Monotropa uniflora...

[Nicolas Frève]

...also known as the Ghost Plant, Indian Pipe, or Corpse Plant.

NIKON D300, Nikkor 200mm f/4 micro, R1C1 flash kit.

Exposure Time	1/60 sec
Aperture	f/14
ISO Equivalent	640

Thanks for looking.:)

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Nicolas,
The little plants are tough....as it is difficult to get very good seperation between the stalks.....you did a pretty good job there but it does get a little jumbled at the tops......you did very well with the exposure and placing the group nicely in the frame.....very nice low angle also leading to a very pleasing BG....you did well with a very difficult subject.

[Julie Kenward]

I'd have to agree with Roman - I think you did as well as you could considering where these guys like to live! I do think a touch more contrast to pop the whites a little bit more might be nice but only if it still looks realistic to you.

You might also play around with blurring the middle and upper areas of the BG a bit by either toning them down further or adding more gaussian blur to those areas. They aren't bad but I think you could get them less obtrusive if you played a bit more with the image.

Thanks for a neat view of this plant and way to go at getting a head on angle to such a low to the ground plant!