Nuclear Dead

Nuclear Dead

I took this image using a black backdrop and some dead flowers fom the garden (I don't have green fingers!). I used a blue flash hand held above the flowers , set to 1/32 of full power and fitted a set of directional doors to the flash to ease up on the backgroundexposure. I also used a reflector to even out the light across the flowers. Originally I tried without the blue filter but it lost all the contrast and the blue / violet effect on the flowers that clinched it. I adjusted the levels in PS4 slightly and that was about it. I'm not sure it works on many levels other than it looks interesting and dark.

Shot 0.3sec / f16 / ISO 200 focal length 82mm.