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Back Lit Succulent Flower Head

I saw this succulent flower head back lit by the low winter sun this afternoon and decided to exploit it by adding additional light behind the flower.

 

I used camera settings that cause the background to go quite dark and then back lit the flowers by hand holding a Yongnuo flash in an 8.6 inch Lastolite soft box behind and above the flowers. The flash and my tripod mounted camera were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.

 

Other pictures that I've taken of succulents can be seen in my Cactus and Succulents album, if you like this sort of thing.

www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157633383093236

 

I've photographed a lot of plants and flowers, because they're all around us, work cheap, and never complain. I have an album of these images with over 1000 pictures, and for each one, I have described how I lit them, in case you're interested in that kind of thing.

www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544

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Uploaded on January 3, 2018
Taken on January 2, 2018