Datura Flower With Back Lighting
I found this datura flower this morning growing alongside the street in our rural neighborhood. I like the shapes of these flowers, and brought this one home to exploit.
Lighting stuff: I wanted to back light the flower because I like the translucent qualities that back lighting provides. I hand held a Yongnuo flash in a Rogue grid on the left side and behind the flower for back lighting. I then used two Yongnuo strobes in 24 inch soft boxes in front and on either side of the flower to provide some detail in the front of the image. The three strobes and my tripod mounted camera were triggered with 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 1200 pictures, and for each one, I have described how I lit them, in case you're interested in that kind of thing.
Datura Flower With Back Lighting
I found this datura flower this morning growing alongside the street in our rural neighborhood. I like the shapes of these flowers, and brought this one home to exploit.
Lighting stuff: I wanted to back light the flower because I like the translucent qualities that back lighting provides. I hand held a Yongnuo flash in a Rogue grid on the left side and behind the flower for back lighting. I then used two Yongnuo strobes in 24 inch soft boxes in front and on either side of the flower to provide some detail in the front of the image. The three strobes and my tripod mounted camera were triggered with 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 1200 pictures, and for each one, I have described how I lit them, in case you're interested in that kind of thing.