November Blooms

[VandaFan]

Originally Posted by Shirley

Some plants that are currently in flower. The colour on all of them seems a bit washed out -- I guess that's the fault of the photographer! They are:

1. Blc. Hawaiian Leopard
2. Guarianthe bowringiana
3. Sc. Crystelle Smith 'Aileen' (first bloom)
4. Soph. coccinea 'Wildfire'

Hi Shirley,
Your flowers and pictures are great.
Can you share with us how you set up to have different background colors? I can only do black with black cloth placed behind the plant when taking pictures. I think you are a great photographer.

[Lagoon]

Very gorgeous!! Such a beautiful range of colors too
Good growing Shirley!

[Shirley]

Originally Posted by VandaFan

Hi Shirley,
Your flowers and pictures are great.
Can you share with us how you set up to have different background colors? I can only do black with black cloth placed behind the plant when taking pictures. I think you are a great photographer.

Thanks, VandaFan! I have a simple digital camera with a macro lens setting. For background I have only a piece of black poster board from an art store. It isn't matte like a cloth would be, but has a slight sheen so the colour varies depending on the light and degree of reflection -- it's blacker on cloudy days than on sunny days. I also have a pale blue colour board for photos of darker flowers that don't show up against the black. You can see some of these in my photo gallery. Very cheap but it works fairly well!