THIRTY FIVE Nature’s Floral Garden

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35.1 ~ Alpine Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza alpestris I selected an aperture which gave me just enough depth of field to retain focus on the orchid but keep the background fairly well diffused.

⤷Nikon D800, 200mm micro Nikkor, 1/60sec at f/8, ISO 200.

INTRODUCTION

It probably comes as no surprise that flowers are by far the most popular subject among the macro fraternity. They are admired for their beauty, enticing scents and their delicate fragility There is an inherent attractiveness about flowers; their extensive diversity of colour, shape and form make them unique and unlike any other organism. ...

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