Aloe Vera Flower
This flower came from our garden, and I photographed it indoors, where it's easier to control the light, on New Year's Day.

Lighting stuff:  Lit with one Yongnuo manual flash in an 8.6 inch Lastolite soft box hand held at camera left.  Fill light came from a small mirror at camera right.  I used side lighting because that creates the shadows that reveal shapes and textures.  The flash and my tripod mounted camera were triggered with a Yongnuo RF-603N.

Other plants, flowers, fruit or stuff that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant set. For each image in the set, and there are over 1500 of them,  I describe how I set up the lighting for that particular shot.  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/">www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/</a>

If you like pictures of cactus and succulents, you might enjoy my Cactus and Succulents set.  That set can be seen here, and has over 380 images in it. 
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157633383093236">www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157633383093236</a>

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