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Here are some wild orchids for March, shot at nearby areas, around Athens, Greece Ophrys Leucadica Ophrys Tenthredinifera Ophrys Iricolor Ophrys Sicula Ophrys Mycenensis Lens was Tamron 70-200 mm ...

Gorgeous composition and exposure!  Your camera is already a prestigious one and your lens is a rising star :) Merry Christmas, Nick

Yesterday's full moon and, almost perigee moon (or, Supermoon 2017) was rising behind a fog clouds covered hilltop, so, I thought as an interesting option to apply a long exposure , in Astrotracer ...

100% crop Here the Astrotracer was used. Shutter speed set at 40" Lens, HD Pentax DA 55-300 mm, F/4-5.8ED WR Thanks, Nick

October is the month when Spiranthes Spiralis, a wild orchid, is expected to bloom. Here are some that I found today. Lens: Tamron SP AF 70-200 mm Di LD (IF) Macro Closing-up on the pedator spider ...

It looks like a missing link coming to place much too late...

Harvest Moon of October 5, 2017, rising over the Gulf of Korinthos,  Greece. Lens: Pentax DA 55-300 mm F/4.0-5.8 ED WR Thanks, Nick

Many thanks! Here are some more, shot today: Lens: Tamron SP AF 70-200mm Di LD (IF) Macro Thanks, Nick

Shot south of the town of Kalavryta, North Peloponnese, Greece Lens: Tamron SP AF 10-24 mm, F/3.5-5.6 Real shut. speed: 40" Astrotracer: ON Thanks, Nick

Pentax K-S2 + Sigma 17-70 mm C, 100% crop Thanks, Nick

Over Cape Sounion, Greece. Lens: Tamron SP AF 70-200 mm F/2.8 Di LD Macro Lens: Sigma 17-70 F/2.8-4.0 DC Macro HSM C

Shot on my house terrace, 10 km south of Athens, Greece. The Moon is 4 days' waxing, Jupiter is below it (2 of its satellites may be seen too) and the star Spica (alpha of Virgo) is to the left. Th ...

Such a wonderful photo, Philip.

Nothing to object about your post, just a clarification about the Sigma 17-70 C maximum  apertures:  2.8 up to 21 mm, 3.5 up to 45 mm, 4.0 up to 70 mm.

Thank you Robert, enjoyed your spontaneous beauties!

Thank you Fred, it is a very interesting activity, where the last step, identification, is the hardest part, quite frequently.

The quest for wild orchids is continued this month and its results are far from disappointing: 1. Anacamptis Pyramidalis, on mount Hymettus, south of Athens, Greece 2. Anacamptis Pyramidalis, the ...