Laelia purpurata var. estriata - another

[Rosim_in_BR]

Originally Posted by rsfrid

On my color-calibrated monitor (LaCie 19 Blue) it appears as black. My experience is that one needs to shine a light onto the background if one wants the color to be a factor. In this case I would wash a light across the background from top to bottom (or bottom to top) to pick up the green. You are using calibrated light sources, right? In other words you know the degrees K of each light source for use in your image processing software? I think this would be a dramatic background and, if you don't mind, I may try it on one of mine. I have some bright green flocking that would be great for this purpose. Thanks for asking. I still like that blossom!

Yes, I had a soft light source between the flower and the background washing the inferior part of the background from the bottom. Now, I'm looking the photo on another monitor and the effect I wanted doesn't show the way I wanted, it's too dark, too blackish.
Ross, I don't mind, please try it and let us see what you get.