Off-camera flash on a flower

[tadrscin]

I've been practicing using off-camera flash on mtn biking, so I thought I'd try it on a flower just to see how it looks. Let me know what you think. Shot in daylight at 1/125 @ f32 with an SB-24 on 1/16th held right below the lens.

[Loupey]

I'd never guess it was shot outside (good? bad? does it matter? ). The color and clarity are very nice and the lighting angle is dramatic.

I'm not a fan of lighting from underneath. I tried turning my head 180 degrees but could only manage 90 degrees this morning

Nice experiment. What did you learn?

[tadrscin]

I figured that eveyone would think I shot it at night so that's why I mentioned it was shot in daylight. I really didn't think it would turn out this good and the first ones with a different flower certainly didn't. Holding the flash anywhere but right next to the lens just didn't look too good. I wanted to get most of the flower lit. Next time I think I should use a bigger lens and shoot from further away. This way I'll have more flexibility with the flash. I'm thinking of using 2 flashes with the 2nd one just for very light fill. I was wondering if anyone else is even using a flash on flowers?

[AmberC]

Wow.. I think it looks really pretty!

Amber

[Dylan8i]

i usually use my built in flash for flowers that are in shade etc, so i can bump up my f stop. but i usually turn the flash down to aroun -0.7 or -1.0 so that it doesn't blow anything out, and if i get to close i get lens shadow.... i need to invest in an external flash!