I bought this orchid to photograph back on day 42, and photographed it then when it only had a couple of flowers on it. 187 days later today, the last flower has opened. It has been lush to watch it grow to magnificence, my others don’t really compare I’m afraid. In a few days time the first of its flowers will start to perish, and one by one they’ll all drop off. I wanted to take a shot of it in full magnifico mode before that happens, so here it is.
Fraggle's Otherverse 
Great stuff, FR. Beautiful texture in those delicate leaves. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks Pete, it was a Helios shot 😊
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No words!😍
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I’m so chuffed I didn’t kill it off! 😂
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Yay You! And I’m chuffed that I actually knew the meaning of the word “chuffed” without having to look it up!🤜🏻🤛🏻😂🤣
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Haha chuffed is us!
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Terrific and beautiful picture. Sad to think it will die off now 😢 (The flower that is, not the picture lol😅)
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Hehe, thanks Michel!
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As Pete said the texture on this is very impressive, I like 🙂
I mentioned to a friend about your new lens and he went into one about all sorts of other soviet block kit that was about that he used to use,, he is a bit nuts about photography 🙂 My eyes glazed over for most of it as its all double Dutch to me, but his memories of the Lomo were very enthusiastic as a go to happy snapper that could come up with some very impressive results.
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There’s a lot of good old stuff out there!
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Lush indeed. Keep looking after it and it will grow a new flower stem when the flowers on this one are dead.
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Hope so! Cheers April.
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