The dendrobiums are blooming again.
Snow and wind, blowing snow, and cold temperatures kept me working indoors yesterday. The soft cloud filtered light coming in the window was great for working with the flowers. I put a black board behind them to eliminate the bright window from the background.

After the clouds moved in this morning I switched to shooting orchids. I tried some down the throat shots first, but they were kind of boring. Then I started shooting from underneath and after setting the orchids up high enough to get the tripod under at it’s lowest setting, I made these images with my [...]