From the hothouse

Still in Manor Heath Park, Halifax. Lots of tropical plants in the hothouse, but not much light for photography, so tripod and longish exposures needed to produce anything much. Again, please feel free to criticize (constructively, of course!)

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Thanks again for looking,

Hi john
I really like the second one against the dark background

I like the low angle ones of the water lillies.
I've never done this. How well does the camera deal with the heat and humidity?

As I said in the other thread. (Rule of thirds) 1, 3, 5, 7 & 8. All are good but for me these 5 look best.
CHEERS Vic.

Lovely results here ... Favourites for me are 3 and 7, mainly for their stronger compositions. Did you have to keep wiping the lens with all the condensation?

I'm not a fan of pitch black backgrounds for flowers, so prefer when you've let some foliage detail appear in behind, even though its subdued, it's a more supportive effect for the subject I feel.

Thanks for the positive comments, all.
I can see that the dark background wouldn't be to everyone's taste, but the original background was completely distracting and not nice, even out of focus, so it was a bit of an experiment to try and make the subject stand out better.
David and Nigel, the lens misted up within seconds of entering the hothouse (it was about 40C in there), but once that was wiped away it didn't come back. The camera body was fine though and had no condensation on it at any time, which was more than I could say for myself! Very uncomfortable!