I spent a couple days in northern Minnesota last week looking for orchids. The ladyslippers are late this year as, are most wildflowers, and were just starting to bloom near Baudette. These guys like to bloom in the ditch and are a joy to photograph compared to bog orchids. Technical: iPhone image
Continuing the exploration of the this lady slipper. The spider is what originally attracted my attention with its white body on the green petal. I would have expected it to be more camouflaged on the flower while waiting for lunch to land. The challenge of the composition was showing both the spider and flower but keeping the spider as the subject of the image.
I spent a lot of time with this lady slipper and tried a variety of angles using the hillside setting to my advantage. The shadow in the lower left is from a leave in front of the lens that was not noticed at the time. Technical: f8, 180 macro, on a tripod, ISO 800
Time for a little color. I came across a group of lady slippers while driving around in the rain last week. After slipping on the rain gear and throwing a chamois cloth over the camera I spent an hour looking for compositions. Technical: underexposed 2/3 stop to preserve the highlights in the flower.
