Calla Sinuosity
This is a dwarf Calla lily plant that I bought today to exploit. I think that these flowers and the epiphyllum flowers are probably my favorite ones to photograph.
Lighting stuff: I wanted to show the translucent qualities of the beautiful leaves so I backlit them with a YN560-III in a rogue grid behind the plant at camera right and a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid behind the plant at camera left. I set the lights up one at a time and adjusted their output and position until it looked right on my lcd screen. As a bonus, I got some rim lighting. Once the back lighting was established, I set up the fill lighting with a YN560-II in a softbox at camera right pointing at the center of the plant, and a YN560 in a 24 inch soft box at camera left pointing at the center. All strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other Calla Lily pictures are in my Calla Lilly set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626082181550/...
Other plants, flowers, fruit or thingys that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant set. In the description for that set, I list resources that I've used to learn how to light with off camera flash. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
Calla Sinuosity
This is a dwarf Calla lily plant that I bought today to exploit. I think that these flowers and the epiphyllum flowers are probably my favorite ones to photograph.
Lighting stuff: I wanted to show the translucent qualities of the beautiful leaves so I backlit them with a YN560-III in a rogue grid behind the plant at camera right and a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid behind the plant at camera left. I set the lights up one at a time and adjusted their output and position until it looked right on my lcd screen. As a bonus, I got some rim lighting. Once the back lighting was established, I set up the fill lighting with a YN560-II in a softbox at camera right pointing at the center of the plant, and a YN560 in a 24 inch soft box at camera left pointing at the center. All strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other Calla Lily pictures are in my Calla Lilly set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626082181550/...
Other plants, flowers, fruit or thingys that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant set. In the description for that set, I list resources that I've used to learn how to light with off camera flash. www.flickr.com/photos/9422