I’ve been taking pictures of this orchid off and on for ages, but I never seem to get it quite to my satisfaction: either the lens isn’t right; or I miss that the background is too cluttered; or the exposure is off; or it’s not sharp enough.

This time I took a few pictures and then noticed that I had failed to spot that the window frame was intruding into the picture. How do I avoid this?: move a foot or so to the left and get down much lower (I was taking the pictures at eye level). So that is what I did even though my creaky old legs rebelled a bit at the idea.

I prefer this shot to any of the others.

Taken with a Sony NEX 5N and Minolta MD 50mm f1.4.