Back to photostream

Another Night Blooming Cactus Flower

This cactus has had a large bud that I've been checking every morning for the last few days hoping to find a flower to photograph. This morning the bud finally opened so that I could exploit it

 

Simple lighting using a Yongnuo flash in a 24 inch gridded soft box positioned just out of the frame at camera left, and pointed toward the center of the flower. The flash was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.

 

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 800 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/albums/721576280

 

Other pictures that I've taken of cactus are in my Cactus and Succulents album.

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

3,674 views
47 faves
6 comments
Uploaded on May 30, 2017
Taken on May 30, 2017