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Pink Cactus Flower

We've had warm weather here in San Diego County for the last three days, and one of our beavertail cactus has come into bloom. It has a lot of buds, so I expect a lot more flowers in the coming days.

 

I lit this with a YN560-III in an 8.6 inch Lastolite softbox hand held at camera right about 4 inches from the flowers. I had a polarizer on the lens, and with the camera settings I used, no ambient light was recorded. The flash, in manual mode, was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.

 

Other pictures that I've taken of cactus and succulents can be seen in my (logically enough) Cactus and Succulents set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157633383093236/

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Uploaded on March 8, 2015
Taken on March 8, 2015