The Light In The Mouth Of The Iris Cave
I photographed this rebloomer iris this morning in our garden.

Lighting info:  This was a one light setup using a Yongnuo flash in an 8.6 inch Lastolite soft box, hand held at camera right.  The flash and my tripod mounted camera were triggered with a Yongnuo RF-603N.  I used camera settings that caused any area not lit by flash to go dark.

Other pictures that I've taken of iris, can be seen in my iris album.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157623861858581">www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157623861858581</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 1100 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>
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