Lighting

The second element I chose to explore with this project was lighting. I took these pictures early in the day when there was plenty of directional sunlight illuminating the cactus and creating some good shadows. I think this kind of lighting shows the 3-dimensional nature of the object, since photographs sometimes have a tendency to make things look flat. For the cactus, the lighting highlights the grooves that surround it and the shape of the arms, which makes more interesting photographs.