dkCambridgeshire Posted June 21, 2017 Share #1 Posted June 21, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Visited Norman Cross Brick Pit near Peterborough last Saturday and photographed several orchids including bee orchids. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! cont'd … 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! cont'd … ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/273675-wild-orchids/?do=findComment&comment=3299593'>More sharing options...
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dkCambridgeshire Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share #2 Posted June 21, 2017 … and this was the methodology using a Sony A7S and Leica R 35-70/4 R which has a 1/2.8 macro capability Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! cont'd ... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! cont'd ... ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/273675-wild-orchids/?do=findComment&comment=3299594'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted June 21, 2017 (edited) Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! … second photo is me framing a bee orchid … they're tiny specimens hence necessary to get in close. cont'd …. Edited June 21, 2017 by dkCambridgeshire 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! … second photo is me framing a bee orchid … they're tiny specimens hence necessary to get in close. cont'd …. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/273675-wild-orchids/?do=findComment&comment=3299596'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted June 21, 2017 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! This was my first attempt at wild orchid photography and learnt much about the technique during the afternoon. I'll return to the habitat soon and try a few more with a different lens. Best wishes dunk 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! This was my first attempt at wild orchid photography and learnt much about the technique during the afternoon. I'll return to the habitat soon and try a few more with a different lens. Best wishes dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/273675-wild-orchids/?do=findComment&comment=3299597'>More sharing options...
platypus Posted June 21, 2017 Share #5 Posted June 21, 2017 Orchids are such strange and lovely things......and you are enviably limber. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted June 21, 2017 Share #6 Posted June 21, 2017 (edited) Hello Dunk, Nice bunch of photos. Colorful dragons, by the way. Best Regards, Michael Edited June 21, 2017 by Michael Geschlecht 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share #7 Posted June 21, 2017 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Posted the wrong 'how to' pic previously … this is me stalking the bee orchid 'up close' with the 35-70/4 R lens Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! In this type of situation the compact lightweight Sony A7S wins … compared to the bulky and relatively heavy SL601. But i'll have to use the SL601for the next attempt when plan to photograph with a Canon FD 200mm macro lens … for a different view from a longer distance. A few more orchids: cont'd … Edited June 21, 2017 by dkCambridgeshire 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! In this type of situation the compact lightweight Sony A7S wins … compared to the bulky and relatively heavy SL601. But i'll have to use the SL601for the next attempt when plan to photograph with a Canon FD 200mm macro lens … for a different view from a longer distance. A few more orchids: cont'd … ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/273675-wild-orchids/?do=findComment&comment=3299603'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share #8 Posted June 21, 2017 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! cont'd ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! cont'd ... ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/273675-wild-orchids/?do=findComment&comment=3299605'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share #9 Posted June 21, 2017 (edited) … and the last one : Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! … because I'm a rookie orchid hunter, I cannot as yet identify the specimens. dunk Edited June 21, 2017 by dkCambridgeshire Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! … because I'm a rookie orchid hunter, I cannot as yet identify the specimens. dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/273675-wild-orchids/?do=findComment&comment=3299606'>More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted June 21, 2017 Share #10 Posted June 21, 2017 Hello Dunk, Nice photos, again. That is a really small dragon in that photo. Best Regards, Michael 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Barry Posted June 21, 2017 Share #11 Posted June 21, 2017 If I managed to get prone, or nearly so, these days, getting back up would be, as they say, problematic. I envy you. Nice, informative series. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted June 21, 2017 Share #12 Posted June 21, 2017 Very nice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted June 22, 2017 Share #13 Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) … and the last one : DSC00089_2659_edited-1-rslf.jpg … because I'm a rookie orchid hunter, I cannot as yet identify the specimens. dunk It helps to be able to see the spots (or absence of spots) on the leaves but it looks from here like one of the many variations of the Common Spotted Orchid. Edited June 22, 2017 by wattsy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share #14 Posted June 22, 2017 It helps to be able to see the spots (or absence of spots) on the leaves but it looks from here like one of the many variations of the Common Spotted Orchid. Thank you Ian … I'm planning to acquire a UK orchid guide book … a big subject to study in depth. Regards dunk 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_clarke Posted June 23, 2017 Share #15 Posted June 23, 2017 Hello Dunk, I think Wattsy is bang on - they look like Common Spotted Orchids (Dactylorchis fuchsii) which range in colour from very pale with pink markings to a deeper rose. Early Purple Orchids are a more deep, regal, purple but both have spotted leaves. They are fascinating, some years none and in others they seem common - this seems to be a good year for them! Some species are big and others tiny and almost insignificant. Bee Orchids are much less common so well spotted. Enjoy hunting and photographing them - but a tripod or bean bag will really be useful if the light is poor and exposures long! Graeme 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share #16 Posted June 23, 2017 (edited) Hello Dunk, I think Wattsy is bang on - they look like Common Spotted Orchids (Dactylorchis fuchsii) which range in colour from very pale with pink markings to a deeper rose. Early Purple Orchids are a more deep, regal, purple but both have spotted leaves. They are fascinating, some years none and in others they seem common - this seems to be a good year for them! Some species are big and others tiny and almost insignificant. Bee Orchids are much less common so well spotted. Enjoy hunting and photographing them - but a tripod or bean bag will really be useful if the light is poor and exposures long! Graeme Thank you Graeme. This was not a planned orchid expedition - we'd actually planned to drive to Boston and visit the Bubble Car Museum but severe traffic congestion prevented leaving Peterborough on time - thus decided to take a chance at Norman Cross Pits which is within walking distance of forum member JD's house in Stilton near Peterborough. We plan another visit to the pits when will be more prepared for close-up photography including higher magnification imaging. The 35-70/4 R zoom was the only Leica optic in my bag and is not ideal for flower and insect photography at close quarters … but it's a good all rounder and sufficed for this initial trip. dunk Edited June 23, 2017 by dkCambridgeshire Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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