Day 21 - Roses

I finally got the flower photos I had been planning for ages!  I had gone for groceries and saw these roses that were selling for the cheapest price at the supermarket.  I figured it might be a good start with my flower experiments.  I noticed the roses were a little dried and wilting, but there's nothing a spray of water won't mend.

So, I proceeded to set them up.  It was already getting near dark, so I could only manage the first few shots in natural light.  But after that, I had to improvise with my lights.  I found a white plastic canister (thanks to my son for raiding the pantry), and I used that over my lamp as a softbox.  And I moved the light around a little bit, but the shots got progressively darker.

Some of the nicer shots are on my Flickr photostream, but the nicest I'm reserving for another time ;-)