Was only lit from below. It was a stock image from a duck duck go search - something like neon desktop background.

Sure:

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Many many thanks! First time I have won a photo competition. Lovely to be a member of such talented people and love this little corner of the internet.

Congratulations! Well deserved!

Hi! That very kind of you and I am pleased, as an amateur hobby photographer l, that someone gets pleasure from my ‘pratting about’. Thank you for taking the time to post! It’s the small gestures that often give the most. :-)

That really is a great tree.

Then why not say every rouble made in Russia will go to humanitarian aid? I’ll tell you why; it’s because they are still making money by being in Russia. It’s corporate greed through and through. These fuckers make no sacrifice until it hurts their bottom line.

Thank you very much. We were really happy with it too. :-)

Thank you. We took many images during the shoot but this one stood out for its uniqueness. A happy accident. :-)

That really cool! Congrats! These and dragonflies are my favourite insects. Fascinating and great to photograph.

Thank you again.

WOW… My first ever photo award. Am honoured! Thank you!

Sure. I used a lightbox with a blackout curtain (sound flasher than it really is; it’s a cheap foldable plastic lightbox that has a few coloured inserts and led lights around the side and top. (I paid about 15€ for it). I put in the black felt insert as not to get any external reflections. You could do the same with a carboard box with the inside painted black). Placed the tablet inside (Was an iPad mini thing) and put some images on full brightness and full screen.

I used a Sony A7 iii camera with a Sony 90mm Macro lens on a tripod. As I wanted the bulb to fill the frame I was quite close to the subject and wanted everything in focus so stopped right down to F20, ISO 100 and exposed for the blacks which gave me an exposure time of 6 seconds. (I am sure the same kind of results could be achieved with a more open aperture and less exposure but I didn’t have a whole lot of time.)

I increased the luminosity and saturation in lightroom and lowered the shadows to make it “pop”. Then spent twenty minutes removing all the dust spots.

Hope this helps!

Not at all dude!! :-)

Thank you!

Thank you for your kind words.

Lolol…

This was my first attempt; on another comment I added a couple more images from the shoot. It’s dead easy to set up (if anyone wants to know more on the set up am more than happy to help).

Different bulbs would be a great change. Am in the process of moving house but once get settled I want to try it with different glass items such as wine glasses, vase, etc…

You are very welcome.

My pleasure!