One late spring night I decided to continue playing with the idea of photographing illuminated flowers. Since doing this with tropical lady slippers, I’ve wanted to try it with other flowers as well. The curiosity of how they might look at night lit from unique angles was in the back of my mind for several weeks while I waited for flowers to open as spring arrived. Once the sun started getting low in the sky I began to get set up with the camera, tripod, and remote shutter. Since the lighting is so low except for the LED light used to illuminate the flower, a slow shutter is necessary to capture what light there is. It has to be dark enough for the light to have an impact otherwise it will be overpowered by natural light. I do like how this turned out but I need to continue working on this type of photography. I always struggle with how to handle the lights. Do I tear a hole in the back of the flower to insert the light so the wires don’t show or are those wires small enough so as to be only a minor distraction? I like to hide them when possible without risking damage to the flower or plant itself. Something fun to work with when photographing flowers.