As a volunteer photographer for the botany department of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, I have the privilege of being able to pose the plants in front of a black drape, light them and make a series of photos. Some of these are single images. Some are “focus stacked,” with multiple images made and then stacked by focal area in Photoshop. If the flower moves at all during the multiple shots, strange abstracts emerge. I enjoy them, but it is details that the botanists need. I keyword them and then they are added to a worldwide data base for botanists, who compare and contrast by family, genus and species. I have included one of the “ruler shots” to show the size of bloom.
Apocynaeae, Hoya kanyakumariana, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Apocynaeae, Hoya kanyakumariana, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Zingiberaceae, Globba winitii, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Zingiberaceae, Globba winitii, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Zingiberaceae, Globba winitii, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Orchidaceae, Phalaenopsis pantherina, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (from Malaysia)
Orchidaceae, Phalaenopsis pantherina, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (from Malaysia)
Orchidaceae, Phalaenopsis pantherina, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (from Malaysia)
Orchidaceae, Eria Hyacinthoides, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Orchidaceae, Eria Hyacinthoides, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens