Thanks Chris. I'm sorry you don't like the red flowers, but I'm glad there
was something you did.
The last one is apparently something special, as orchids go. I had never
seen anything like it.
Joel W.
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> They look very good, Joel – except for the shots of red flowers, perhaps
> for reasons that we have discussed several time on the List.
>
> My favourite is the last one, a fantastic flower (and I’m not a great one
> for orchids or other exotic flowers).
>
> Finally, I like the way you slipped in a surreptitious señorita :-)
>
> Chris
>
> On 15 Apr 2014, at 16:53, DZDub <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > My MFL (mate for life) and I traveled to Davenport, Iowa (where the
> > Mississippi flows east to west) for our third annual orchid show at the
> > Wallace Garden Center. It took place a month ago and I've just finished
> > getting some photos webbed out:
> >
> >
> http://jfwilcox.jalbum.net/Wallace%20Garden%20Center%20Orchid%20Show%202014/
> >
> > This was my first opportunity to give my new (to me) Leica D 14-150 use
> for
> > the purpose that drove me to buy it. I think I'll hang on to it. What
> do
> > you think?
> >
> > Maybe a third of the flowers are from displays that were judged as a
> whole
> > and also for individual plants making up the display. The majority of
> the
> > plants were offered by growers for sale. This tends to be where my
> > Hallmark holiday discretionary funds for MFL go. Covers Valentine's to
> > Mother's Day, if I am lucky.
> >
> > Shooter was the E-5. I would say my stops averaged about f8, with
> nothing
> > faster than f5.6 or slower than f11. If anything I wish I had shot a
> > little less at f5.6 and a bit more at f11, but most of the shots that
> make
> > me feel that way are not here.
>
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