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A Floral Splash

by VonBatCat

Backlit Orchid - Taken just before it lost all its flowers overnight.

Uploaded09/11/2011 - 17:16

CategoryFlowers & plants

BodyPENTAX K200D

Shutter Speed1.5

Aperturef/19

LensN/A

ISO100

Focal Length90mm

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Tagsorchid backlit pink vivid

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Date Taken	09/08/2011 - 16:08
Make	PENTAX Corporation
Model	PENTAX K200D
Program Mode	Manual
Metering Mode	Center-weighted average
Shutter Speed	1.5
Aperture	f/19
ISO	100
Focal Length	90mm
Lens	N/A

paulgee20 paulgee20

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Posted 11/11/2011 - 17:04 Link

It would have been a little better perhaps without the stem? Also a little more sharper and defined? The basic composition of the picture is however bang on. Having a few plants in our Conservatory they are difficult subjects.

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