Tropical Flora

Sharing some of the wonderful tropical flora of Malaysia. Learning to shoot flowers (and plants) here. Not easy but i knew that already :D. Flowers are so beautiful and elegant, and they are best complemented with nice light and bokeh. Of course, since most flowers are so big (compared to most bugs, LOL), you need to decide where to place the Depth of Field.

All taken with a Canon 40D and Sigma 150mm F/2.8 macro lens, mostly with natural light.

Not getting the bokeh i wanted, even with the Sigma 150mm. Perhaps i need a 180mm.

Not sure of its ID


Dendrobium crumenatum, white wild orchid


Bamboo orchid


Cup mushroom


Bamboo orchid


another orchid


purple waterlily...the bee insisted on being there.


yellow orchid, looks like top view of a bug :D


Mushroom


Fern


Bird's Nest Fern


Wild flowering vine


Pitcher plant


Anthurium


Green orchid


Some kind of creeper, climbing fig (Ficus sp.?)


Backlit fungus


Rafflesia cantleyi. More about it here.



Hmm..


All the images above were shot with natural light, with tripod whenever I could, and reflector when necessary. When on tripod, I use the 2-second timer (because I don't have a cable release or wireless remote), Live View (to enable Mirror Lock Up, MLU). More info here.