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Assuming you mean l rather than L. (L is the total angular momentum of an atom in LS coupling, or the 2d principal energy shell in X-Ray spectroscopy))

l = 0 these are the spherically symmetric s orbitals

l=1; these are the three p orbital of dumbell shape px, py, pz, which point along the x, y, z axes.

s orbitals 2s and above have spherical nodes, a surface of zero probability.

p orbitals have a node at the nucleus and for 3p and above radial node(s).

Note the "shape" of orbitals as drawn in chemistry books is a representation of the electron density and shows the the volume that contains say 90% of the electron density when an electron occupies an orbital.

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