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6 more orchids

Postby johnd on Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:02 pm

6 more orchids from the recent Hobart Orchid Show.
Click on the thumbnails for a larger image.
Thanks to Leek for his sticky on posting thumbnails.

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Postby Alpha_7 on Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:13 am

Some lovely colours, shot number two has a really interesting quality to it, I really like the shape of the flowers in #2.
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Postby mic on Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:52 am

These are really great johnd,

I agree with alpha, num 2 is alive and speaking to me.

Good black background too.

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Postby Greg S on Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:59 am

All lovely shots John.
I am with the others the Masdavalia #2 is my favorite, with the Paph. #1 a close second.
We don't see Masdavalias at our local shows as we are a bit too warm to grow them, thanks for the treat.

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Postby Slider on Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:22 am

More great shots. Number 2 is also my favorite. Brilliant :D
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Postby marcotrov on Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:32 am

All great, john, but #2 is a ripper!!
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Postby johnd on Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:11 pm

Craig, Mic, Greg, Mark and Marco, thanks for the feedback. These orchids and the ones in my other post were my better images. The others I haven't posted are a bit cluttered with many orchids jammed close together, lots of little labels and name cards etc. It was a competition after all.

I like the black background on flowers Mic. I got the idea from looking at another member's sequence of shots. Can't quite remember who it was but I think they had a previous history into inverted things. :wink:

Oh, I nearly forgot, I need to improve my sharpening skills. You can see hallos on many of these shots. Any advice in this area would be appreciated.
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