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This is a white rose that I converted to black and white using NIK software's Silver Efex Pro because I think it shows the textures and tones better than the color version.
Lighting information: I used two YN560-III's, one in a 24 inch soft box at camera leff, as the main light, and the other in a Rogue grid for back lighting behind the flower at camera right. Fill light came from a mirror at camera right. The strobes, and my tripod mounted camera, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-6503N.
Other picture that I've taken of roses can be seen in my Roses set, if you like that sort of thing. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157624084160734/
Other black and white images that I've attempted can be seen in my Black And White Album.
This is a shell that I borrowed from my sister to practice my lighting on.
I first washed it, and then made it a little shiny by rubbing some olive oil on it. I placed it on a mirror, because I figure I get two shells for the price of one that way. The only caveat with using a mirror, is that it shows every speck of dust. I first setup the backlighting by placing a YN560 in a Rogue grid behind the shell, and when I got it adjusted properly, I put light on the front with a YN560-III in a 24 inch soft box at camera left. Both strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
I find sea shells to be beautiful objects from nature, and have photographed quite a few of them over the years. Other shells that I have photographed are in my creatively named Shells album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626043932290
Well, I'm still exploiting the shells we bought when we were staying at South Carlsbad State Beach last week. I had more trouble lighting this shell than any shell I've ever photographed ..... maybe because it's mostly white. Twice I thought I'd got a decent shot, but when I looked at the results in post, they weren't good. I think the difficulty was that I was trying to make the back lighting the hero, without doing adequate fill for the front. If it looks too bright, it's because it is very white.
Lighting: I ended up establishing the back lighting first with a YN 560-II in a Rogue grid behind the shell. I ended up using two Yongnuo flashes in softboxes on either side of the shell pointing at the front in order to get a decent balance. I just kept experimenting with the power outputs in front, until I looked fairly even. The strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. What I took from this exercise was to not do white shells in the future, although the experience was character building, and I'm sure I'm a better person for it.
I have photographed quite a few shells over the years, and if you like this sort of thing, they're in my creatively named Shells album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626043932290
The other day my wife handed me an onion skin because she thought that I might like to photograph it. She was right. I think that it kind of glows like a Japanese lantern with the back lighting except that it has more interesting textures and patterns.
Lighting stuff: I wanted to show the luminous qualities of the thin paper like skin so I placed a YN560-II in a Rogue grid behind it at camera left. Fill light on the left side came from a YN560-III in a 24X36 inch gridded soft box positioned such that the light just skimmed over the skin on the front side. Fill light on the right side came from a small hand mirror. Both strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Backlit with a YN560-II in a Rogue grid, behind and to the left of the flower to emphasize its luminous qualities. Fill light came from a YN560-III in a 24 inch softbox in front and at camera right. Both strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo Rf-603N. I first setup the backlighting, and when that looked the way I wanted, I adjusted the fill light until I had what I liked. "Season to taste" as they say.
Other Calla Lily pictures are in my Calla Lilly album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626082181550/...
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. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
One of my wife's epiphyllum flowers ripe for exploitation.
The main light was a Yongnuo strobe in a 24 inch gridded soft box at camera left. Fill light came from a small hand mirror at camera right. Back lighting was provided by a 2nd Yongnuo strobe in a Rogue grid behind the flowers at camera left.
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 800 pictures, and for each one, I have described how I lit them, in case you're interested in that kind of thing.
www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/721576280
Over the years, I've taken quite a few "Epi" pictures, and they're in my Epiphyllum Flowers album, if you like that sort of thing.
I found this in a vacant lot in Julian, California this weekend, and decided to exploit it.
Lighting stuff: Lit with a YN560-III in an 8.6 inch Lastolite softbox from the right side, with fill light coming from using my hand as a reflector on the left side. I wanted rim lighting, so I back lit it by putting a YN560 in a Rogue grid behind and to the right. The strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
I like the look of dried up seed pods and have an album of them, creatively called Seed Pods.
When I took the time to look at this shell while I was figuring out how to position and light it, I was struck by the fact that I has no straight lines. I know it's obvious, but I had never thought about it before. To photograph it I washed it off and then coated it with vegetable oil before placing it on a piece of black cloth.
