Missouri Botanical Gardens, St. Louis;
February 20, 2010;
this was at the annual Orchid Show.
Camera: Pentax K10 D digital SLR.
Lens: SMC Pentax-DA 1:3.5-5.6 18-55mm AL.
They don't want tripods in the orchid show.
All images here are available light, hand held shots.
I shot each subject at more than one aperture, and then picked what worked the best for tweaking.
ASA settings were sometimes 400, sometimes 800 (this was indoors).

Please click on thumbnails to see enlarged.
ASll images are ©2010 E.J.Kowalski.