Using a Telephoto lens to Photograph Flowers

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This is an example of what can be done with a telephoto lens in photographing flowers, including orchids. One has to shoot from further away (with this lens a distance of six feet, but shots of this type produce beautifully blurred backgrounds. This was shot with a Canon 70-300mm lens set at140mm at ISO400, 1/400, f7.1. This works particularly well in greenhouses and at flower shows where one has little or no control of the background. It does not work well, however, with small flowers unless one has a very powerful telephoto.