Strobist info: For the main light, I positioned a YN560-II in a 24 inch soft light, camera left, about 4 inches from the shell. I wanted to show the translucence of the shell opening, so I placed a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid behind the opening to back light it. For fill light I held a large silver reflective disk camera right, and aimed it at the darker part of the shell. Both strobes. in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
If you enjoy pictures of shells, you might not hate my shell set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626043932290/
This is what passes for fall color in Southern California. This is a very small leaf (less than 2 inches at it's widest area) and was growing on a stunted tree alongside a dry creek bed in our neighborhood. The leaf was growing next to some seed pods which I also want to photograph.
Lighting info: I like the way that back lighting shows the colors and luminous qualities of leaves so I placed a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid behind the leaf on the left side. The flash, in manual mode, was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Because I've taken so many leaf pictures, I finally created an album where they can all hang out together. If you like that sort of thing you might not hate my Leaves album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157649845311287/
This is a dwarf Calla lily plant that I bought today to exploit. I think that these flowers and the epiphyllum flowers are probably my favorite ones to photograph.
Lighting stuff: I wanted to show the translucent qualities of the beautiful leaves so I backlit them with a YN560-III in a rogue grid behind the plant at camera right and a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid behind the plant at camera left. I set the lights up one at a time and adjusted their output and position until it looked right on my lcd screen. As a bonus, I got some rim lighting. Once the back lighting was established, I set up the fill lighting with a YN560-II in a softbox at camera right pointing at the center of the plant, and a YN560 in a 24 inch soft box at camera left pointing at the center. All strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other Calla Lily pictures are in my Calla Lilly set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626082181550/...
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. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
I think that of all of the flowers I've photographed in the last couple of years, my favorite, as a lighting subject, is the Calla Lily because of the interesting shapes, and the way those shapes can be sculpted with light and shadow.
Strobist info: I wanted to backlight the right side of the petal so I placed a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid behind the flower at 1 o'clock, and played with it until I got a look that I liked. For fill light I used a YN560-II in a 24 inch softbox camera right, in front, at 6 o'clock. Both strobes were in manual mode, and I played with the output until I got a look that I liked. Tomorrow, I'd probably do it differently, but that's the beauty of photographing these flowers. Strobes 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. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
Other Callas that I've exploited are in my Calla Lilly set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626082181550/
This is a Saint Patrick rose from our garden.
Lighting stuff: To backlight this (in order to make the petals glow), I positioned a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid (to tightly focus the light) behind the flower at camera left at 11 o'clock. Fill light came from a YN560-II in a 24 inch softbox, camera right at 5 o'clock. Both strobes in manual mode were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. I put my strobes in manual mode for the same reason that I put my camera in manual mode ---- so that I, and not some engineer at Nikon or Canon, make the artistic decision about the amount of light of my subject. I always setup and test my strobes one at a time. For this image, once I got the backlighting adjusted the way I wanted it, I added the fill light and adjusted it until it looked right. Sometimes it will take me 7 or 8 test shots to balance the two or three lights to my tastes. There are times when TTL flash and auto setting are called for, but for situations where there are no time pressures I think manual is the way to go. As an added benefit, manual strobes are orders of magnitude cheaper than TTL strobes. I have three expensive Nikon strobes that I seldom ever use. On those rare occasions that I need TTL, the Nikon flashes are great, but generally that's not the kind of photography I do. The last Yongnuo flash I bought was less than $55, and it's a great flash that has survived multiple drops onto hard tile floors. The controls on the Yongnuo strobes are simple, and intuitively easy to use. The menus on the Nikon strobes are an embarrassment.
Other picture that I've taken of roses can be seen in my Roses set if you like this sort of thing. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157624084160734/
These gerbera daisies are long past their sell date and would have been put in the compost bin some time ago except that they reminded me of the Rolling Stones song, and I wanted to exploit them.
Back lit with a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid behind the flower camera right at 1 o'clock. Fill light came from a YN560 in a 24 inch soft box camera left at 8 o'clock and a hand held mirror camera right at 4 o'clock. Both 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
Photographing these flowers, for me, is all about the lighting. In this case, I wanted to back light the flower to show the translucent quality of the petals, and to make the flower glow. It also provides some rim lighting. I positioned a YN560 with a Rogue grid behind and to the left for the backlighting, and once that was adjusted the way I wanted it, I placed a YN560-III in a 24 inch soft box, in front and to the left side for a little fill light. The strobes were in manual mode and were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other Calla Lily pictures are in my Calla Lilly album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626082181550/...
