Hi,

I have an orchid in a pot and few days ago it started to wither. So I decided to take some pictures to share with you before it's ... dying

I might not be able to help with the photo's, which are lovely, but i'm good with orchids.

Is it the flowers or the greenery that's dying?

(I might point out that taking the support stick out for the photo's could help. The photo's, not the plant.)

Silver Paul

I like the fist much better. It is well composed and interesting.

I agree with the removal of the support stick. It is much less noticable in the first picture.

The 2nd looks overexposed in the white areas. The 1st looks better.

The composition is good except that I would try to get the top leaf in the picture.

Thanks for the tips guys. Only the flowers are dying, I will try one shot without he support stick

When it's lost it's flowers you can cut the flower stem 1cm above the second or third node(one of them may already be swelling), and the plant will put out a new flower stem.

My oldest one has been doing this for 5years now, and none of the rest have failed me yet!

I hope yours comes back and gives you as many years of pleasure as mine has for me.

Paul Silver

I think these are excellent shots. I prefer the BW. As you are planning, I'd eliminate the support stick. In the BW I think you can clone out or significantly darken the petal at top center. You could probably clone out the support stick as well. I'd clean up the first, and tout it around on the BW and Macro forums.
Scott

Thanks a lot for your feedback guys. I removed the cropped petal and the support stick.

liking the bw lots.

Last b/w is best one for me. Good job.

Hi guys,

It's winter time and it's a bit cold outside for me to make some new photos, so I start to play a bit with my orchid picture in Photoshop. This is the result.

Misu the color and the sepia image work fine.

I like it but I would reduce the bright area on the stem left bottom 1/3.

Misu,

I prefer both the color & sepia versions - interesting how the toning presents an entirely different mood than the color...I think each would serve well in an appropriate setting.

OOC, I'd like to see an alternative with the toning backed-off a notch or two for comparative purposes.

regards,

Bob

BW for me.

It's brilliant in black and white. Hint of leftover support rod left in the bottom 1/3 of the image that I would turn black. Really like this one.