Naked Ladies 2017
From the garden this afternoon. In researching this flower I learned that it has many names including "Naked Ladies". "Belladona Lilly" and "Belladonna Amaryllis". The flowers are pretty and require no care, which endears them to me, as they pretty much fend for themselves, growing up against a boulder under a fig tree. These plants bloom in August every year, and the picture I took of one in 2014 has become my most viewed image on Flickr with over 200,00 views. The 2013 version had over 160,000 views. I wonder if the title has anything to do with it. Hmm ......
Here is this years version.
Lighting: I put Yongnuo strobes in 24 inch soft boxes in front of and on either side of the flowers. Back lighting came from a 3rd Yongnuo strobe in a Rogue grid behind and at camera left. The strobes, and my tripod mounted camera were 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.
Naked Ladies 2017
From the garden this afternoon. In researching this flower I learned that it has many names including "Naked Ladies". "Belladona Lilly" and "Belladonna Amaryllis". The flowers are pretty and require no care, which endears them to me, as they pretty much fend for themselves, growing up against a boulder under a fig tree. These plants bloom in August every year, and the picture I took of one in 2014 has become my most viewed image on Flickr with over 200,00 views. The 2013 version had over 160,000 views. I wonder if the title has anything to do with it. Hmm ......
Here is this years version.
Lighting: I put Yongnuo strobes in 24 inch soft boxes in front of and on either side of the flowers. Back lighting came from a 3rd Yongnuo strobe in a Rogue grid behind and at camera left. The strobes, and my tripod mounted camera were 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.