Night Blooming Cactus Flower In The Early Morning
I photographed this flower early yesterday morning in our cactus garden before the morning sun was shining directly on it.

Lighting:  I used camera setting that let the background go dark, and then lit the flowers using a hand held Yongnuo flash in a Lastolite soft box at camera left and just out of the frame.  I used side lighting because that creates the shadows that reveal contours and shapes.  The flash, and my tripod mounted camera were triggered with a Yongnuo RF-603N.

Other succulent and cactus pictures that I've taken can be seen in my creatively titled Cactus and Succulents album.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157633383093236">www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157633383093236</a>

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.
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