viscious herbage.

jaguar · 02-13-2005, 01:50 PM

There's an orchid show on at the moment at the Kew Gardens, by an odd series of events I ended up there after shooting something else so I took the opportunity to fill up my CF cards with pwetty flowers. What really got me though were these amazing fly-eating ones. Didn't really have the gear with me for the job but did a decent job all things considered, all are unedited. Sadly they're all a bit washed out here, as far as I can ascertain browsers don't read profiles, if you download them they should look better.

random one I liked.

garnet · 02-13-2005, 08:46 PM

These are the "Lady Slipper" variety, no? I spent a small fortune on orchids when I lived in San Francisco, but could never get them to bloom, and I usually killed them off quickly--no green thumb here. I always thought there was something slightly obscene about the lady slippers; but I love the waxy thick petals of the flowers. Cool pix!

wolf · 02-13-2005, 08:59 PM

I think it's time to rewatch Pink Floyd's The Wall.

Doesn't Beletseri or somebody here grow orchids?

404Error · 02-13-2005, 10:57 PM

Hummm orchids, there's a flower I haven't tried shooting yet, makes for an interesting subject. Awesome shots, Jag!

warch · 02-14-2005, 11:24 AM

So strange and lovely and sexy.

Last summer I found a huge stand (15-20) blooming native pink ladyslippers in Northern Wisconsin woods, just off a boggy bridge. Most Ive ever seen in one place all in bloom. Of course the crazed skeeters made prolonged contemplation a bit dicey.

Jag, the buds are as or more lovely than the open blossoms.

jaguar · 02-14-2005, 01:34 PM

I'm sure they are. This is the first time I've tried shooting flowers with an SLR, I don't own a macro lens so I was shooting with a 200mm lens and sitting the required 1.2m back. It's a big hot house, beautifully laid out, lots of pro photographers there, met one guy with a proper macro rig, very, very cool. Added to the 'dispose of my disposeable income' list.

How washed out these look here is shitting me, I'm going to see if I can re-save them somehow.

edit: It's a big hot house, not a big shot.

Dunlavy · 02-14-2005, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by garnet

These are the "Lady Slipper" variety, no? I spent a small fortune on orchids when I lived in San Francisco, but could never get them to bloom, and I usually killed them off quickly--no green thumb here. I always thought there was something slightly obscene about the lady slippers; but I love the waxy thick petals of the flowers. Cool pix!

No green-

aye? that stinks. I can somehow make things grow magnificently by accidentally forgetting about them for a month or so.

That's a little gardening tip from me to you. ^_^

Brown Thrasher · 02-19-2005, 03:22 PM

I'm not an expert on orchids or any flower, but I did find this to be cool. Downloaded pictures were very intense to me; I'm not sure why but hey were.......

02-13-2005, 01:50 PM	#1
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	viscious herbage. There's an orchid show on at the moment at the Kew Gardens, by an odd series of events I ended up there after shooting something else so I took the opportunity to fill up my CF cards with pwetty flowers. What really got me though were these amazing fly-eating ones. Didn't really have the gear with me for the job but did a decent job all things considered, all are unedited. Sadly they're all a bit washed out here, as far as I can ascertain browsers don't read profiles, if you download them they should look better. random one I liked. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain Last edited by jaguar; 02-13-2005 at 02:02 PM.

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wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I think it's time to rewatch Pink Floyd's The Wall. Doesn't Beletseri or somebody here grow orchids? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-13-2005, 10:57 PM	#4
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	Hummm orchids, there's a flower I haven't tried shooting yet, makes for an interesting subject. Awesome shots, Jag! __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

02-14-2005, 01:34 PM	#6
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	I'm sure they are. This is the first time I've tried shooting flowers with an SLR, I don't own a macro lens so I was shooting with a 200mm lens and sitting the required 1.2m back. It's a big hot house, beautifully laid out, lots of pro photographers there, met one guy with a proper macro rig, very, very cool. Added to the 'dispose of my disposeable income' list. How washed out these look here is shitting me, I'm going to see if I can re-save them somehow. edit: It's a big hot house, not a big shot. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain Last edited by jaguar; 02-14-2005 at 03:12 PM.

02-19-2005, 03:22 PM	#8
Brown Thrasher self=proclaimed ass looking for truth whatever that means Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: A treehouse Posts: 193	I'm not an expert on orchids or any flower, but I did find this to be cool. Downloaded pictures were very intense to me; I'm not sure why but hey were....... __________________ Let it rain, it eases pain.....

02-13-2005, 08:46 PM	#2
garnet ... Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 657	These are the "Lady Slipper" variety, no? I spent a small fortune on orchids when I lived in San Francisco, but could never get them to bloom, and I usually killed them off quickly--no green thumb here. I always thought there was something slightly obscene about the lady slippers; but I love the waxy thick petals of the flowers. Cool pix!

02-14-2005, 11:24 AM	#5
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	So strange and lovely and sexy. Last summer I found a huge stand (15-20) blooming native pink ladyslippers in Northern Wisconsin woods, just off a boggy bridge. Most Ive ever seen in one place all in bloom. Of course the crazed skeeters made prolonged contemplation a bit dicey. Jag, the buds are as or more lovely than the open blossoms.

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