Kalanchoe Caper

THE SUBJECT:
There were more than orchids on display and these Kalanchoes were among the other plants adding their colour and texture.

THE LOCATION:
The Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club was invited to set up an exhibition of floral photography at the Hastings River Orchid Society’s 2007 Orchid and Visual Crafts Show held at the Wauchope Returned Soldiers League Club in Wauchope, NSW, Australia.

THE MAKING of ‘Kalanchoe Caper’:
My club president and myself set up, manned and packed up our exhibition of fifty eight mounted prints over the two day exhibition.
This was a golden opportunity for any keen photographer so my mate and I took full advantage of the event to hone our skills on the many varieties of orchids and other plants on display.
Eventually our photographs will be burned onto a CD and presented to the orchid society as a record for their members and I have been asked to produce a few prints as well.
I used the ambient light of our exhibition room which consisted of diffused daylight flooding in across from my left and strong, diffused tungsten lights in the ceiling.
I used my White Balance Lens Cap to set the Custom White Balance as this rendered the best natural colours.
We were able to take the plants from the exhibition and set them up on a low bench with an off white cotton backdrop.
Fuji S9600: RAW, Macro, Manual settings of f/11 @ 1.5sec, ISO80, Manual focus, Tripod, Timer.
S7RAW & Photoshop CS3.

Visit the Garden Flowers collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more floral gems.

UPDATE: 30-03-09
These kute Kalanchoes have been featured in the Alphabet Soup Group – Letter K.

UPDATE: 06-04-09
My Kalanchoe buds have been placed in the Top Ten in the Alphabet Soup Group’s – Letter K Challenge.

UPDATE: 8-9-09
My budding Kalanchoes were awarded a MERIT in the Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club’s August 2009 Competition in the Open Small Print Section.

Enjoy!

GARDEN FLOWERS
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Kalanchoe