Cattleya violacea 'Francis King'

[got ants]

I think as it stands right now, it is absolutely stunning. It is sure to be an award contender.

Thanks for sharing.

[ChrisFL]

Thanks everyone! I doubt this one will ever be an award contender, but I will probably breed with it.

[ChrisFL]

Ok, no one kill me, decided to post a high res version.

[Call_Me_Bob]

wow! your photography is great. what kind of studio setup did you use on this?

[ChrisFL]

Thanks help! I use a black pea coat as a backdrop, it absorbs light pretty well. I bounce a 400 watt 6500 k metal halide off the white ceiling. I use a tripod, Canon Rebel XS, Tamron 90 mm f2.8 macro, remote shutter and mirror lockup. I process RAW files using lightroom.

[ChrisFL]

I took a side photo to illustrate how absurdly flat this cultivar is.

[Sasti]

I've never seen this clone, I did not know it...I think is a wonder. I always remember to myself violacea's I killed but I like it so much that I'd like to try again with this guy.
Really gorgeous!

[Call_Me_Bob]

wow! thats extremely flat!!


nice setup.. a peacoat. never would have thought about that! i just use a dark maroon velvet piece as a backdrop. whaty version of LR do you have? i use LR3

[ChrisFL]

Same here, LR3

[ChrisFL]

New pic, stretched significantly after watering yesterday