Orchid experts : To clone or not to clone - That is the question (Page 2): Yea Wasabi, I agree, it is a toss up for me. I do read a lot of comments about removing this and that because...

riderxlx Loc: DFW area Texas

Wasabi wrote:

riderxlx wrote:
I guess I’m the only guy who is OK with the stick. It doesn’t bother me at all and as an orchid grower myself the stick is just part of the whole image because it supports the flower stalk.
Bruce.

It's a toss up, not good with, not comfortable without. Maybe the title "Shower of Orchids" will have the viewer thinking it is raining orchids.

Yea Wasabi, I agree, it is a toss up for me. I do read a lot of comments about removing this and that because it is distracting. Most of these do not bother me since many I do not even see the 'distraction' unless some one points it out. I guess I am just half blind and or to basic to just see and appreciate the image as captured.
stay cool.
Bruce.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Yes, take it out.

crafterwantabe Loc: Mn

riderxlx wrote:

I guess I’m the only guy who is OK with the stick. It doesn’t bother me at all and as an orchid grower myself the stick is just part of the whole image because it supports the flower stalk.
Bruce.

I totally agree. With the stick/ stem removed it looks like it is just floating there or added in

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

For sure.

tgreenhaw

If you’re selling orchids leave it in, otherwise clone it out IMHO

Wallen Loc: Middle Earth

riderxlx wrote:

Yea Wasabi, I agree, it is a toss up for me. I do read a lot of comments about removing this and that because it is distracting. Most of these do not bother me since many I do not even see the 'distraction' unless some one points it out. I guess I am just half blind and or to basic to just see and appreciate the image as captured.
stay cool.
Bruce.

For me, there are times when I have something in my mind that i want to create, so i take pictures to produce what i want.

examples:

This is whats there

This is what i saw in my mind

Same as this pair

And this too

Sometimes i remove stuffs to make the image better (in my own judgement). Sometimes to fit a narrative. But oftentimes as given in the above examples, It is to produce an idea i have in my mind.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Wallen wrote:

Stick definitely needs to be removed.

Beautiful phaleonopsis 🩷🩷❤️🩷🩷

riderxlx Loc: DFW area Texas

Wallen wrote:

For me, there are times when I have something in m... (show quote)

Wallen;
what you said and showed is no where near what my thoughts were to this particular post. I DO UNDERSTAND how tweaking images enhances and improves them. Me. run all of mine through Light Room and do an auto adjust or maybe some other tweaks to enhance the image. But this post was just about the flower stalk stick. A yes or no.

Being an Orchid grower for my home pleasure only, it is just part of the scenery to me as I stated. Period.
That is just me.
Now I do respect and admire your contributions here on UHH but my response was just simply my personal thought on the OP's simple question.
I am in Texas but where ever you are be cool and and a cold beer is here for you bro.
Bruce.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

I like to get rid of any trace of man from nature photos. I shoot a lot in parks or botanical gardens and I am forever removing sticks. I don't mind the floating thing. I have shot photos intentionally where the stem is hidden and the flowers look like they are floating.

Wallen Loc: Middle Earth

riderxlx wrote:

Wallen; br what you said and showed is no where ne... (show quote)

Sorry i got fixated on the lines;
"I do read a lot of comments about removing this and that because it is distracting. Most of these do not bother me since many I do not even see the 'distraction' "
because I had posted many such photos.

I though of sharing my own reasons for removing or editing elements; which was to either arrive at something already planned way ahead before the capture was done, or something I see in my mind at the moment of capture.

It is a deviant to the usual practice of removing an (unintentional/percieved) eyesore which is the problem of the OP.

Thanks for the beer, I'll drink to that. May we always get bright days and smiles wherever we are.

-Wallen

TheShoe Loc: Lacey, WA

riderxlx wrote:

I guess I’m the only guy who is OK with the stick. It doesn’t bother me at all and as an orchid grower myself the stick is just part of the whole image because it supports the flower stalk.
Bruce.

No, you are not. The flowers are so strong of a pull that the stick does not distract me. Beautiful image.

Flying Three Loc: Berthoud, CO

out. . . .

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

Your choice of words (clone) is interesting... to Orchid growers, that term means to take a piece of the meristem tissue/growth, place in a sterile jar, on an agar solution, and in a few years you will have a new plant (or more likely thousands, all identical!). The orchid plants you see in stores now are grown using this procedure.

Soul Dr. Loc: Beautiful Shenandoah Valley

I am one of those that say remove the stick. This image was taken in order to be sold. To me the stick detracts from the star of this image, the Orchids.

will

Real Nikon Lover Loc: Simi Valley, CA

Yes. It would get rid of the distraction.