Ontario wild Orchid

[geaibleu]

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Cypripedium acaule

[sandro]

Lovely composition, great colors and control of focus. Can you give us details about the equipment you used?

Lex

[Tullahoma]

Beautifully done!

 

Jim N.

[stuny]

Geaibleu -

 

Beautifu for subject, close composition, sparkling detail, light and color.

[geaibleu]

Thanks for your kind comments.

Equipment used today will sound a bit weird :

apo-Elmarit 180 with 2x apo-extender mounted with Stativ-1 on the old universal handgrip with shoulder stock, coupled to an Olympus E-30 via Leica 4/3 ring.

I have kept my R stock hoping for a R-10 which never materialized and I am reasonably happy with this particular Oly and its half-decent viewfinder.

[geaibleu]

Here is the original plant this time M8 and macro-Elmar. The flower is roughly 1 inch (2-3 cm) long.

[pauledell]

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Geableu,

 

A wonderful shot with great composition, colors, sharpness and selective focus.

 

Paul

[vdb]

Very nice. Got some wild orchids in my woods too...will have to post one for comparison.

[geaibleu]

Thanks again.

Virgil please do post some of yours!

May I draw your attention to the Purdon conservation area (Lanark County close to Ottawa) where the Cypripedium reginae is in full bloom around mid-June.

 

http://www.mvc.on.ca/.../conservation-areas/purdon

 

 

At that time mosquitoes are the unavoidable bonus!

[albert]

Geaibleu,

 

They are such a discovery .......well done.

[geaibleu]

Thanks Albert.

Here is the correct address for the Purdon conservation area:

 

Purdon Conservation Area

[melissah]

so beautiful...