Doritaenopsis Maria Shriver

[John Lowin]

This is a cross of a Phaleanopsis and a Doritis. The plant has two bloom spikes, this is the smaller one. I wanted to get the blossoms as large as possible. They are five and one quarter inches across and very crystaline white, the yellow lip has deep magenta spots. The anther cap is also yellow. Hope you like my image. C and C welcome, I'm here to learn. - John

f/25 1s ISO 640
Canon 1D MkII
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Gitzo CF 1228 tripod
Arca Swiss B1 Ball Head

[Julie Kenward]

Gorgeous! Nice clean BG and beautiful detail in the whites. Only possible suggestion is whether you want to leave the small piece of stem in the bottom left part of the flowers...purely your choice but it does jump out at me a bit.

[Charles Wesley]

John,

Really like your photo. I find it difficult to shoot white phals. Good job on exposure and color with nice BG. Minor cloning could improve. That's up to you.

Thanks for sharing....
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Charlie Wesley
St. Augustine Beach, FL
http://naturesphotographs.com

[John Lowin]

Thanks to both Charles and Julie for their comments. Do you like the repost better? - John


John,

Really like your photo. I find it difficult to shoot white phals. Good job on exposure and color with nice BG. Minor cloning could improve. That's up to you.

Thanks for sharing....
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Charlie Wesley
St. Augustine Beach, FL
http://naturesphotographs.com

[Charles Wesley]

John,

Looks good to me.
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Charlie Wesley
St. Augustine Beach, FL

[Joseph Martines]

You nailed that one.

Beautiful presentation of white on white/grey.

It is sharp and I like the texture.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey John,
You handled the whites here well. Nice job with the flow of the comp too. Do like the bit of stem removal.....just the final nice tweak.

[John Lowin]

Thanks one and all for the comments and suggestions. - John