My idea was to take a light bulb and make a flower look like the filament. I took a clear light bulb, removed the filament, inserted a flower picked from my garden, then lit the flower with a flash light through the hole in the bottom of the light bulb. I also had a home made light tent with green tissue paper and a lamp lighting through the top. I tried many different shots with different flowers and lighting, but this was the only one that turned out alright. I had the hardest time trying to get the flower to stay where I wanted to. I used some clay in the bottom to hold it in place, but then it blocked the entrance for me to shine the light through, so I finally was able to get enough of a hole in the clay to allow the light through but still hold the flower in place.
I realized after I entered and reading the comments that my highlights are way too blown out. My first thought when I entered it was the blown out highlights helped show that my intention was for the flower to look like the light source. But after looking at it some more, I realize the highlights are way too blown out regardless. The one thing I dislike about this photo the most is the out of focus and dull base of the light bulb.
I had a lot of fun with this set up. Thank you everyone for your kind and very helpful comments!
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I started to comment that you should have toned down the blown highlights at the base of the flower, but the more I studied it in the context of the bulb - I think you got it right!
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