Critique Welcomed Filipino Orchids at the Cloud Forest, Singapore

[Bill Watts]

A lot of fuss was made about the Flower Dome and Cloud Forest in Singapore over the years, however, I had never visited until a Club outing to photograph the current exhibition of Filipino Orchids happened to occur. To be honest I cannot see what the fuss is about, The orchids are splendid, but the cloud Forest is merely a physical construct of engineering prowess and whilst charmingly outfitted with a variety of plant life and an impressive waterfall, it's nothing special. A case of doing it because we can.

I would much rather that, for example, Sentosa Island had been left in it's raw state prior to the introduction of Resorts World and other modern attractions which detract from the natural beauty and peace of the Island. Sentosa is now designed to bilk tourists for as much money as possible before saying goodbye to them, as is most of Singapore including the flower Dome and Cloud Forest.

I decided to go old school on this assignment, and used a film camera to take the pictures.

Camera: Olympus OM-2n in aperture priority mode
Lens: 35-105mm f3.5-4.7 with close focus option
Exposure: f3.5, 1/60s, 105mm
Film: Kodak ColorPlus 200, ISO 200
Processing: Noritsu automatic film processor C-41
Scan: Epson Perfection 4490 Photo, 48bit colour, 3200 DPI
Software: Epson Scan (original version), Affinity Photo 2

 

[Pete Askew]

A lovely shot of that orchid and the colours appear to be spot-on. What was it that Joni Mitchel wrote about trees and museums?!