Daffodil and food colouring.

[zombiesniper]

Daffodil by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr

 

[smoke665]

It's been years since I tried this. Still amazes me. Thanks for jogging the memory

 

[zombiesniper]

Yes it was something I wanted to try again.

 

[DarkShadow]

Dang thats nice.

 

[zombiesniper]

Thank you.

 

[Derrel]

A splendid daffodil and food coloring shot! Like smoke said, it has been YEARS since I tried this!

 

[zombiesniper]

Thank you.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Can you elaborate on your method for someone like myself that is not familiar with it? Thanks!

 

[zombiesniper]

Sure.
I took a flower from the garden and cut the base of the stem at a 45 deg angle. Then I placed the flower in a glass of water and red food colouring. After a day sometimes two the food colouring will start to become visible in the flower. Wait until sufficient colour is visible and shoot.

EDIT:
I shot this with the 7DmkII and 70-200mm F4
1/200, F32, ISO 100
Two 160 watt second monolights were used at full power
Lighting diagram below.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Thank you. I thought maybe you had dipped the edges or something. Nice effect!

 

[zombiesniper]

You're welcome. I updated the previous post with settings as well.

 

[BrentC]

Very nice. I never photographed one but I remember doing this with food colouring when I was a kid.

 

[zombiesniper]

Thank you.