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Pink Succulent Flowers Against The Sky

These pig's ear succulent flowers grow on these long stalks that go up from the base of the plant. They're growing in a large pot in the garden, and I wanted to photograph them against the contrasting blue sky.

 

Before turning on the flash I set the camera manually to give a good exposure for the sky and clouds. At that setting the flowers, which are in shade, were silhouettes. I hand held a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid and pointed it up at the flowers for the fill light on the flowers. The flash, in manual mode, was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.

 

Other pictures that I've taken of succulents over the years are in my Cactus and Succulents set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157633383093236/

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Uploaded on February 1, 2015
Taken on January 31, 2015