When you take photos, have the bright light behind the camera. That means turning around and having the window, or the outside, behind you so the plant isn't a dark silhouette against a bright window or lawn.
Now that bethmarie commented on number two, I think it could be a Phragmipedium, a strap-leafed Paphiopedilum or an Oncidium.
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