Amaryllis Grand Opening
This is an amaryllis plant we were given for Christmas, and yesterday I posted a picture of the three unopened buds on the plant. Down below in the comments you can see what the buds looked like in yesterday's image. Today one of the buds is partly opened so I decided to exploit it by documenting its progress.
Lighting info: I wanted the petals and interior of the flower to glow so I placed a YN560 in a Rogue Grid on a light stand behind and to camera left. For fill light, I put a YN560-II in a 24 inch softbox at camera left pointing toward the opening in the bud. Both strobes in manual mode were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other plants, flowers, fruit or thingys that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant album. In the description for that set, I list resources that I've used to learn how to light with off camera flash. One of the great resources on Flickr for learning about off camera flash is the Strobist.com group. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
Amaryllis Grand Opening
This is an amaryllis plant we were given for Christmas, and yesterday I posted a picture of the three unopened buds on the plant. Down below in the comments you can see what the buds looked like in yesterday's image. Today one of the buds is partly opened so I decided to exploit it by documenting its progress.
Lighting info: I wanted the petals and interior of the flower to glow so I placed a YN560 in a Rogue Grid on a light stand behind and to camera left. For fill light, I put a YN560-II in a 24 inch softbox at camera left pointing toward the opening in the bud. Both strobes in manual mode were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other plants, flowers, fruit or thingys that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant album. In the description for that set, I list resources that I've used to learn how to light with off camera flash. One of the great resources on Flickr for learning about off camera flash is the Strobist.com group. www.flickr.com/photos/9422