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    Default Greater Butterfly orchid

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    Camera Model Canon EOS 5D Mark II
    Shooting Mode Shutter-Priority AE
    Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/320
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    Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
    Exposure Compensation -1/3
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    Focal Length 180.0mm
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    This image and several other orchid species were photographed at a disused quarry in Wales near the England border. I have called it an Angel but I am not entirely sure if anyone thinks otherwise please correct me. I deliberately left the grasses in the foreground - perhaps you may have removed them?
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    Its Greater Butterfly orchid(Platanthera chloraqntha) Assuming the two pollinia are not parallel.
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    Quote Originally Posted by John Robinson View Post
    Its Greater Butterfly orchid(Platanthera chloraqntha) Assuming the two pollinia are not parallel.
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    Thanks very much John much appreciated ( I will never make a botanist!) here is a closer view of the head.
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