On our way back from Aston Rowant, Richard Revels showed us a few orchid sites, mostly along the roadside verges near Prices Risborough. The first is the Violet Helleborine with comparison pictures taken without and with off-camera flash (transmitter on camera and flash held a distance away to give extra lighting to just the flower spike), a technique I had not tried before. Also shown are the Broad-Leaved and Narrow-Leaved Helleborines. The light was very dull by this stage so difficult to achieve sufficient depth of field but good enough to show the features. Richard is coauthor of a book of Wild Orchids of Bedfordshire for anyone wanting to know more about these fascinating species.
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