July Photography Contest

[fred]

The Comp Guidelines Please Read The Guidelines.
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1) The photo comp is open to all members.

2) Three Photos Only Per member.

3) Members must include a one line stating eg,

3a) Beginner
3b) Amature
3c) Experienced


4) All Non Photo Entries Will Be Deleted.
4a) Photos of your own orchids are to be entered only
4b)This is a fun competition to help people improve their photography skills, and not to be taken too seriously.

All comp pics entered are viewed by a professional as well as the judges.

If there is any chance that the images look like they have been taken by a professional and above the standard expected of that entrant then there will be a "please explain" as to how they obtained that image photographically.

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5) List of Awards

5a) Best Photo ** Beginner
5b) Best Photo ** Amateur
5c) Best Photo ** Experienced
5d) Best Photo ** Best Of Show Species
5e) Best Photo ** Best Floral Display

http://www.orchidgeeks.com/forum/sug...ding-info.html



Good Luck to all Entrants.


Admin

[fred]

Here are two of my July entrants

Amateur

Pic 1 ) Mini Catt
Pic 2) Maxillaria

[BillC]

No 1 experienced

[eldone]

Amateur

Pink Lady Slipper

[Hummer344]

Here are two photos for the july contest
Expierenced amature

[kazjak]

I gave it my best with my old 1.3 megapixel Kodak

"Amateur"

[Laurelai]

I'm a major newbie!! I was looking for some info and stumbled upon the photo contest.

Attached are three of my photos for consideration. I guess I would say I'm a somewhat expeienced ( so long as that doesn't mean knowledgeable) amateur.

I'm looking for info regarding post-bloom care. I've heard different things regarding cutting the ?stalk. Sorry, I haven't done much research yet. I got sidetracked by the photo comp.

[Vivienne]

Entry #1 - Dtps. Laurel Lea Baldan
** Beginner who takes family snaps

[robb]

these are the only 2 phals i bought in bloom, all the others have been out of bloom. i took these pictures with the sun coming through the window from behind and to my right (facing the flower). i used a "flower" setting on the camera, got really close until the camera wouldn't accept the focus, backed off a bit, and took the pictures (also propped the elbows on the table for steadiness)! i am quite happy how the little sparkles got highlighted by the sun!

[Anton]

No 1. Competing with Bill.

Here's my 2 for the comp, it's my Paph Prime Child.

[NancyG]

Amateur

Vanda Pat's Delight

NancyG

[chefatplay]

I have been thinking and thinking about what photo to enter this month. Today I realized I would be silly if I didn't submit my Robert's Delight #31 in full bloom. The weather has turned into true Florida, high humidity all day and strong downpours in afternoon/evening. I placed my vanda's in the Southern Elm in the front yard and they are loving it! Here they are.

#1 is a display of all my vanda's. Robert's Delight #31 in full bloom, Robert's Delight Pachara Red already bloomed out and my species Vanda.
#2 and #3 are Robert's Delight #31. Robert's Delight #31 is so heavy with bloom it won't stay upright no matter what I do.

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HPNX0599.jpg

HPNX0601.jpg

I'm an amateur using a DVDcam with no flash. (That's why all my pics are natural light!)

[Petalsofsugar]

Amateur

1) Odontocidum Tiger Crow x Golden Girls

2) Bllar. Smile Eri

3) Miltoniopsis santanaei


Julie

[Steve B]

Amatuer with a macro and a mac

1) Mini Phal
2) Beallara Marfitch ‘Howard’s Dream’ AM/AOS
3) Brassia in a bowl

Steve

[gore42]

Boy, it's been a long time since I've entered a photo contest!

I'll consider myself experienced

Hopefully nobody will mind if I don't enter all of my entries at once... I have a few Paphs that are in spike right now that should be open by the end of the month.

Anyway, this is a Paph. superbiens var. curtisii that I bloomed a few weeks ago. I like the color. I used a point-and-shoot camera to photograph it, so I couldn't get the depth of field I would have liked, though.



And this one is a Paph. gratrixianum that I photographed a week or two ago.




Matthew Gore

[fred]

Cymbidium Sleeping Dolly
3rd entry
Beginner

[Tobi]

Amateur

1. Otaara Hua Yuan Bay 'Shi Shu'
2. Bc. Nanipuakea "dogashima"

[Buttercup]

Hi Fred,

Why not give it a shot. Here is VERY beginner.

[palito]

beginner....

[BillC]

Number 2 Experienced

[Anton]

My number 3 is a closeup of a Den kingianum flower.

[mayres]

(Paph. Supersuk 'Eureka' AM/AOS X Paph Raisin Pie 'Hsinying') X Sib - my first paph to bloom with two spikes!

[NancyG]

These are my #2 Catt and #3 Oncidium

I don't know the proper names.

Amateur

NancyG

[boxerfan]

I'm entering two photos as a beginner.
1. NOID Phal.
2. Paph. Pinocchio

Lisa

[BillC]

No.3 Experienced.

[prisana]

Here goes nothing...

Amateur..

[gore42]

It looks as though I'm running out of time this month to post my third photo, and my orchid spikes are not cooperating. So I'm going to post this one as my third photo... it's not the one I was planning, but I like how it turned out anyway.

This is Paph. haynaldianum, a species from the Philippines. Usually I get three blooms per spike on this plant, but this time its only two. The bloom opened two days ago, and I think that today it can be considered mature.



- Matthew Gore

[kazjak]

My third entry.... A Phal-Taipei-Gold... Amateur.

[Michael_Exler]

here goes:Amature
1st entry
Rhynchostylis gigantea (red)

[Michael_Exler]

Amature
2nd entry
Schomburgkia thomsoniana