Every year the same problem.....

[GuRu]

.....to put my Clowesia russeliana in a good position to take some reasonable photos which show these lovely flowers on pendulous flower spikes in the right way.
You can see here, how I was able to do it this year.

 

[Ray]

Nicely grown.

 

[big923cattleya]

I am assuming a cell phone camera? If I can make one suggestion. When you photograph cascading inflorescences, hold the phone both ways, horizontal and vertical, but with those inflorescences, I think vertical camera shots work so much better.

But honestly, orchid flowers are not the easiest of subjects.
I always keep that idea in the back of my mind. With my digital camera, I take 10, 15, even 25 images of some plants. I use a 100mm. 2.8 Canon macro lens. I send 12-18 images if I am the photographer that day, to the AOS. I let them pick and choose which ones that they like.
Oh, and I should mention, even though cell phone cameras have really come a long way, there is no substitute for a good SLR AND A TRIPOD. As steady as we think we might be, the results are so much better with a tripod.

 

[tomp]

So very well done GuRu. There must be worse problems than having a beautiful
y grown plant with so any flowers that it’s hard to photograph…

 

[dodidoki]

Rudolph, I wish just similar problem to you in the future!!! Very nice plant!!!

 

[Theodoreorchidking]

.....to put my Clowesia russeliana in a good position to take some reasonable photos which show these lovely flowers on pendulous flower spikes in the right way.
You can see here, how I was able to do it this year.

Such unique flowers love it

 

[big923cattleya]

I posted that hybrid over in the Awards thread. It was given an HCC of 76 points. It is Clowesetum Alexandra Savva. It is Clowesia Rebecca Northern x Catasetum denticulatum.

 

[DirGo]

.....to put my Clowesia russeliana in a good position to take some reasonable photos which show these lovely flowers on pendulous flower spikes in the right way.

1) what a wonderful flower Rudolf !!! very nice color scheme and pattern on the flowers !!!
2) lucky you; if the only problem you have is not getting it into flower, but taking flower pictures after it flowered
3) even so; nice photo !!!

 

[tnyr5]

Yes, you poor thing.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Very nice problem

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Wow just lovely.

 

[Guldal]

"Every year the same problem...." - dear me, might we be in the realm of what might be characterized as 1st world- problems?

Wonderful flowers, wonderfully bloomed, and, after all, wonderful photos, Rudolf!

 

[jonesl8102]

1) what a wonderful flower Rudolf !!! very nice color scheme and pattern on the flowers !!!
2) lucky you; if the only problem you have is not getting it into flower, but taking flower pictures after it flowered
3) even so; nice photo !!!

Wow...how old is your plant?

 

[GuRu]

Wow...how old is your plant?

I bought it with about 2 bulbs 15 years ago.