Phalaenopsis Culican #1 Nobby's Amy Shin Hua Metal Print

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During a visit to Norfolk Botanical Garden, I was fortunate to see this phalaenopsis in full bloom. When editing, I exchanged the bokeh, or blurred background, for a completely black background that highlights the subject.

Don Mercer is an author and freelance fine art photographer. Research for one book took him to the middle of Cambodia in 1999, as he was the first from among his wartime unit to return to that country. During the War in Southeast Asia - known to most as the Vietnam War, he flew over two hundred combat missions as an Air Force pilot in the Cessna O-2A. His combat assignment was as a Forward Air Controller, or FAC. The majority of his combat missions were flown in Cambodia at night. While in Southeast Asia in 1970-71, his interest in photography intensified with the purchase of his first two of numerous Nikon cameras. Black and white, as well as color, 35mm, and Super 8 movie films were used at the time. The transition to digital...