Christmas Hibiscus

We noticed a bud had formed and when we returned home on Christmas day we found that it had opened.
For Christmas I got a Yongneo 560 III Speedlite. The manual was written in Chinese/English so there wasn't a lot of helpful information. This is my first speedlite. So I watched a number of videos on Youtube to learn how to use it. I was trying it out on on the new flower. Yes, I did ask for this since it had a very high rating. Flashes have really changed since my film camera days.

[Maggiemae]

Different side of the flower to photograph! Going to have some other good photos too with the speedlite

[Joe III]

Great shot, I really like the way it pops against that black background. Beautiful in its simplicity!

[Cat Whiskers - Nan]

How pretty!

[Candia]

Lovely macro. Fav.

[gloria jones]

Lovely details, great black background to enhance the flower's colors

[Danette Thompson]

Looks good. Looking forward to seeing how you work with it.

[Amanda R.]

That is lovely! I really like it against the black background!

[Karen Mitchell]

Really beautiful image, congrats on your new toy!

[Pyrrhula]

A great fav. shot of this beautiful flower.

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

@maggiemae @thirdjoe @catwhiskers @candia @seattlite @danette @emrob @kandkids @pyrrhula @joansmor
Thank you all for you very kind and encouraging words! I'd like to invite you to my discussion, "Were You Naughty? Or Nice?" http://365project.org/discuss/general/26918/were-you-naughty-or-nice
If you haven't seen it and have a spare moment as you get ready to usher in a New Year!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

You've got the lines and textures of the petals defined beautifully with the light. Great work.

[Nadiya Bilovodenko]

wonderful photo
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