AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
LADY’S SLIPPER ORCHID
In Britain, the exotic-looking Lady's Slipper orchid grows in the wild only at a handful of limestone grassland sites in north-west England. I photographed this flower just as the early morning sun began to catch it. Using a 300mm lens with extension tubes enabled close control of depth of field. A wide aperture gives a pleasingly diffuse background and to get the flower sharp I made five images with identical compositions but different points of focus. I combined the five shots using focus stacking software to give a finished image that has good depth of field for the flower but retains an out of focus background.
Five images at F/11, 1/25th second, ISO 100, focus stacked
Accepted: South Devon 2016
