Wednesday, April 17, 2013

At The Orchid Show

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Late winter and the first days of spring bring the annual orchid show to the Missouri Botanical Garden (home of Juno, seen in Monday's post). If I get there to take pictures it's usually on closing day, which is what happened a couple of weeks ago.

It's indoors, which makes for interesting light. There are windows high up over stone walls. So, soft illumination from above and dark foliage behind the flowers. Pop a little fill flash on the blossoms and you get dramatic results. These are a couple of my favorites. We'll show a few more.      

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7 comments:

Eko said...

Kauniita - kovasti kauniita ovat 'Kesän-Kukat'...
Terveisiä Suomesta Kuusamosta.
Meillä kevät tulee vauhdilla.
Joutsenet ja muut muuttajat alkavat tulla reviireillee.
Eko
http://eskoalamaunu.blogspot.fi/

Birdman said...

Your latest have me 'seeing' sure signs of spring.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Wonderful shots Bob, perfect backlighting..can I ask which of your cameras you used here?

William Kendall said...

Beautiful!

Stefan Jansson said...

Bob used his Canon EOS 5D Mark III. And he really nailed both photos. I know that because you can see that info at flickr.

Jack said...

These are beautiful, Bob, especially the second one.

TheChieftess said...

Well aren't you and Wayne getting all in the mood for Spring!!!