Five Red Petals
From the garden this morning. I don't know the name of this flower.
Lighting: I first placed the flower on a piece of black Perspex. Lit with a Yongnuo flash in a 24 inch gridded soft box at camera left. Fill light came from a mirror at camera right. I used side lighting because it creates the shadows that reveal texture and shapes. The flash 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 1000 pictures, and for each one, I have described how I lit them, in case you're interested in that kind of thing.
Five Red Petals
From the garden this morning. I don't know the name of this flower.
Lighting: I first placed the flower on a piece of black Perspex. Lit with a Yongnuo flash in a 24 inch gridded soft box at camera left. Fill light came from a mirror at camera right. I used side lighting because it creates the shadows that reveal texture and shapes. The flash 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 1000 pictures, and for each one, I have described how I lit them, in case you're interested in that kind of thing.