Hi Gizmodo,

This week I had purchased a new lens and so wanted to test it out and this weeks challenge popped up on facebook so I thought id give it a go.

I have an Orchid which up until recently I thought had died but started to grow some buds again. I got home with my lens and checked the orchid to see if it had opened up yet but hadn't. An hour later I was in the kitchen preparing dinner and to my surprise it had opened! So I took my chance, got a few pics and then took this one with the challenge in mind.

I used a Canon 500D, Canon 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro lens, with the settings:

1 second exposure, f/10, ISO 100.

Cheers,

- Robert Newitt