Orchid Diversion

I know, not more Purple Bearded Orchids… save us!
The following day …

With some business south in Kingston, I took a detour and followed directions of another photographer to a small suburban park … After stumbling around thinking I was on a wild goose chase, I finally found the Orchid below in the middle of the track, past it’s best.

I saw an image by Peter from Wombat Photography’s Facebook page that showed this Bearded Orchid in full bloom, complete with beautiful purple sideburns!

I also found this lovely purple cluster of flowers just as I was leaving.

OM1, M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 60mm F2.8 Macro.
Stacked Jpeg and RAW files edited in DxO Photolab 7, then final level adjustments and cropping, resizing in Adobe CS6 (last non-subscription).

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