

Thank you, Cyclop and MizzGrizz. I found out the species is Dendrobium crumenatum.

LindaB wrote in post #8241262
Lovely shots of a very pretty orchid.

I like #2 in preference to #1 purely because the crop has increased the detail showing on the end bloom. In #1 the other flowers are just a little too out of focus to make it the nicer shot of the 2.

Linda

Thank you Linda, I do agree - I was surprised at how much detail there was in this close crop (I think it is close to 85% of full size).

Barb42 wrote in post #8242618
You need greater depth of field. The out of focus bits are very distracting. Use a reflector to fill in the shadows. Warm up the images a bit.

Thanks Barb42, I appreciate your advice. I wanted to try focus-stacking, but these were all hand-held and I have very shaky hands. Planning on getting a tripod - but don't have that yet, or even a reflector.

AmandaMarie wrote in post #8242541
I actually have a question.

Under what circumstances did you get these shots? I'm like, supreme newbie so bear with my ridiculous questions. I love the contrast between the black background and the white flowers.

Thanks!
I hand-held my flash unit off-camera, connected to my camera with a flash shoe cord (OC-E3). With flash, shooting at highest shutter speed (1/250) and at f16. I think that's what kills the background - I didn't use any background sheets or anything.

I'm loving the spider in #3.

RoryTate wrote in post #8243175
I'm loving the spider in #3.

Yeah that little guy was cute. Wish I still had my 100 macro, would've taken more shots of him.

lovely series, like the second one best

Thanks Bryce