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. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
I found this gourd in our neighborhood and brought it home to exploit.
Lighting info: One YN560-II with a red gel pointed at the background. One YN560 in a 24 inch soft box at camera right for the main light and one Strobie 130 with a Rogue grid behind and to camera right for the back lighting. All three strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
I like seed pods and have placed pictures of them in an album which you can find here if you enjoy that sort of thing.
www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157649320307508/
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. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
This plant is growing in a container in our garden, but I brought it inside to photograph where it's easier to control the background and lighting.
Strobist Info: I placed a Strobie 130 fitted with a Rogue grid behind the flower, camera right at 1 o'clock for back lighting, and for fill light I used a YN560 in a 24 inch soft box, camera left and in front at 7 o'clock. Both of the strobes and my camera were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. The strobes were in manual mode and I adjusted them until I got a look that I liked.
Other pictures that I've taken of succulents are in my Cactus and Succulents set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157633383093236/
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. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
This is a feather that my sister gave me because she knows I'm always looking for subjects to exploit. It was a black and white feather that I tarted up a bit using Nik Software's Color Efex Pro 4 filter. I back lit the feather with a Strobie 130 in a Rogue Grid placed behind the feather at camera left. The flash, at full power, was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
This is another of the beautiful sea shells that I acquired on our recent trip to San Felipe in Baja California, Mexico.
Strobist info (for those who are interested): I placed this shell on a mirror so that I could show more aspects of it. This is a very thin shell that is almost translucent in the light, and my goal was to back light it so that the interior would glow. I also wanted to show the detail, shapes and textures in the shell, so I used a YN560 in a 24 inch softbox as my main light, but positioned it about 11 inches from the shell, camera left at 9 o'clock. The back lighting was accomplished with a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid behind and slightly to the left of the shell at 11 o'clock. The strobes were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-6603N. Down below in the comments you can see the setup shot for this image.
Other sea shell that I've photographed are in my Shells set.
A friend and I were playing around with lights yesterday, and grabbed this shell to practice on.
Lighting info: We wanted to show the translucent quality of the shell, and in order to make it glow we placed a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid behind the shell at camera right for back lighting. The main light was a YN560 in a 24 inch soft box placed camera left at 9 o'clock. Fill light came from a hand held mirror in front of the shell to bounce some light into that area. The two strobes were in manual mode and were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other shell that I have exploited over the years can be seen in my Shell set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626043932290/
I've long thought that the leaves of the calla lily are almost as beautiful as the flower of the plant. Since the photo club I belong to in San Diego, Polyphoto, is having a contest next month with the theme of leaves, I thought I'd see what I could come up with.
To show the beauty of leaves, I prefer to use back lighting. For this image I placed a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid underneath the leaf, and then photographed it by looking down on it. The strobe, in manual mode at 1/4 power, was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. Down below in the comments, you can see the setup shot.
Other Calla Lily pictures I've taken are in my Calla Lily set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626082181550/
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/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/
Maria brought in this old sea shell that had been weathering outside in a flower pot for at least five years, and thought I might want to play with it. I cleaned it up and then applied a light coating of olive oil to give it a little bit of a shine, and then took about 30 different pictures of it trying various different lighting arrangements. A fair amount of post processing went into cleaning up some of the the most glaring damage.
Lighting info: For this shot I wanted to emphasize the translucent qualities of the shell and fitted a Strobie 130 in a Rogue Grid (to constrain the light and keep it out of my lens) behind the shell to give it the back lighting I wanted. Fill light came from a YN560 in a 24 inch soft box camera left and a YN560-II in an identical 24 inch soft box camera right. The strobes were triggered with a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other shells that I have exploited over the years can be seen in my Shell set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626043932290/
I know that it looks a bit like a shark's mouth, but it's the opening of a cowrie shell. I wanted to emphasize shapes and textures, and thought that it would look right in black and white.
Lighting stuff. I placed the shell on a piece of black Perspex to photograph. Since I wanted to create shadows to reveal shapes, I lit it from the right side using a YN560-III in a Rogue grid to focus the light. Fill light came from a mirror at camera left. The flash, in manual mode, was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other black and white images that I've done are in my cleverly titled Black and White album.
www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157644989606939
Other images I've taken of sea shells can be seen in my Shell album, if you like that sort of thing.
