The orchid show | mikeosbornphoto

The orchid show

This was an unexpected bonus of a Sunday afternoon visit to Tatton Park, a Cheshire stately home and grounds. One of its buildings was crammed with the delicious fragrance and stunning colours of orchids. These flowers came in all beguilingly delicate varieties, almost overwhelming the space. I swiftly shifted to my 60mm macro and tried to make the best of a tricky subdued light…

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Tags: Cheshire, Flowers, Fuji X-E1, Fujifilm, horticulture, macro photography, nature, orchids, photography, Tatton Park

4 thoughts on “The orchid show”

ckponderings on June 20, 2017 at 14:37 said:

Gorgeous, Mike! The dark background really brings the flowers to life! :)

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- mikeosbornphoto on June 23, 2017 at 18:18 said:
  
  Cheers Richard! That’s all I had to work with and I think it turned out to be a good thing in the end :)
  
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𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕤 👋 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕧𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖 🗣 💌 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕟 🇧🇪 😍💋 on June 8, 2017 at 04:01 said:

I think this is so nice that I’ve tweeted it at https://twitter.com/HerbotsTheo

Sincerely
Theo

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- mikeosbornphoto on June 16, 2017 at 23:23 said:
  
  Thank you kindly, Theo :)
  
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