Stone Flower In The Light
This plant is a type of succulent called Lithops from the Greek word meaning &quot;stone&quot;.  The plants are also called &quot;pebble plants&quot; or &quot;living stones&quot; because they look like stones when they're not in flower.  Where it's positioned in our yard, the flower is only open for about two hours a day. 

Lighting:  Lit with a single Yongnuo manual flash in an 8.6 inch Lastolite soft box hand held at camera right and just out of the frame.  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 400 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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