Naked Ladies Flower And Buds
In researching this flower I learned that it has many names including "Naked Ladies". "Belladona Lilly" and "Belladonna Amaryllis". The flowers are growing up against a granite boulder and next to a fig tree on our property. The first time I posted a picture of these flowers back in August of 2013 I titled them Naked Ladies, and they became, and have remained, my most viewed image on Flickr. Currently that picture has over 200,000 views. The following year I photographed the 2014 version of the flowers and they became my second most viewed image on Flickr with over 160,000 views. Since then, people have gotten over the name and they receive normal view numbers when I photograph them every summer. This is one of the 2018 versions.
Lighting stuff: This was a three light setup using all Yongnuo strobes. From the front of the flowers I used simple, even lighting which comes from two Yongnuo flashes in 24 inch soft boxes, in front and on either side of the flowers, and pointed at the center. I used a 3rd flash in a Rogue grid, hand-held behind the flowers for back lighting. The strobes and my tripod mounted camera were triggered with a Yongnuo RF-603N trigger.
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.
Naked Ladies Flower And Buds
In researching this flower I learned that it has many names including "Naked Ladies". "Belladona Lilly" and "Belladonna Amaryllis". The flowers are growing up against a granite boulder and next to a fig tree on our property. The first time I posted a picture of these flowers back in August of 2013 I titled them Naked Ladies, and they became, and have remained, my most viewed image on Flickr. Currently that picture has over 200,000 views. The following year I photographed the 2014 version of the flowers and they became my second most viewed image on Flickr with over 160,000 views. Since then, people have gotten over the name and they receive normal view numbers when I photograph them every summer. This is one of the 2018 versions.
Lighting stuff: This was a three light setup using all Yongnuo strobes. From the front of the flowers I used simple, even lighting which comes from two Yongnuo flashes in 24 inch soft boxes, in front and on either side of the flowers, and pointed at the center. I used a 3rd flash in a Rogue grid, hand-held behind the flowers for back lighting. The strobes and my tripod mounted camera were triggered with a Yongnuo RF-603N trigger.
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.