I picked this flower in my sister's garden and brought it home to exploit where it's easier to control the light. The flower is a little past its prime, but I thought that the shapes and colors were still interesting.
Lighting: The main light was a Yongnuo flash in a 24 inch soft box at camera left. Back lighting is from a hand held Yongnuo flash in a Rogue grid positioned behind the flower at camera right. The two strobe in manual mode were triggered with a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other pictures that I've taken of Birds of Paradise flowers can be seen in my cleverly titled Birds of Paradise album.
www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157631967781801
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.
Strobist info: I backlit this flower with a YN560-II in a 24 inch softbox behind the flower, camera left at 1 o'clock. To put some light on the center of the flower, I handheld a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid. Both 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
Because I've taken so many leaf pictures, I finally created an album where they can all hang out together. If you like that sort of thing you might not hate my Leaves album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157649845311287/
Other Calla Lilies that I've exploited can be seen in my Calla Lily set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626082181550/
Kids, don't try this at home. Or anywhere.
What do you do when you need to take a portrait of the chef of a restaurant named after a liquor strong enough you can set on fire? You set him on fire of course! Photographed for Absinthe Cafe's competition image in Gold Medal Plates Ottawa.
Update: he won GOLD at the event. Congratulations chef!
Strobist info: Canon 600EX-RT through a Westcott 26" Rapid Box boomed overhead and angled downwards. 2x Canon 600EX-RT's gel'd "absinthe" green through ExpoImaging Rogue Grids high and beside the subject at camera right and left. Triggered with the YN-E3-RT.
I was walking in Balboa Park in San Diego this morning when I saw this colorful leaf on the ground and thought that it would show wonderful color if I brought it home and backlit it.
Lighting info: I hung this from a light stand and put a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid behind it to provide the tightly controlled back lighting that I wanted. The flash was in manual mode, and was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Because I've taken so many leaf pictures, I finally created an album where they can all hang out together. If you like that sort of thing you might not hate my Leaves album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157649845311287/
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. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
If you like images in which color is the primary ingredient, you might not hate my All About Color album.
A black and white version of one of the pictures I took of Maria yesterday after she painted her face in preparation for a Halloween party we were going to later.
I wanted harsh, unflattering light in order to help make it look scary so I lit with a single, bare YN560-III with a Rogue grid positioned at camera left and pointing down. The rule of thumb is that the farther away from the subject and the smaller the light source, the harsher the light. The flash, in manual mode, was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. Fill light came from a large silver reflector disc.
Other black and white images that I've attempted can be seen in my Black And White Album.
www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157644989606939/
Other portraits that I've taken, either by design or by luck, are in my creatively titled Portrait album.
Every year for at least the last 45 I have given up alcohol for the month of January. This year I had Maria help with documenting my last beer for a month. I set up the lighting and she was at the tripod mounted camera framing the shot and encouraging me to look crazed and desperate, which wasn't that much of a reach.
Lighting info: I wanted harsh, dramatic and unflattering lighting for this black and white picture so I used one YN560-II above and to camera left for the main light source. I had a large silver reflector disc at camera right to bounce a little fill light onto that side of the frame. I put a Strobie 130 in a Rogue Grid behind me, but I didn't aim it very well as only my ear and hat are lit from behind. Both strobes were in manual mode.
Other black and white pictures that I've taken are in my Black and White album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157644989606939/
The photo club I belong to in San Diego, Polyphoto Club, is having a competition this month in which the theme is "illumination". I wanted to show a beam of light and I experimented outside in the garden with putting light from a strobe through dust or water. All I did was make a mess. I did a search on line for creating a beam of light, and there are quite a few videos. I looked at one, and decided to play around with Photoshop to create one. Not a brilliant first effort, but not completely hopeless.
I lit this with a YN560-III in a Rogue grid positioned at camera left and above the flower. This gave me light that was tightly focused on the flower. The flash was in manual mode and was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. The cheesy beam of light came from Photoshop.
Other Iris pictures that I've taken can be seen here. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157623861858581/...
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/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/
This is one of the individual flowers that were on the plant I brought home yesterday. I also created a black and white version of this image using Nik Software's Siver Efex Pro 2, and you can see that below in the comments.
