two blooms

Well done, the detail is amazing.

A great shot, filled with curves and contrast! Well done.

I really do love flowers in B&W, really accentuates the wonderful shapes.

Oh, my. These are absolutely wonderful. Far beyond my own abilities. My wife's orchids are blooming now and I'm getting ready to do some shots of these in color and B&W. Her father was a chemist, kind of a retired mad scientist, trying to breed a new color of orchid that had never been done before. He passed away 10 years ago and she still has some of his plants. As a tribute to him, I will be using his Minolta X-570 with 50mm macro photo lens and extenders to climb right down into the bulb. I hope it looks half as good as what you are doing.

Seriously, these are incredible. I've tried to do this several times and never come close to this.

really love the composition here, and the exposure seems spot on! bravo!