Night Bloomer

Night Bloomer, originally uploaded by senecacreekphotography.

On a long trip to Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania (which i highly suggest visiting!) we went outside to the water gardens to find theses lilies. They are tropical and only bloom at night.

My flash was too strong and washed out the colors yet it was too dark to be clear. Another photographer was using some piece of paper over his flash so i asked. He uses a type of thick tracing paper that you can get an any craft store. By folding it enough times so that i got the right lighting i saved myself a lot of money on a fancy diffuser!