Backlit Cactus Flower With Rain Drops
We had rain last night, and when I went outside this morning this night blooming cactus flower. It still has 4 or 5 more blossoms that should be opening in the next few days.
Lighting stuff: I wanted to light this differently than the one I posted a few days ago, so I back lit it by placing a YN560-III in a Rogue grid, behind the flower at camera right and a bare YN560-II at camera left. I used a camera setting that recorded just a small amount of ambient light, so that the background wouldn't go completely black. I love the look of back lighting, and try to use it when appropriate, and when I have thin, translucent subjects. The strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. A different flower from the same cactus, and lit from the front, can be seen below in the first comment.
Other pictures that I've taken of cactus are in my Cactus and Succulents set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157633383093236/
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
Backlit Cactus Flower With Rain Drops
We had rain last night, and when I went outside this morning this night blooming cactus flower. It still has 4 or 5 more blossoms that should be opening in the next few days.
Lighting stuff: I wanted to light this differently than the one I posted a few days ago, so I back lit it by placing a YN560-III in a Rogue grid, behind the flower at camera right and a bare YN560-II at camera left. I used a camera setting that recorded just a small amount of ambient light, so that the background wouldn't go completely black. I love the look of back lighting, and try to use it when appropriate, and when I have thin, translucent subjects. The strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. A different flower from the same cactus, and lit from the front, can be seen below in the first comment.
Other pictures that I've taken of cactus are in my Cactus and Succulents set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157633383093236/
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