Lighting stuff: I wanted dramatic, rather than even lighting, so I used my lights accordingly. The main light was a YN560-II in a 24 inch softbox at camera right, and I used a YN560-III hand held in a Rogue grid to light up the orange "bit" (a technical botanical term) growing from the center of the plant. Both strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other Calla Lily pictures are in my Calla Lilly set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626082181550/...
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. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
I fine tulips to be beautiful flowers, and this is their time of year to shine.
Lighting: This was a three light setup using two strobes in soft boxes in front and on either side pointed at the center and one in back at camera right in a Rogue grid for back lighting. The strobes, in manual mode, were triggered with 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 that has over 1300 images in it. In the description for each image, I describe the lighting setup that I used. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/
My wife brought a small pot of anemone flowers home so that I could exploit them.
Lighting stuff: A one light setup using a Yongnuo flash, in manual mode, in a 24 inch soft box positioned at camera left and just out of the frame. Fill light came from a mirror at camera right. The 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 1100 pictures, and for each one, I have described how I lit them, in case you're interested in that kind of thing.
The back lighting is from a hand held Yongnuo flash in a Rogue grid positioned behind the flower. Fill light came from another Yongnuo flash in a 24 inch soft box at camera left. The strobes, and my tripod mounted camera were triggered with a Yongnuo RF-603N. The two strobes were in manual mode.
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 1100 pictures, and for each one, I have described how I lit them, in case you're interested in that kind of thing.
This is a flower that my sister gave us for Christmas, and it's my mission to document it's progress from time to time.
Lighting stuff: This was a 3 Yongnuo light setup with a light in a soft box on either side of the plant and a hand held light in a Rogue grid behind the flower at camera left for back lighting. The 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.
I found this seed pod and leaf on a datura plant growing alongside the road in our rural neighborhood.
Lighting info: Side lighting came from a YN560 in a 24 inch soft box positioned camera right. Back lighting was from a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid placed camera right and behind the subject. Both strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
I like seed pods and have placed pictures of them in an album which you can find here if you enjoy that sort of thing.
www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157649320307508/
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. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
This is another epiphyllum flower from our garden.
I lit this with a YN560-III in an 8.6 in Lastoliste softbox at camera left. The flash, in manual mode, was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Over the years, I've taken quite a few "Epi" pictures, and they're in my Epiphyllum Flowers album, if you like that sort of thing.
www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157680754580643
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. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
I photograph a lot of flowers, and the main reason is that they're small, easy to photograph, and are extremely patient. They're also very cheap dates, as this particular one was $1.99 at Walmart. Try finding a cooperative, beautiful model for that price. I'm just saying ....
Strobist info: Lit with a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid, behind the flower (for back lighting) at 2 o'clock, and a YN560-II in a 24 inch softbox, camera left, in front at 8 o'clock for fill. The back lighting makes the petals glow and brings out the hairs on the stem, which I wanted to emphasize. The strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. I'm including the setup shot down below in the comments, if you're interested. This is simple and (by photography standards) inexpensive lighting, and I encourage you to try this for yourselves. It's not every day we can go to the Grand Canyon, and it's nice to be able to do simple things like this at home.
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/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/
Lighting: This was a three light setup using two strobes in soft boxes in front and on either side pointed at the center and one in back at camera right in a Rogue grid for back lighting. The strobes, in manual mode, were triggered with 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 that has over 1300 images in it. In the description for each image, I describe the lighting setup that I used. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/
I brought these in from the garden this morning to light.
Strobist info: Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid behind and camera left for back lighting, a Yn560-II in front, camera left at 8 o'clock in a 24 inch softbox, and a YN560 in an identical 24 inch soft box camera right at 5 o'clock. I just kept playing with the power output of each strobe until I got something I liked. The strobes were in manual mode and 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/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/
If you like pictures of cactus and succulents, you might not hate my Cactus and Succulents set. That set can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157633383093236/...
Photographed this morning.
Lighting: The main light was a Yongnuo strobe in a 24 inch soft box at camera right at 3:00 o'clock. Fill light was from a 24 inch gridded soft box at camera left at 9:00 o'clock. I also used a 3rd Yongnuo flash in a Rogue grid, hand held, behind the rose at camera left for a little back lighting.
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 800 pictures, and for each one, I have described how I lit them, in case you're interested in that kind of thing.
www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/721576280
Other pictures that I've taken of roses are in my cleverly titled Roses album.