Natural v artificial light

 In winter natural light can be hard to come by, especially with all storms of late. 

Whilst my last set of flower photos were all taken using a series of lamps, i decided to try using what little natural light makes its way into my spare room, and combined it with longer exposure times to produce the following two images.

 

 The weak diffuse light combined with the long exposure times turned the black background to a blue shade, and grain has been introduced into the images. This gives the flowers a softer feel.

However to produce the sharper more detailed images, it was necessary to supplement with iridescent lighting.