Tiny Orchid

[wazonthehill2]

My first go at putting in pictures, so hope goes well.









This Australian Native Orchid is Bulbophyllum globuliforme.
The Flowers are approx 3 mm across and the bulbs are approx 2mm across
It has rained last night and the flower is encased in a water droplet. See the reflection of light on the drop and the moss or bulbs through the water drop.
The ring flash from the camera dwarfs the flower and plant in the second last shot and the last is on a growth with two new shots growing.

These images are straight from camera.
Canon 40d with 100 f2.8 macro on 50mm lens extension tubes, ring flash.
All just hand held, as just got lens and wanted to try it.
Tried this with the 17-85 lens with "macro" but results were poor and to far away. Initial reaction to the canon 100mm macro - Love It!!

I like the first shot.
What are your comments?

Regards
Warwick

[Killakoala]

Wow, that's such a small subject. I never knew orchids were that small. They are all amazing images as they show just how small the flower is. I really like the last one.

[Matt. K]

WOW! I was expecting like...an orange orchid, or an apple orchid, but those lil suckers are tiny!

[Biggzie]

I think you did a good job. The water drop show the scale well.
I would have used a corner of a tissue and soaked up the drop after getting a shot so I could get 1 dry too.

[colin_12]

Ah so the new toy has arrived Wazza.
I am glad you like it. 100mm macro was the first lense I purchased and I have loved it ever since.
Nicer pics than the other day.
Regards Colin

[gstark]

Sensational images for a first image post, Warwick. Well done.

[wazonthehill2]

Thanks for the comments guys.
I really am stoked with that first shot, it is now my desktop and is awesome at full screen size (yeah, i am wrapped that a shot finally turned out!)
Really should not have been lazy and got the tripod out.


Below is another lazy shot to show scale. The flower and key are in focus, but not enough depth of field to get the bulbs in focus even at f32



The Bulbophyllum globuliforme is Australians smallest orchid, and it still blows around in the wind when taking photos!

Thanks for the comments guys, and Biggzie (seems strange calling someone els my nick name!), got the dry shots too. Colin, I wish I had this lense for the last few weeks, wow, much better, and the flowers don't hit the lense whilst focusing! And Gaz, thanks for the comment and the forum.

A question, what/how do people put a (black) border around the photo and writing in the border?

Colin (and others)
I have started a small flickr library of orchids, please see (the start) if interested at.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wazzas-orchids/



Cheers
Warwick

[Marvin]

Hi,
Here are some actions - Mike Brewer's Invariant frames action adds a border and puts some writing down the bottom.
http://www.atncentral.com/download.htm
Cheers,
Lee