Blowing In The Wind
I saw this flower outside the photo arts building in Balboa Park in San Diego, so I picked it, and brought it home to exploit. I'm told that it is a Cup Of Gold (Solandra maxima).
I lit it with a SB600 in a snoot to illuminate the flower parts that look as if they're blowing in the wind and two softboxes with strobes to take care of the overall lighting. The snoot was positioned camera left at about 8 o'clock, one softbox was at camera left at 11 o'clock and the other at camera right at 5 o'clock. I set the strobes on manual power and adjusted until I got the look that I wanted. The strobes were triggered by the pop up flash on my D90 in commander mode.
Other plants and flowers that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my strobe lit plant set. In the description, I list resources that I've used to learn how to do this. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/...
Blowing In The Wind
I saw this flower outside the photo arts building in Balboa Park in San Diego, so I picked it, and brought it home to exploit. I'm told that it is a Cup Of Gold (Solandra maxima).
I lit it with a SB600 in a snoot to illuminate the flower parts that look as if they're blowing in the wind and two softboxes with strobes to take care of the overall lighting. The snoot was positioned camera left at about 8 o'clock, one softbox was at camera left at 11 o'clock and the other at camera right at 5 o'clock. I set the strobes on manual power and adjusted until I got the look that I wanted. The strobes were triggered by the pop up flash on my D90 in commander mode.
Other plants and flowers that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my strobe lit plant set. In the description, I list resources that I've used to learn how to do this. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/...