This is my entry to today's Monomad Challenge, pictures of the garden with speedlight.

This time I tried to take some pictures using the speedlight, although the result could have been much better the truth is that I didn't want to complicate too much, it has been raining and I didn't want to risk too much my gear, it would have been good to use the softbox but as I repeat I didn't want to risk the equipment.

Instead what I did was to place the speedlight on top of my camera and started taking pictures like this, this first image I liked once it was edited, at first I wasn't sure it would work but it did and I'm very happy about it.

In the second picture I had some complications as there was very little light available and I was really taking the pictures without really knowing what the result would be, by the way the picture was very dark, I had to turn up the exposure a lot while editing.

Already for the next picture I realized that I needed to raise the ISO on my camera a little, not much, just a little.

So I decided to go back to the plant I photographed in photo number two, the composition was a little different but I liked the result with the light.

For photo 5 I decided I wanted more bokeh, that allowed me to reduce the ISO a bit, as you can see it's all about making the necessary adjustments, not with much patience because I was getting wet and my equipment too, the rain wasn't really rain, it was more like a breeze, but at the end of the day it does make it wet.

Photo 6 I can safely say that due to the color of the plant it reflected too much light and almost burned my highlights, nothing that can't be fixed in editing, you know I always shoot in RAW.

Image 7 and without a doubt this is my favorite, by this time I felt comfortable again with the speedlight and the bokeh I was getting, although in editing I decided to eliminate the excesses at the top and bottom, that's why I keep the 16:9 ratio, I feel it works quite well in this picture.

The last picture was difficult if not almost impossible, with an aperture of only F/1.8 and at the distance I was at it is quite difficult to decide what you want in focus, I guess at F/4 it would have been much better but the rain was starting to fall a little harder and I didn't have the chance to continue experimenting, maybe tomorrow I'll do it, see you tomorrow.