Evening Primrose - D700, 24-70 f/2.8 @ f16

I was reading an article on Niall Benvie’s blog the other day on shooting studio flower images in the field. So I thought I’d give it a try. Got this specimen, Oenothera fruticosa (sundrops, narrow leaf evening primrose) from our garden. This was shot in the studio using his field studio setup. Basically using a translucent background and shooting one flash through it. Another flash was used for the front lighting shot through another translucent reflector. Balancing the light and flash to reflector distance are the main problems. Once you get the setup worked out it should be fairly easy to reproduce in the field. Give it a try…I had a good time with it and will certainly give it a shot in the field.

Here is a link to the article on Niall’s blog:
http://niallbenvie.churchilljohnson.co.uk/blog/?page_id=1197