If at first you don't suck seed...

[wanderer]

I think this is the right place for this.
A couple of years ago, a rather fine Aquilegia/ Columbine, about a metre high, grew out of a gap in the slabs in front of the conservatory.
I decided to photograph it.
In daylight it doesn't come out too well, the brick at the back is too distracting, its too close to get the bricks out of focus and trying a black backdrop didn't work either.




I had a rethink.
At about 10pm I went out and set up.
Black backdrop taped to the conservatory window and hiding the brickwork.
Camera on tripod EM-1 MkII with 12-100mm F2.8.
2 Flashguns with RC just camera side of right angle to camera plant line.
It also permitted a smaller aperture and consequent larger depth of Focus.
The result.







Have fun on the dim summer evenings.

[Ian]

Perfect! Lateral thinking at it's best 👍

Ian

[Wally]

Perfect! Lateral thinking at it's best 👍 Ian

Also known as thinking outside the box.

[OM USer]

Excellent "studio" composition and lighting.

[IainMacD]

Very effective and a very useful tip, thanks Duncan

[Wee man]

Nice, good thinking.

[Harold Gough]

You could have painted the bricks black.

Harold

[wanderer]

Shhh! My other half, I think, in an earlier life was a Forth Bridge painter. Don't encourage her.

[Dewi9]

I thought the flowers were called ''Grannie's Bonnets".

[wanderer]

Aye, the posh name is Aquilegia, slightly less posh is Columbine.
I think they are great,. They can be quite invasive but the delight is that they hybridise like mad. Different colours and shape of flower head.