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\"Luminous<\/a>

Luminous Lady Slipper<\/p><\/div>\n

So, okay, I thought (and maybe you thought) that I was done with Lady Slippers. I got more and better shots of Lady Slippers this year than ever before because there were more and better Lady Slippers.<\/p>\n

Then, last Saturday, \u00a0I took a walk down to my local warbler hole for some birding and video (hopefully), and went off on a side trail looking for Rhodora in bloom, and there they were…thousands of Lady Slippers! Lady Slippers in the early sun, sneaking in across the forest floor. 1000’s sounds like an\u00a0exaggeration, I know, but it is not. Within a 1\/4 mile I am totally confident that a count of Lady Slippers visible from the trail would have totaled over 1000. I have never seen anything remotely like it.<\/p>\n

When the light is behind a Lady Slipper, two things happen. Light gets caught in the fine hairs that cover the whole plant, and the inflated petal just lights up as though it was filled with, well, light! Catching the effect is difficult but not impossible. Maybe best is when you can get the flower against a dark background where the sun isn’t hitting, but a well out-of-focus forest isn’t all bad. Bokeh. Lots of potential for Bokeh.<\/p>\n

In this shot, I found the added bonus of the Star Flower nestled up against the Lady Slipper.<\/p>\n

Sony DSC H50 at full wide and macro (taken just about touching the LS). F3.5 @ 1\/60th @ ISO 100. Programed auto.<\/p>\n

Slight Recovery in Lightroom, along with added Clarity and Vibrance and Sharpen. Blackpoint to the right. Cropped for composition. Because the background was a bit too distracting, I used the Local Adjustments brush to paint on a mask over the background, and then decreased Clarity and Contrast.<\/p>\n

From Around Home Kennebunk ME<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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