Yellow Rose Covered With Rain Drops
I photographed this rose in the garden this morning in between rain showers.  Since we live in a virtual desert in San Diego County, we appreciate the rain.

I lit the rose with a Yongnuo flash in an 8.6 inch Lastolite soft box on a light stand at camera left.  Fill light is from a hand held mirror at camera right.  I used side lighting because that creates the shadows that reveal shapes and textures.  The flash and my 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 1300 pictures, and for each one, I have described how I lit them, in case you're interested in that kind of thing.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544">www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544</a>

Other picture that I've taken of roses can be seen in my Roses set if you like that sort of thing. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157624084160734/">www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157624084160734/</a>
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