Backlit Orchid against Black Background
This orchid seems to be thriving on minimum care.
Strobist info. The main light was a YN560 in a Rogue grid. I positioned it behind the flower because I wanted the luminous petals that backlighting provides. Below in the comments is a picture of the flower with just the backlighting. For fill light, I put a YN560-II in a 24inch softbox right close to the flower, camera right at 3 o'clock, and then handheld a small mirror camera left to bounce a little light into the center. The strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other plants, flowers, fruit or thingys that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant set. In the description for that set, I list resources that I've used to learn how to light with off camera flash, and the equipment that I use. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
Backlit Orchid against Black Background
This orchid seems to be thriving on minimum care.
Strobist info. The main light was a YN560 in a Rogue grid. I positioned it behind the flower because I wanted the luminous petals that backlighting provides. Below in the comments is a picture of the flower with just the backlighting. For fill light, I put a YN560-II in a 24inch softbox right close to the flower, camera right at 3 o'clock, and then handheld a small mirror camera left to bounce a little light into the center. The strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other plants, flowers, fruit or thingys that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant set. In the description for that set, I list resources that I've used to learn how to light with off camera flash, and the equipment that I use. www.flickr.com/photos/9422