helenae X Jolly Green Gem

[SlipperKing]

A favorite of mine. Not wanting to be left behind, I tried some different backgrounds this go-a-round. I might have to stick with the black!LOL

Here under exposed

More light

I even tried white! It looks to of come out bluish

Whole plant for Eric

 

[Paphanatic]

Those are a pair of cuties! And I like the white-ish background. Makes the green pop a bit.

 

[Erythrone]

It is such a nice plant!

Rick, I hope you will not be hangry. Since you seemed to dislike the blue color of the photo I tried to correct it in Photoshop.

 

[wjs2nd]

Very nice looking orchid! It's a nice looking hybrid.

 

[user 9150]

I just love the green pearl on the staminode! What a lovely hybrid!
Want one!

Theresa

 

[SlipperFan]

Mighty pretty!

 

[Carkin]

Beautiful! I love the second and third pictures. It is so fresh and pristine!

 

[JeanLux]

Small Lovelies !!!! My fav. pic is the first one !!!! Jean

 

[Ozpaph]

If you correct the white balance that often fixes the colour tone inaccuracies.

 

[emydura]

That is a great hybrid. I'm loving these heleane-complex hybrids. As for the photos I'll go with th third followed by the white background.

 

[Dido]

I think this is a great one

 

[SlipperKing]

Clearly I need PhotoShop! I'll have to read up on my camera in regards to white balance. That's something that I've not paid any attention to but with this new topic on back drops I clearly need to.

 

[Carper]

Nice plant and photos Rick. I've started to play with light levels on my camera but I'm far from an expert. I think your second photo with more light on the darker background looks good but does this background give a better realistic colour of the flowers or would a lighter one be best? Possibly some of the experts out there could give us some pointers to experiment with.

Gary
UK

 

[SlipperKing]

Erythrone's photoshop picture shows the closest representation of the real thing. Thanks Gary and all!

 

[Paph_LdyMacBeth]

Beautiful! I too like these helenae crosses we're seeing.

...Don't you guys go and get all good at photographing on me! I'll never keep up!!!!!

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[chrismende]

nice photos, Rick! I love the one with the darkened blurred-out greenery in the background!

 

[chrismende]

Meaning the 2nd and 3rd images.

 

[SlipperKing]

Someone on another post mentioned they liked photos with the blurred out greenry in the back, I thought I'd give it a shot on a very nice day. The first and the fifth PICs have the same background.