Nursery Bloom

[Roman Kurywczak]

Took this one at a local nursery and the owner let's me bring in BG's. I used a straight black mat board to isolate the beautiful bloom. A reflector was also used.
Canon 1D Matk lll with the Sigma 180mm macro at f32 for 1/80 sec. HH and the MT24 twin lights at 1/4 power manually set.

[denise ippolito]

Stunning! Beautiful lighting and comp.

[Christopher Miller]

Very elegant flower, Roman! Love the colors and black BG.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Wow, rich colours here. The black BG makes everything pop nicely. If anything I wish there was more separation between the second pistil from right and stem above it, but man what overall impact . What type of flower is this?

[Jim Bridges]

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[Ken Childs]

Agree with the comments already made. This is stunning! A great use of the black BG.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Thanks all,
Will get my friend to tell me what flower this is and get back to you.

[Connie Mier]

I know that flower, it's a Rothchildia. Roman, beautiful comp, the dark bg is sweet. I love the stem coming out on the bottom, the lighting is excellent.