Laelia purpurata var. estriata - another
 

Here's another variety estriata. Following Ross, I'm testing a clearer background, just as experimentation to see what happens! What do you think?

Love it, great photos. To me, they are clearer and the edges sharper (but probably just my eyes.) Thanks Mauro, beautiful Laelia.

Mauro...ANY background you use for your 'chids is fine with me :nod:

As long as I get my daily dose of :yikes: , I'm okay ;)

ROFLOL!!

Beautiful Mauro! As always!

Gorgeous, no matter what the back ground color. Call me old fashioned, I still like black!

Ross,
It’s just another test. What do you think of this dark green background that gets darker from the bottom to the top? Does it introduce much noise or produce an agreeable effect in your opinion? Still too dark?

I do like the black background. . .kinda seems scientific to me. LOL And makes it easier to mix and match photos if you need to group them for a project, say a book.

But I do like the dark green background too. . .maybe a try a little lighter green. I do really like the idea of your using a background that gets darker towards the bottom and lighter at the top.

Edited to add, I would also like a mottled velvety brown background. . .lighter and dark tones of brown along with a darkish cream hue.

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! :biggrin:

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.

OK, tomorrow:biggrin:

What about using some traditional Brazilian tapestry type fabrics for a background. . .something muted.

Got anything like that to try out? Hmmmm.

Beautiful!

Use a lower ISO if you want to reduce noise, shutter speed can be as slow as you need since plants don't move about :P (though you'll need a tripod for this)

Mauro,
This one seems to have less 'substance' (I don't if this word is correct in english) than the first one (http://www.orchidboard.com/community...-estriata.html) but has better shape in petals/sepals. The first has 'Milionária' as parent/grandparent?
Are you going to CPO Orchid Show 23-25/november in the Botanic Garden?

Nope! LP Milionaria imparts a very recognizable shape to the lip, often with a narrow, beautiful white border. Here's how it looks like:
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Yes, I am planning to go to the CPO show, probably Friday morning.

Well, unfortunately I can go only saturday or sunday; maybe in another show we can schedule an meeting! (AOSP summer show 30-nov to 02- dec?)
About the 'Milionária', I never saw this one, except in pics; but I read about it! I went to Porto Alegre in october, and I bought some seedlings of LP, that have been sold as 'Milionária' crosses! Now I know what I can expect!