In a previous post I showed the leaf of a dicot plant, which is characterized by branching major leaf veins. The leaf above, on which I applied the same photographic technique, is a monocot plant, characterized by major leaf veins running parallel.
This is the leaf of a Cala Lilly. I took this photograph on January 31, at the local arboretum. The leaf is large, green, glossy. I converted the photograph into black and white to enhance the vein pattern and I also added grain in post-processing to enhance the texture.
Location: UC Davis Arboretum, CA, USA.
Equipment: Nikon D750, AF-S NIKKOR 105mm F2.8G, speedlight, off camera trigger, light stand, diffuser.
Settings: f/8, 1/200”, ISO 100.
Tips: to highlight the shape of the leaf and the veins, and avoid glow, illuminate from behind. I used an off-camera speed light going through a diffuser placed behind the leaf.
It is all about the light 
Simply amazing! Beautiful!
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Thank you, Anne.
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Greetings from Scotland. I like your style, hope you keep going with your blog. Promising start!!
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Thanks for stopping by and for your encouragement. Yes it is easy to fall into the pit of I want to give up on this. 😉
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It’s beautiful. It seems to glow from within. Just wonderful!
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Thank you, Howard. It was glowing from behind 😉
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