January 18th, 2010

So with Valentine's Day a little less than a month away, I thought I'd try something fun this week for my Photo-a-Day challenge. All week long, I am going to shoot roses . . . but each day will showcase a different technique or style - From traditional to a bit more artistic than you're used to seeing from me. First up, today's image is a more traditional shot. I used a light box to illuminate the subject with a high-key background and a single off-camera flash to fill in some shadows. All that was left to do was some cropping and I had my shot!

Captured with the Sigma 70-300 macro at 250th of a second at f5.6 with an ISO of 100. Flash fired from the SU800 commander unit atop the camera. Fired from camera right.